Just curious, if baby has no dairy issues, 2% or whole milk?

iristony · November 2011

My doctor and much of the research I read said whole milk. I give my son 24 oz a day. Some friends I have chatted with are doing 2%. Which did your doc recommend and/or what are you doing?

Kara5109 · November 2011

16 ounces of whole. She is on the skinny side so she needs all the fat she can get.

memali26 · November 2011

Whole milk. DD1 is 93rd% for height and only 25th% for weight, so aside from the fat for brain development the pedi doesn't want us skimping on anything that will help maintain her weight, as well.

JulesDiane · November 2011

Doc said either, but I went with whole milk. I have a small peanut, and I think she could use the extra fat and calories.

MrsMommyQ · November 2011

My DD Is big for her age (height is 95% and weight is 93%) but the doctor still said to do whole milk from 1 to 2 years old and then switch. Their little bodies need the fat at this age.

JulySpark05 · November 2011

Whole milk

Bailey81 · November 2011

Whole.

TBLilyRose · November 2011

My Pedi said whole until age 2 then we could do 2% if we wanted to.

sschwege · November 2011

Still BFing, but my office recommends whole milk over 2%.

g8trkim · November 2011

We do whole milk. He drinks close to 24 oz a day. We will switch to 2% when he's a little older.

nealbl · November 2011

We were doing whole milk but at her 18 month checkup he Pedi said we could switch to 2%. I am going to ask about skim at 2 year appt.

I have a chunkey monkey though

wife1014 · November 2011

whole

chewychigozie · November 2011

Whole milk because of the fat content. 2% does not have enough to keep baby full. About 2 cups a day of milk with solid food and finger food. Include low suger juice in baby's diet.

sschwege · November 2011

chewychigozie:
Whole milk because of the fat content. 2% does not have enough to keep baby full. About 2 cups a day of milk with solid food and finger food. Include low suger juice in baby's diet.

Juice never has to be a part of anyone's diet.

Monicagail1 · November 2011

We are doing 2% and our doctor supported that decision. Both sides of our family have history of obesity, heart disease and diabetes, so we decided to start with 2%based on recent research from the AAP. We still give full fat cheese and yogurt, so she's getting fat from other sources as well.

NiniJ55 · November 2011

I'm doing whole milk until he reaches 2yrs old. At that point I will switch to 2%.

llc730 · November 2011

We were giving DD whole until her 18 month appt. I talked to her pedi and he said that the general recommendation is whole until age 2 but since DD is 90% for ht and wt and eats plenty of other diary we could switch to 2% whenever we felt comfortable. He said no skim/non-fat for kids. We switched DD a few weeks after the appt.

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