Does your 4-5 year old drink milk? What kind?

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We didn’t buy milk for a year or so because DS didn’t seem to like it much anymore. But at 5 he sometimes wants to drink it and I wonder if he should because he’s not gaining weight very quickly at all and he isn’t very tall for 5. Saw a new Pediatrician who recommended 1% or skin, does that sound right, or do kids at this age still benefit from the full fat?

I also buy Fage 5% but could also switch to lower fat yogurt.

[Anonymous]

She still drinks whole milk, as do we all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She still drinks whole milk, as do we all.

+1 whole family drinks grass fed whole milk. Skim and 1% are not good for your blood sugar.

[Anonymous]

Whole organic milk. The whole family only consumes full fat dairy products.

[Anonymous]

Whole milk and full fat diary products for the whole family. I grew up on skim, but more information is coming out about the benefits of full fat.

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What if there are mild concerns with adult’s cholesterol? Would 1/2-1 cup of whole milk and a serving of whole yogurt give you pause?

[Anonymous]

My now 9yo doesn’t drink any cows milk at all. We drink almond milk in oatmeal, smoothies etc. Look into other sources of calcium, protein, healthy fats. Humans are not designed to drink cows milk which is why a lot of kids just don’t like it. We end up adding chocolate too it just to get them to drink it, makes no sense.

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Guess I’m the outlier. 4 yr old drinks 1% or 2%. Full fat yogurt. She is in a phase of resisting other sources of protein so we use both to round out her diet. I’ve looked at the stats and 1% has plenty of protein, calcium, and vitamin D, which is what we’re looking for. Not against full fat anything, but also not worried about her getting enough calories generally, just more focused on making sure she gets protein.

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Anonymous wrote:My now 9yo doesn’t drink any cows milk at all. We drink almond milk in oatmeal, smoothies etc. Look into other sources of calcium, protein, healthy fats. Humans are not designed to drink cows milk which is why a lot of kids just don’t like it. We end up adding chocolate too it just to get them to drink it, makes no sense.

Lots of kids love milk. Does that mean they were meant to drink it? And most kids dislike vegetables. So do many adult! Does that mean we shouldn’t eat them?

I don’t care if people drink milk or not, and there are environmental reasons to avoid cows milk, but this argument makes no sense.

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Anonymous wrote:My now 9yo doesn’t drink any cows milk at all. We drink almond milk in oatmeal, smoothies etc. Look into other sources of calcium, protein, healthy fats. Humans are not designed to drink cows milk which is why a lot of kids just don’t like it. We end up adding chocolate too it just to get them to drink it, makes no sense.

Lots of kids love milk. Does that mean they were meant to drink it? And most kids dislike vegetables. So do many adult! Does that mean we shouldn’t eat them?

I don’t care if people drink milk or not, and there are environmental reasons to avoid cows milk, but this argument makes no sense.

some do and that’s fine if you want them to drink it. But given all the lactose intolerant people we have plus the kids grabbing the choc milk at school and not the regular milk I would still stand by my point.

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Anonymous wrote:My now 9yo doesn’t drink any cows milk at all. We drink almond milk in oatmeal, smoothies etc. Look into other sources of calcium, protein, healthy fats. Humans are not designed to drink cows milk which is why a lot of kids just don’t like it. We end up adding chocolate too it just to get them to drink it, makes no sense.

Lots of kids love milk. Does that mean they were meant to drink it? And most kids dislike vegetables. So do many adult! Does that mean we shouldn’t eat them?

I don’t care if people drink milk or not, and there are environmental reasons to avoid cows milk, but this argument makes no sense.

some do and that’s fine if you want them to drink it. But given all the lactose intolerant people we have plus the kids grabbing the choc milk at school and not the regular milk I would still stand by my point.

This is OP. I feel torn about this. I’m not a huge fan of dairy as it is supposed to be inflammatory, but we keep no sugar yogurt in the house. But pediatrician did recommend a glass of milk. We do not eat much meat very regularly and we don’t do a lot of heavy carbs - eg we often eat eggs in the morning, but often dinner will be fish or vegetarian with vegetables. I do drizzle extra olive oil. Just thinking a preschooler may need the calories and fat/protein, so thinking of adding milk back.

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Anonymous wrote:My now 9yo doesn’t drink any cows milk at all. We drink almond milk in oatmeal, smoothies etc. Look into other sources of calcium, protein, healthy fats. Humans are not designed to drink cows milk which is why a lot of kids just don’t like it. We end up adding chocolate too it just to get them to drink it, makes no sense.

Lots of kids love milk. Does that mean they were meant to drink it? And most kids dislike vegetables. So do many adult! Does that mean we shouldn’t eat them?

I don’t care if people drink milk or not, and there are environmental reasons to avoid cows milk, but this argument makes no sense.

some do and that’s fine if you want them to drink it. But given all the lactose intolerant people we have plus the kids grabbing the choc milk at school and not the regular milk I would still stand by my point.

This is OP. I feel torn about this. I’m not a huge fan of dairy as it is supposed to be inflammatory, but we keep no sugar yogurt in the house. But pediatrician did recommend a glass of milk. We do not eat much meat very regularly and we don’t do a lot of heavy carbs - eg we often eat eggs in the morning, but often dinner will be fish or vegetarian with vegetables. I do drizzle extra olive oil. Just thinking a preschooler may need the calories and fat/protein, so thinking of adding milk back.

Don't give your child an adult's diet. Make an appointment with a child nutritionist asap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My now 9yo doesn’t drink any cows milk at all. We drink almond milk in oatmeal, smoothies etc. Look into other sources of calcium, protein, healthy fats. Humans are not designed to drink cows milk which is why a lot of kids just don’t like it. We end up adding chocolate too it just to get them to drink it, makes no sense.

What kind or brand of almond milk? To be honest I’m too lazy to make it myself and a lot of store brands seem to have additives.

I also thought eating too many nuts interfere with absorption of certain nutrients? I do nut flour and nut butter baking instead of wheat do just trying to watch nut intake elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:My now 9yo doesn’t drink any cows milk at all. We drink almond milk in oatmeal, smoothies etc. Look into other sources of calcium, protein, healthy fats. Humans are not designed to drink cows milk which is why a lot of kids just don’t like it. We end up adding chocolate too it just to get them to drink it, makes no sense.

Lots of kids love milk. Does that mean they were meant to drink it? And most kids dislike vegetables. So do many adult! Does that mean we shouldn’t eat them?

I don’t care if people drink milk or not, and there are environmental reasons to avoid cows milk, but this argument makes no sense.

some do and that’s fine if you want them to drink it. But given all the lactose intolerant people we have plus the kids grabbing the choc milk at school and not the regular milk I would still stand by my point.

This is OP. I feel torn about this. I’m not a huge fan of dairy as it is supposed to be inflammatory, but we keep no sugar yogurt in the house. But pediatrician did recommend a glass of milk. We do not eat much meat very regularly and we don’t do a lot of heavy carbs - eg we often eat eggs in the morning, but often dinner will be fish or vegetarian with vegetables. I do drizzle extra olive oil. Just thinking a preschooler may need the calories and fat/protein, so thinking of adding milk back.

Don't give your child an adult's diet. Make an appointment with a child nutritionist asap

What do you mean by an adult’s diet? He eats what we all eat. I’m just saying we eat less meat and less heavy carbs than what’s traditional.

[Anonymous]

My youngest has a dairy allergy so we all switched to almond milk and oat milk. I do buy the full fat versions.

Surprisingly my skin cleared up completely after the switch. I’d never had terrible acne but minor breakouts pretty regularly. Now it’s all gone. Considering my kid is allergic I wonder if I had a mild intolerance. Anecdotally, this seems to be a common experience.