# Episode 11: When Kids Don't Like Milk: How to Meet Calcium & Vitamin D Needs Without the Power Struggle Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nutrition-for-the-early-years-7637720/episode-11-when-kids-don-t-like-milk-how-to-meet-calcium-vitamin-d-needs-without-the-power-struggle Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nutrition-for-the-early-years-7637720/episode-11-when-kids-don-t-like-milk-how-to-meet-calcium-vitamin-d-needs-without-the-power-struggle.md Podcast: [Nutrition for the Early Years](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nutrition-for-the-early-years-7637720) Published: 2026-03-09T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2595160/episodes/18812328-episode-11-when-kids-don-t-like-milk-how-to-meet-calcium-vitamin-d-needs-without-the-power-struggle.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2595160/episodes/18812328-episode-11-when-kids-don-t-like-milk-how-to-meet-calcium-vitamin-d-needs-without-the-power-struggle.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nutrition-for-the-early-years-7637720/episodes/episode-11-when-kids-don-t-like-milk-how-to-meet-calcium-vitamin-d-needs-without-the-power-struggle Duration seconds: 2020 ## Resource Send us Fan Mail What do you do when your kid refuses milk? Milk is one of the easiest ways to deliver calcium, protein, and vitamin D to growing kids. But kids are kids—and sometimes they just don’t like it. In this episode, I’m walking you through exactly how I approach this situation in clinic with families. Because the goal isn’t forcing milk. The goal is meeting your child where they are while still covering the nutrition they need to grow well. I share the story of a toddler from ... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nutrition-for-the-early-years-7637720/episodes/episode-11-when-kids-don-t-like-milk-how-to-meet-calcium-vitamin-d-needs-without-the-power-struggle/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/nutrition-for-the-early-years-7637720/episode-11-when-kids-don-t-like-milk-how-to-meet-calcium-vitamin-d-needs-without-the-power-struggle.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.