Milk

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Do you drink it, do you give it your kids?( cows milk)
If you don’t give it your kids, what do you give them instead? What can I give my 4 year old as an alternative? Doesn’t she still need cows milk for the dairy?

What on earth do you eat?

Maybe not think of her diet so much as including dairy products as much as looking at what your dd needs in terms of vitamins, minerals, protein, fats, carbs etc and feeding her accordingly. Your GP or health visitor can provide nutritional information.

It's not bad unless you have an intolerance to dairy. If you are Western European origin this is unlikely. The argument 'no one needs milk' I find bizarre for a young child it is a brilliant source of the nutrients they need to grow well. When humans developed the adaptation to digest milk it enabled one of the biggest and quickest leaps forward in human evolution - the other one was learning to cook food.

Buy the best quality milk you can afford. If you think processed alternatives with lots of stuff added to it is better, then go for it.

With access to a varied diet, how much does one need?