AIBU to ask which milk your children drink?

[early30smum]

So much conflicting advice, and I realize it's hardly a huge deal, but just wondered what kind of milk you all give your kids (full fat, semi skimmed, skimmed cows milk or other milks) and why? Also how old they are?

Those of you that have decided not to give your children cow's milk, could I ask why?
I am genuinely interested.

Whole milk for dd 3 and 5.

Semi for dh and I.

Channel Island milk.

DS 11 has always had Soya milk..the last few years it has had to be Aldi as he went off other brands. At a healthy eating thing run by the HV I was chastised for him being on Soya milk (as advised by his consultant) as it 'has too much sugar in it'.

His CMPI tailed off when he was about 7, but he wont drink cow's milk as he just doesn't have the taste for it. He also doesn't like cream or milk heavy dishes...chocolate ice cream passes the test for some reason

Full fat milk. DD has always been a tiddler so while they only recommend full fat up to the age of 2, I think it still does her good at 4+

Full fat for my 16 month old DS and my husband, unsweetened almond milk for me.

I only buy one sort of milk, so it's usually semi-skimmed as I don't like the taste in tea. I get the added vitamin D one from Asda when I can.

Sometimes we have flavoured milk in for DS, but not that often. He drinks a lot more fruit juice than milk tbh. He doesn't put much in his cereal either, sometimes he doesn't bother and just eats it dry. I pour about a third of a cup of milk, he doesn't always finish it though.

Once MIL made a cup of tea for DH but didn't have any milk for it, so put in lots of some cream

Thetruthfairy it was their decision-not mine.

My kids were breastfed for several years, never had formula. Even when introducing solids they would refuse any dairy foods. When old enough to talk they told me dairy smelled and tasted foul.

I lived in SE Asia for a while before having DC in a country that doesn't consume any milk or dairy past todderhood, and I knew that it was not crucial for a healthy diet.
I felt confident that I could give my kids a nutritious diet without dairy.

I do eat some dairy myself, so nothing against it as such, it can be a valuable food source. However all the nutrients can equally be found elsewhere.
DS in now 6ft 3, DD 5 ft 10, and not a tooth filling between them.
And all without a single yogurt or glass of milk.

Semi skimmed for ds 4 and 5. Dd will be full fat once she hits a year til about 18 months

Full fat organic here, both teenagers are coeliac and very skinny. We see the consultant and dietician yearly and they both agree that DD and DS need the additional benefits

The truth Both mine had CMPI as babies - one had to be on neocate formula, the other I BF long-term but had to cut dairy out of my diet. Both had outgrown by two but because they were accustomed to the taste of oat milk, they didn't like the taste of cow's milk and always refused it. They eat yoghurt, cheese, ice-cream etc. I hope they will start to drink it eventually as alternative milks are more expensive.

gracecape- I have never felt the need to use an alternative.

Alpro hazelnut or oatley

Dairy milk is for calves 🐄

2yo is on full fat organic milk, we recently switched from ordinary full fat and she loves it. I didn't think it would make much difference but she has been having more. The 5yo has any kind of milk but she loves chocolate almond milk and coconut milk.

5 years old and nearly 2 pints of whole milk per day
7 years old and 200ml alpro junior soya on cereal plus 250ml alpro choc milk per day

None, never saw the point of introducing it as a drink. He had breast milk "direct" (refused a bottle when I went back to work) and food when I wasn't around (incl yogurt, milk in cereal, cheese etc).
If we were giving him milk it'd be the same as the rest of the milk in our house: organic, non homogenised, full fat milk (yum)

Almond or Hazelnut milk

Not a cows milk fan..plus it tends to make my throat tight and lip swell whenever I have foods containing it, so I never buy it.

Only whole milk for DD2 and me (6yo and err 30s)

DD1 has never liked milk, but will tolerate whole on cereal.

DH has semi skimmed.

Full fat 12 & 14 and 36 year old man child they drink bloody gallons of the stuff sometimes 6 pints a day!

@vinorosso74
What do you use milk for? I'm currently dairy free as I think my baby is sensitive and have tried most!
Rice milk best in tea, imo.
Almond cream best in coffee.
Oatly probably most like milk
Rice milk with coconut for the best hot chocolate ever...

Semi skimmed organic for dc aged 3 and 5. Younger one seemed to have a dicky tummy on whole milk. Older dc has very little milk and gets most his calcium from foods like nuts. I drink soya. But I always buy full fat Greek yoghurt and dairy products as it's not fat we need to avoid, it's sugar+fat.

Vegan. She drank almond milk because she was raised vegan from birth and was perfectly healthy and happy on it.

Full fat for the whole family. Delicious on cereal DD is 2.

YABU

Skimmed milk is fine in tea and coffee and even on cereal but It's horrible to drink. Nothing nicer than a refreshing glass of blue top milk.