Re: Re: Cronning and a family > skim milk

November 15, 2001

Iris,

Glad to see there is another kid on skim milk parent. I think the

2 gallons of different milk in the fridge is what finally drove my wife to

try " this is all we have, eat your cereal " . To our amazement the kids do

not notice a difference. Neither drinks juice much although the oldest

will drink orange Juice.

Joe

At 08:28 PM 11/14/01 +0000, ibap@... wrote:

>Conventional wisdom these days for kids and milk seems to be:

>

>Formula usually till age 1 (usually soy, and yes, I know there is

>some controversy now about soy)

>

>2% (or whole?) milk to age 2

>

>Skim milk after age 2

>

>My husband always wants to know what switch they magically throw on

>their birthday.

>

>My daughter is and always has been an omnivore - I don't think she

>needed the extra fat in her milk even till age 2, but that is what

>she had. She made the switch to skim without complaint, and I very

>much appreciate it. Having two gallons of different milk in the

>fridge ate up a lot of space.

>

>And while her overall eating habits still need some work, you can

>leave Halloween candy sitting around and she will ask before she eats

>it, and she doesn't drink pop, or even much juice. I remember

>reading some stories when she was small about kids diagnosed

>with 'failure to thrive' and found to be getting most of their

>calories from apple juice. We did have one episode when she was

>about 2 where she stayed with some friends for a day, who we thought

>knew that when she said 'juice' she meant milk. They gave her apple

>juice, and it took 2 weeks to get her to stop asking for it.

>

>Iris

>

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