Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 10:07     Subject: Do you buy different milks?
We buy 3: whole for my 6 year old who is very thin; 2% for the 10 year old; and skim for DH. I might put skim in my cereal, though I only use whole milk for cooking/baking and hot chocolate. I don't tend to drink milk otherwise except for an occasional cookie break (and then it's 2% or whole).

Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 09:57     Subject: Do you buy different milks?
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


Nope, not according to recent studies - whole milk is linked to leaner bodies:

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

Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 09:53     Subject: Do you buy different milks?
Anonymous wrote:My son is about to turn one so he'll start drinking whole milk. My daughter is 4 (and big, no need to gain weight) and drinks 2%. Am I going to have to start buying two different milks each time I go to the store? I know the baby needs the fat for brain development, so maybe I should just get whole milk for everyone, but my daughter has no need for the extra calories (nor do I!). What does everyone else do?


We buy three different milks, "oh the horrors". It isn't a problem.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 09:51     Subject: Re:Do you buy different milks?
I buy the Silk with DHA. I go to school five days a week, so my thirteen month old is getting whole milk at her babysitters, and then soy at my house. She does just fine, and having soy on the weekends won't kill her. I don't like cows milk period. Plus it contributes to mucus buildup and acid reflux.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 09:38     Subject: Re:Do you buy different milks?
I have become convinced that the low fat milks are not as healthy for you, so we all just do organic whole milk now. None of us are huge milk drinkers though. I never really got used to the taste of skim, so am happy to have whole milk again!
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 08:59     Subject: Re:Do you buy different milks?
Everybody gets raw, organic whole milk.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 08:54     Subject: Do you buy different milks?
I'm used to buying different milks.
My kids drink whole milk and I drink skim.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 08:35     Subject: Re:Do you buy different milks?
Out toddler (18 months) gets whole milk, everyone else drinks non-fat.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 08:33     Subject: Do you buy different milks?
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


Obesity starts with formula feeding.


Shit-stirring starts with trolls.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 07:54     Subject: Do you buy different milks?
Different milks.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 05:31     Subject: Do you buy different milks?
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


Obesity starts with formula feeding.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 01:06     Subject: Do you buy different milks?
Anonymous wrote: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


latest bs study of course people over weight are drinking skim because they are trying to lose weight.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 00:45     Subject: Do you buy different milks?
FWIW, daycare told me licensing requires 2% milk now, even for 1 year olds.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 00:44     Subject: Do you buy different milks?
We get organic whole for 2 and 4 year olds, and conventional skim for the adults.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2014 00:34     Subject: Do you buy different milks?
We buy one kind organic 2% for everyone.
My ped told me 2% is fine for my 1 & 1/2 yr old.