how much should a 12mo old drink?

[emily]

It seems I should be cutting back on her bottles. She always drank little, often. She's been doing 4 oz bottles since probably three months. Occassionally, 5 oz. So since 3 months, she's pretty much been drinking 7-8 4oz bottles. Since switching to whole milk, I'd say she's down to about 6 bottles (4-5oz each). She does not like water. Though the other night, i gave her an ice cube to play with and she seems to like sucking on it.

Should I be thinking about cutting back on the milk?

She gets 3 meals on solids and usually couple of snacks/finger foods during the day.

[Nyfeara]

Our ped said to give DS about 16-24 oz of whole milk a day (or the equivalent of milk, yogurt, cheese). The rest he can have in water and diluted juice.

[newg]

My ped. said about the same thing as pp.....no more than 20 oz a day...so dd gets about 5 oz with each meal and either milk or water with snacks, depending on how much she drank with her meals, or if I give her yogurt with a meal or snack.
ped said too much milk can interfear with dd's bodies ability to absorb iron.