Don't be so sure whole milk is going to make you fat; the opposite may be true.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/12/275376259/the-full-fat-paradox-whole-milk-may-keep-us-lean

We already buy two different milks. I drink almond/soy milk and my husband drinks whole milk. DD is still on breastmilk but we'll give her to whole milk then once she's older I guess 2% or whatever they recommend for kids.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't everybody drink whole milk?

not healthy too much fat and cholesterol

yes 2% for the 4 year old , whole milk for the 1.5 year old

Whole milk has 8 g of fat and 24 g of cholesterol. 2% has 5 g of fat and 20 g of cholesterol. Not much of a difference.

I don't understand posters thinking this is enough to make someone obese or unhealthy, especially when you maybe use 1/2 cup of milk in cereal and a 1/4 cup in a cup of coffee. As for kids, it's fine. Unless your kid sits on the sofa all day, 2 cups of whole milk isn't going to make them fat!

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.

Anonymous wrote:We buy by the case from Whole Foods (10% discount!), a case of 2% for our 2-year-old and a case of skim for us. In a few months, we're going to have to add whole to the mix, so I will end up with as much as 9 gallons of milk in my fridge at one time.

How on earth are you drinking that much milk?!

Anonymous wrote:Why can't everybody drink whole milk?

I can't stand it, except maybe in coffee (though would prefer half and half for that). I've been drinking skim milk for over 25 years. Why should I stop?

Yes, OP, we do buy different milks.

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

Anonymous wrote:Why can't everybody drink whole milk?

not healthy too much fat and cholesterol

yes 2% for the 4 year old , whole milk for the 1.5 year old

Yes, whole and almond milk.

We buy by the case from Whole Foods (10% discount!), a case of 2% for our 2-year-old and a case of skim for us. In a few months, we're going to have to add whole to the mix, so I will end up with as much as 9 gallons of milk in my fridge at one time.

Whole milk for all of us too. DH and I only use it on cereal, with coffee, or for cooking. There are lots of things added to milks that aren't "whole" and it's more processed, so we stick with organic whole milk for everyone. None of us are big milk drinkers, though, so it's not a big part of our diet (two kids aged 4 and 2).

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?

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.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can't everybody drink whole milk?

Yuck. So thick.

We buy 3- whole, 2% and skim.

You can get 2% with half whole and half skim.

We go through enough milk that it doesn't matter.