Whole Milk/2%/1%

[Unregistered]

I provided whole milk to my infants until my own son turned two and our dr told us to switch him to 2%, 1% or skim. I now provide only 1% which is our families preferred. I have one child in care who just turned 1. Should I provide whole to this child only? It is more expensive, and we have a small fridge so I don't really have room to have enough milk for my other 7 dck and then an extra whole milk for the only infant. Unless I only have 1 for dck and then have to go to the store 2-3x per week to pick up another one.

Does your food program require whole for your 1 yr olds? Do you think its out of line to only offer what works for my family? Would you be mad if your provider didnt offer whole to your 1 yr old?

[nannyde]

whole till they are two

[Cat Herder]

whole till they are two

Ditto

[Lilbutterflie]

Yup, whole milk until they are two. You can try just buying a half gallon or pint at a time if you don't have room.

[Meyou]

I serve whole milk to all the kids, my own 7 and 12 year old included. But I have a bunch of very active, skinny minis who can use the extra fat.

[WDW]

Whole til 2 is across the board advice, but more and more drs. are recommending 2% younger than that. I personally would (and did) ask my parents. Most of them wanted 2% by about 18 months, as that is what their drs. suggested. I buy a half gallon of whole for the one family who wanted whole.

[Cat Herder]

Whole til 2 is across the board advice, .

Quick clarification: This is not advice, it is mandated for Registered/Licensed Childcare Providers.

[bice99]

I serve whole milk to all the kids, my own 7 and 12 year old included. But I have a bunch of very active, skinny minis who can use the extra fat.

I do exactly the same for my own 9 and 6 year olds. They need the extra calories/fat. I just buy whole and skim. If a kid needs 2%, I mix half and half

[jojosmommy]

I just talked to my food program lady and she said it is recommeded but not required they have whole until 2 however all kids 2 and older will be REQUIRED to be on 1% or skim starting October 1st of this year. Interesting. Likely because of all the obesity in kids I guess.

Has anyone else heard about this upcoming requirement?

[jen2651]

I just talked to my food program lady and she said it is recommeded but not required they have whole until 2 however all kids 2 and older will be REQUIRED to be on 1% or skim starting October 1st of this year. Interesting. Likely because of all the obesity in kids I guess.

Has anyone else heard about this upcoming requirement?

I have a family on WIC and the mom was telling me that for her 3 year old WIC will only allow her to buy skim or 1%...the coupons aren't even valid to purchase anything different. It will be interesting to see what happens next month when her son turns 1...will she get coupons for 1% and whole?!

[GretasLittleFriends]

I have a friend who is on wic and her little one is about 14 months. Her vouchers say whole/2%/1%/skim. She only has the one child. Not sure how that'd work for both kids. They may just change all the milk to whole/2/1/s...

[nannyde]

I have a family on WIC and the mom was telling me that for her 3 year old WIC will only allow her to buy skim or 1%...the coupons aren't even valid to purchase anything different. It will be interesting to see what happens next month when her son turns 1...will she get coupons for 1% and whole?!

WIC changed here too BUT it was a way to cut the money from the program. The change down to skim milk or 1 percent saves WIC MILLIONS of dollars a year.

[nannyde]

I just talked to my food program lady and she said it is recommeded but not required they have whole until 2 however all kids 2 and older will be REQUIRED to be on 1% or skim starting October 1st of this year. Interesting. Likely because of all the obesity in kids I guess.

Has anyone else heard about this upcoming requirement?

If they really wanted to tackle obesity in kids one of the first moves they need to make is allow ONLY single ingredient foods to be purchased by food stamps.

Big agriculture will never go for that though. It would cut into the corn based foods. Monstanto wouldn't play that.

[jojosmommy]

If they really wanted to tackle obesity in kids one of the first moves they need to make is allow ONLY single ingredient foods to be purchased by food stamps.

Big agriculture will never go for that though. It would cut into the corn based foods. Monstanto wouldn't play that.

I agree! And not allow purchases of pop/chips etc with the "extra" money they are provided on their EBT cards. I have never figured out what that "extra" money is supposed to be for as I have NEVER ONCE seen someone using it for quality foods like fruits/veggies.

[MommyMuffin]

I have a child that needs whole milk and only comes everyother week.

What I do is buy a smaller size of milk container and at the end of the week I give it to the mom to take home and use. That way the milk doesnt go to waste. His mom is also unemployed and a single mother so it is kinda like charity!