And now for something more specific... Carrie, they need 350mg of calcium a day. 25g of cheese is 125mg; 100g of yoghurt is 165mg; 1 medium orange is 70mg. Job done. A pint of milk is, of course, an easy wasy to get it in to them (795mg total). I'd keep offering in whatever receptacle you want him to drink out of. But, if he's refusing it, then so be it. Apparently, I hated milk as a child. The advice I have had most recently is that fat, rather than calcium, is more of an issue. Specifically fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K). I would imagine that the cheese plus yogurt and any meat will cover you for vitamins. You can always do the whole custard, milky puddings, cheese sauce business if you want him to have more. We use rice milk for drinking but it is not recommended as an infant formula ie not for under twos. As an aside, we are trying goats milk at the moment which doesn't seem to have irritated her skin. But she'll only have it in fruity porridge. She won't drink it. Spit, spit, spit...