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Anyone not planning on WCM?

tmaddentmadden member
in October 2011 Moms
Is anyone *not* planning to transition LO to white cow's milk? A friend of mine said they are moving their daughter to flax seed milk (which I had never even heard of). This was over email, so I haven't heard back on why, though I know WCM can be hard on their little systems sometimes. I just assumed we would move G to WCM, but now I wonder about other options.
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  • cantalopes24cantalopes24 member
    My son hates WCM. He refused to drink it for years so we used alternatives. The point of WCM is the healthy fats for brain development which you can get from other sources just like calcium.
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  • thetheisensthetheisens member

    I know some people are against giving WCM, which I think is fine as long as you are making sure they are getting healthy fats from other sources. I know people use the argument that no other animal drinks another animal's milk or has milk into adulthood, but no other animal cooks it's food either, so the argument doesn't make sense to me. Also, if you want to go way back to a more tribal society, babies weaned much later from their mother than a year, closer to 5 years. So historically a baby would have been getting it's healthy fats for many years from BM. 

    Anyway you want to do it, the important thing is that you are making sure your baby is getting the nutrition that she/he needs to grow and develop. 

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  • kujayhawkgirlkujayhawkgirl
    We're likely going to do almond milk, because of DD's milk protein allergy. As PP have said, as long as your LO is getting the nutrients (including fat) that they need from other food, it's OK not to do WCM.
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member

    We're doing WCM because LBB hasn't show any allergies or reason not to.  Although I do play around with different "milk" products like goat cheese or coconut milk yogurt.

    But FTR, the W in WCM stands for "Whole" not "White."  There's no subversive KKK undertone to dairy products.

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  • aliciarosetaliciaroset member
    We're not as I mentioned below. We haven't talked to the pedi about it yet, but she eats lots of great fat and we don't drink milk so we never keep it around.
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member
    imagecrystalbaby:

    imageblu-eyedwife:
    But FTR, the W in WCM stands for "Whole" not "White."  There's no subversive KKK undertone to dairy products.

    LMAO. Is the alternative to white cow's milk, chocolate milk?

    You mean like lmedina18?

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  • ababymaybeababymaybe member
    I wish we could. I would if DS wasn't allergic. In "theory" you can make up for it dietarily but toddlers are notoriously picky and WCM or BM or formula is the best insurance policy. None of the other milks are really adequate, rice and almond milk have hardly any cals etc. We are seeing a dietician soon about this actually.
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  • RoxRingRoxRing
    Im not against it, but E has had a problem with it in the past so I have no idea what we are going to do.

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