When did you/will you switch from whole milk to something else?

Paigeo

I figured we would switch to skim milk at 2 yrs.  In talking lately with a lot of people I know irl it seemed many switched well before 2.  I love milk but hate having so many gallons in the fridge so I haven't been buying skim for me lately.  I am looking forward to when DD and I can share.  So when did/will you make the switch?

fIowerchild

We'll go from whole to 2% or 1% at 2 years. MH and I drink skim.

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You know, I never thought about it! I guess maybe we will switch to 2% at 2 years old? DH drinks skim and I am lactose intolerant.

Mrs.Hizzo

Both my kids are on whole milk and will keep drinking it for a while. They fall around 25% in weight, and while neither the pedi nor I am concerned about that  (they're just skinny kids) we agree that there is no need to switch them to low-fat milk.

kittylove

With learnng to walk and all the mobility DS has droped from 85% to 40%so he will be on whole till his weight stabilizes and he is 2. Then he will do 2% till he is 5 and at 5 we will switch to skim which is what I drink.

LoriFalce

I think we'll probably switch next month. I prefer whole milk for cooking and when I do have a glass of chocolate milk, I want it to be real milk, not white water. (I grew up on a dairy farm. I have certain prejudices, I know.)

But Matthew prefers skim. I think we'll step him down for a couple months from whole to 2 percent to 1 percent to skim.

mamamoos

DS has been on 2% per our pedi rec bc of how much heart disease runs in both mine and DH family. It still has the fats needed for brain development so that's not a concern. DS just had his 18 month appt and is still following his growth curve for weight and height (bw 60th and 70th percentiles).

emiliemadison

Both my kids are itty bitty weight wise so we dont really have any plans to switch them from whole in the near future. They're 4 and 2. If they were "average" weight, we'd probably have switched them to 1% or 2% by age two. DH and I drink skim. 

Mrs.tlcS

DH and I switched to whole milk.  We won't step down until DD is much bigger (she's off the chart on the small side for both height and weight).  We also hated having multiple cartons of milk in the fridge, so we just stopped buying skim since it pretty much only went on cereal anyway.

I'm really liking the whole milk, actually.  LOL.   We may never switch!

caeliesmom

We probably won't switch unless the pedi give us a reason to do so. DH and I always drink whole milk and we are perfectly healthy.

alheystek

we will probably switch DS to either 2 or 1% when he's 2. we have the room for extra milk in our fridge, so either way, it doesn't affect us. we drink 1%.