What kind of milk for 2 year olds?

I was wondering what type of milk your pedi told you to give your kids when they turned two?

 

She recommended that we switch to 2%.

Sharon

 

Mine also recommended 2%.

 

We do 2% organic milk.

 

Ours also recomennded 2%

 

Ours said at this point they are still so active and growing that it was fine to keep them on whole milk.......so that is what I buy for them but if they run out (before I get to the store) I will use the 2%.

 

Thanks for letting me know that I'm not crazy. My girls pedi said to switch them to fat free milk. I must have made a face because she then said to switch to 1% if that is what we drink in the house.

 

My pedi said to switch to nonfat too, but that we could give them 1% if that is what DH and I drink. The only reason she wants our kids to switch to nonfat is because they are big milk drinkers and have a hearty appetite (read as: they gained too much weight between their 1.5 and 2 year well-baby visits).

 

My pedi said it was my choice. Anything goes from 2% to fat free. We drink fat free around here so that is what they get.
Don't tell my kids but I hate milk!

-Kimberly

 

We were told we could keep whole milk going, but that 2% was fine..... that's what I do!

 

2% here. If we have whole milk in the house for rice pudding than they drink that. I haven't had a cup of milk in ages.

 

My two get breastmilk and fat free milk.

 

We were told they could have whatever we were having in the house (I buy 1 percent for me). But they are both so small, that we are still giving them the whole milk (she was 21 lbs and he was 26 lbs at their 2 year).

 

Mine were on whole milk until a few months ago. We just switched to 2%. The pedi gave the ok for skim or 1%, but since mine are so skinny I'm sticking with 2%. She said that they should only get 20 oz. a day and that having the 2% will help them eat more food vs. just drinking milk b/c the fat content is lower and they will be hungry for other things.