Water down Whole Milk?

Question

So my son is 13 months and is highly obsessed with bottles. He’s extremely constipated since switching to whole milk and his doctor said to go down to 20oz of milk a day. He currently does about 30-32oz and it’s a comfort thing. He’s off the charts for height and weight so he’s fine in the nutrition department. Thoughts on adding water to his bottle for more liquid to make it seem like he’s getting more milk? Currently I mix it with a little prune juice but don’t want to do that for every bottle because it’s too much juice.

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No I wouldn’t do that. If you are worried about constipation you can also give prunes the actual fruit I buy them at Sam’s club

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My middle kid had same drink obsession and milk made her so constipated so I watered down her milk so she was still plenty hydrated but not overdoing the milk anymore. Worked like a charm! She is now 3 1/2 and will ask for water in her milk 🤣

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I had that same issue when I tried to transition. Spoke to WIC nutritionist and she told me to transition little by little instead of a full bottle. I went back to formula because his constipation scared me of how bad it was for my little guy to poop. I’ll try again soon. I also feed him pear to help his constipation. You can give the juice, baby food or just mash a pear yourself. Prunes mashed too.

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Our son has had issues with diary and constipation before weaning from his formula. Our ped suggested if it happened during this transition to do an alternative milk (nut, soy, pea protein) part of the time and whole milk the other.