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My son is 21 months old . He like to drink milk and he drinks 18 oz milk in a day . But he refuses to eat rice, veggies, chicken etc like solid foods . But he doesn't have any digestion issues . He can digest all foods like rice, roti, chicken, fish , eggs, nuts , fruits etc. he want to drinks more milk . His weight is 11 kg . Is to good or bad to drink much milk in this age
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Diet should b a balanced one..If u let the child to hv one food item more ,will b short of others....At this age varieties of food items should b tried...
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Try decreasing milk and increasing solid food
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