Do you buy different milks?

[Anonymous]

I don't see why your 4 year old needs 2%. Just give her whole milk. My sister's kids had whole milk until high school when they started asking for 2% or skim. Both athletic and in healthy eaters despite being predispositioned from both sides of the family for being overweight.

[Anonymous]

We only buy organic whole milk for the entire family. We are all fit and a healthy weight. I never understood those who say whole milk contributes to being overweight. Definitely not the case here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We only buy organic whole milk for the entire family. We are all fit and a healthy weight. I never understood those who say whole milk contributes to being overweight. Definitely not the case here.

You can't understand that other people are different from you? Christ.

[Anonymous]

You could get away with 2% for everyone. Your baby needs healthyfats, doesnt need to be fat form milk. If he eats yogurt, cheese, avacado etc then I wouldnt worry about whole milk.

Our DD ( and us) drink Almond milk but she gets dairy from cheese and yogurt and is fine.

[Anonymous]

Only Almond milk in our house. I've always hated regular milk and the kids don't care at all.

[Anonymous]

We have lactose free for my son, 2% for everyone else. If I can find lactose free whole I prefer that since he is thin as a whip, but beggars can't be choosers so he usually has 2%.

[Anonymous]

Yes we do.

[Anonymous]

No, whole milk for everyone. It's healthier and tastes better anyway.

[Anonymous]

I drink very little milk myself, so we just get whole. BUT if you are concerned about the fat or thickness, you can always "cut" the milk with water for yourself. On the rare occasions that I use our whole milk for cold cereal or hot chocolate, I do a 50% water-50% whole milk mix, which thins it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I buy 1% for me and dh, and I buy whole milk for ds. It has not caused a problem. OP, what is your concern with buying two types of milk?

Not a concern per se...I was just wondering what everyone else did. Plus we don't have a car so schlepping multiple jugs of milk is a bit of a pain. At the end of the day though it's probably better to get whole milk for the baby's benefit and have everyone else drink it too, than just to get 2% for all which isn't so great for the baby.

You could get delivery from South Mountain Creamery.

[Anonymous]

One kid is lactose intolerant, one kid needed organic, adults wanted fat-free. So we only but lactose-free, organic, fat-free milk from Whole Foods. Cases of it, because this is a hard combination to find in other grocery stores.

[Anonymous]

Whole milk for everyone here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought every parent does this at some point so I am surprised there is a post, but yea, we have two different gallons of milk in the refrig. and some breast milk too while we are transitioning so I guess 3 kinds.

Breast milk does not count as one of your real milks, we are talking about regular milk here that you buy at the grocery store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whole milk is still helpful in brain development, even for your 4 year old, so no harm in having the kids on one milk. If you want skim, you could get a smaller jug for yourself but in my house, the adults only use milk for coffee and an occasional bowl of cereal on the weekend so no point IMO.

obesity starts at home

You sound really up on your child nutrition info but you may have missed the part about sugar & processed food consumption at the center of the obesity epidemic, not natural meat and dairy fat.

I guess you missed the post where she outlined her whole diet. Oh yea, that's right, you have no idea what other healthy habits she has adopted. You only know her milk drinking preference.

BTW, I buy whole for my boys and skim for my DH and I. I know what I'm doing when it comes to nutrition. I have 16% body fat and and am a solid 145# at 5'9". I avoid my fat calories from saturated animal fats and prefer to get my fat from unsaturated and Omega-3 sources. It's better for your body and your brain.

[Anonymous]

I didn't read all 5 pages but we also have multiple milks. I only have milk in my coffee and DD doesn't drink milk but likes it on her cereal so we use skim. DH hates skim and uses 1 or 2% in his coffee. I'd deal with low fat in my coffee, but DD actually hates the taste and only likes skim.

Not a big deal. I buy a quart of each every week.