Organic Whole Milk vs Regular Whole Milk

star21gazer

Which one do you do?

We got the okay two weeks ago from the pedi to go ahead and do half whole milk/ half formula since Aubrey was refusing straight formula.  So the first week I just bought regular whole milk.  Last week Target was out of their brand of whole milk and when I compared the price of a half a gallon of Purity to a half a gallon of Horizon Organic milk the organic milk was cheaper so I bought that.  She seems to like both kinds.  

I'm not a strictly organic girl obviously, but I will buy certain things.  I don't know whether to keep doing the Horizon or if regular milk would do just as good.  The only con to the organic I have is that a half a gallon is over 3 dollars and a gallon is almost 6 dollars.  

I haven't done a whole lot of research on organic vs whole milk.  I do know that it seems to me that girls mature (body wise) a whole lot faster these days and I do wonder if it's because of the hormones and stuff added to meat and milk.  I plan on doing some reading on it.  

So which do you use?  

MrsAO

We use regular whole milk. If I had a daugther though I would probably do a little more research before I made the decision. But right now I tend to worry more about eggs and chicken as far as hormones rather than the milk - again, moreso for girls, but still.

gervaisj6

I don;t have any children, but I have a niece, and my sister likes it because the expiration date is longer on the organic milk- the regular kind expires in about 2 weeks...  Also, the organic taste, is creamier. I have tried it , and it is good...

sdkrlm

We use Organic Whole Milk.  I haven't done a HUGE amount of research on it, I admit, but with all the talk about the potential correlation between pre-mature maturity in girls and regular milk, I figured it can't hurt.

 Buying Organic is also overall better for the environment - the farming practices are much more regulated and environmentally friendly.  I don't buy ALL organic stuff, but when the choice is there (and won't cost me a fortune) I choose Organic over conventional on most foods.

 And - spending $3/half gallon of milk vs $2.50 (?) isn't going to break us - so Why not?