DD and Semi-skimmed

[CosyFires]

DD is 14 mo and will not have any fully fat milk what so ever! I don't know why. But today she's had cereal with semi skimmed and loved it

I know they're not supposed to have it until 2 but why? Is it going to make her poorly or is it just not enough nutrients?

DD has plenty of dairy throughout the day and has formula in the morning and evening.

[BeatriceBeaudelaire]

@dontquotemeondailymail except full fat and semi skimmed taste vastly different ?

[SomewhatIdiosyncratic]

Yes there's benefits to full fat milk over reduced fat versions, but semi skimmed still has nutritional benefits.

DS1 was on an exclusion diet between 1-3 due to allergies so only consumed oat substitute. He can drink milk now, but has no taste for it although likes cheese and yoghurt. At 6, he hasn't missed a day off school, so he's not been hindered too much

[Gileswithachainsaw]

Not to the extent some kids seem to though

I remember from my toddler groupndays and singing group at library days, the same parents who's kids permanently had bottles of milk in the hands were also the same kids who's parents were worried how little they were eating and the ones who seem to permanently be snotty...

Coincidence? Who knows..

[kaytee87]

And no other animal drinks milk past weaning age...

True but humans wouldn't naturally wean off the breast until between 2-4 so they do still need milk products a young age either cows milk (after 12mo) yoghurts, cheese, breast milk or formula.

[Gileswithachainsaw]

And no other animal drinks milk past weaning age...

[Gileswithachainsaw]

Yy rhi

So many people think they are being healthy by letting their kids drink lots of milk when in fact it cab fill thrm.up too much tat kids don't eat properly and can contribute to kids becoming anaemic .

Some of the nutrients in milk aren't even the most easily absorbable Kind.

Dd2 was cmpi and is the one without the asthma eczema hayfever animal allergies or permanently looking like someome s punched her in the face.

I've always always hated milk yet im the only one in my family who hasn't broken a bone...

[RhiWrites]

The reason so many people are obsessed with milk for children is the result of aggressive advertising by the Milk Marketing Board. Dairy consumption is not seen as essential in other parts of the world which weren't subjected to this kind of advertising. (The US had a similar campaign.)

It's weird that parents think children need cow's milk to thrive. Feed it if you want, it's not bad for you (unless you have allergies) but full fat milk isn't an essential either.

[Topseyt]

It is absolutely fine. Semi skimmed is absolutely not bad for young children. It won't poison them or anything.

She is still having some formula, so gets a fair bit from that. If she eats some yogurt, cheese or other food with some calcium in it then it is fine.

Mine have grown up with semi skimmed from a very early age and they are strapping young adults / teenagers now.

I suppose you could put Abidec children's vitamin drops in some of her semi skimmed drinks if you wanted to.

[NorksAkimbo72]

Neither of mine would touch whole milk when they were weaned, so both have had semi skimmed milk from just over 12 months (they're 11 and 10 years old now!). Spoke to gp and health visitor about it...both said it was absolutely fine as long as they were eating other full fat dairy like cheese and yoghurt, which they both did quite happily.

[Frazzled2207]

Won't do her any harm at all -full fat is for the fat and vitamins. Give her lots of cheese and yoghurt etc and sure she'll more than make it up.

[steppemum]

they need full fat milk for the FAT.
There is the same calcium etc in full fat as semi skimmed.

But young children need to eat fat. the neural pathways on their brains/bodies are still developing and this requires fat to make.

We don;t put children on a low fat diet, because they need to eat fat.

So, if she doesn't like full fat milk, make sure she eats full fat other stuff, eg butter not low fat spread, cheese, or fat from other non dairy sources.

[Gileswithachainsaw]

Mine never drank full fat. In fact neither even like milk. They'd have never touched full fat on cereal either and I can't even stand to look at the stuff I couldn't cope with it in the house... yuck.

Anyway dd2 has never had cows milk she had soya and then koko and now we just have the koko.

Milk.is overrated she will be fine

[BoomBoomsCousin]

Even if she isn't having other full fat milk products she can still have a good diet. Large parts of the world don't drink milk at all, it's not essential to a healthy life.

[Abrahamkin]

I'm in Scandinavia. Here the recommendation is to give 1.5% fat milk to kids 1-2 years and then drop down to below 1% fat under 2 years. Semi-skimmed to my knowledge is 2.5% fat, so you are more than following the recommendations here!.

[PollyFlint]

Semi-skimmed milk isn't 'bad for children' - it won't do them any harm. It's just not quite as nutritious as full fat. But if your child is having other full-fat dairy like yogurt, cheese etc then she should be perfectly OK. Semi-skimmed is better than no milk at all.

Put a little water in the full fat milk to thin it

But if the child is having watered down milk, then she's having less milk and less nutrients. If you're going to water down full fat milk you might just as well give her semi-skimmed.

[anonymousbird]

It will be absolutely fine - my DD couldn't tolerate full fat very well, and when we switched to green top (somewhere around her being 18 months old) all bloating and so on just stopped dead!

She is now a strapping very fit and healthy tall 12 year old!

[ConciseandNice]

None of my kids have any cow's milk. As long as your child has a decent diet and either your milk or formula then I wouldn't worry.

[user1493413286]

I wouldn't worry about it, just try and give her full fat yoghurt and cheese etc. I'm assuming she is fully weaned so the milk won't make much difference.

[RiversrunWoodville]

I was your dd apparently according to dm I cost her a fortune as dad hated semi skimmed and I'm still here but seriously as pps have said I wouldn't overly worry if she's getting her nutrients elsewhere. My dd1 goes by taste rather than sight (always has wee monkey) and can pick out substitutions a mile off

[Ilovechocolatetoomuch]

Full fat milk makes my Ds really phlemy. He is much better on semi skinned and has been in it since about 19 months. He is a healthy 95% for height boy.

[littlemissneela]

I thought semi skimmed had more nutrients in it than full fat, but I could be wrong. If she is happier on the ss milk on her cereal, she can get full fat in other things, like if you make mash potato or in yoghurts etc.

[SolemnlySwear2010]

My DD is 3 and has been drinking semi skimmed since 18 months. She refused to have full fat in anything (cereal/porridge etc) but will happily eat it with semi skimmed.

We just make sure she is having other sources of full fat dairy - yogurts, cheese etc.

[JennyOnAPlate]

I'm sure it's absolutely fine but try mixing them and giving her half full fat and half semi?

[dontquotemeondailymail]

MissTerry lol you're so right 🙈

[QueenEnid]

My daughter has just turned 1 and I use semi skimmed for any cooking. We don’t drink full fat milk and she’s still on a bottle of formula at night time.

As long as she’s getting plenty of other calcium through cheese/yogurts etc I don’t see the issue.