Is it ok for a 5yo to have skimmed milk?

[CountessDracula]

I have always hated creamy milk and it seems dd is the same. She rejected full cream a long time ago and has been on semi skimmed. We ran out the other day and she had some of our skimmed and now is refusing to go back to semi!

I take it this is fine in a perfectly healthy slightly tubby 5yo!

no
i just wanted to ask!

Are you?

Children
Children should drink whole milk until they are at least two years old because they may not get as many calories as they need from semi-skimmed milk.

After the age of two, children can gradually move to semi-skimmed milk as a main drink, as long as they are eating well and getting plenty of calories and nutrients from a varied diet.

Don't give skimmed milk to children until they're at least five years old because it's too low in calories and contains only very small amounts of vitamin A, which children need.

Children between the ages of one and three need to have about 350mg of calcium a day. About 300ml full-fat milk (three fifths of a pint) would provide this.

Sorry - that's from www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/nutritionessentials/milkanddairy/here.

ah that's great thanks!

I've been thinking about it a lot lately myself. DD has high cholesterol so I was wondering if I should put her on semi-skimmed whan she gets to two.

No. Skimmed milk is the work of the devil. You will have scarred her for life.

Does that help?

you think water is vile?!

I really can't bear even semi skimmed, it makes me gag!

I love skimmed milk. Can't stand anything else. I will have my children on skimmed milk on their 5th birthdays.