At What Age Did Your PA Child Start Drinking Milk? What Percentage?

Cindy - I don't understand the % thing, mind you, there's so many differences between our cultures that it doesn't suprise me how much I don't understand sometimes!

I started Eva at approx 1 year also, she may have been a little over.

Gwen

Both my kids were switched to whole milk at approximately 1 year old. Very soon after that we went to 2%.
Christine

I breastfed my first son (for some reason I couldn't pump) until he was 13 months old. Since I couldn't pump, I started training him on a sippy cup (because he would never take a botter or pacifier for that matter--and believe me I desperately tried to get him to take the pacifier) at 7 months old with water of course, then to juice (watered down). He is 26 months old now and to this day he still won't really drink milk (1%) (my kids do not need the additional fat in 2% milk). He's not allergic to it. He will drink it if I am persistent with him. He just prefers juice. So we buy everything that has calcium in it to make sure he gets enough calcium since he doesn't truly drink milk right now...crackers, juice, orange juice, cheese (which he absolutely LOVES), yogurt, etc.

We decided to get pregnant when my first son turned 1. I must be very fertile because it only took one take (if you will). I got pregnant 1 day before he turned 1. I weaned him 1 month later due to my pregnancy. My second son (almost 6 months) is still breastfeeding (still unable to pump). I will probably do the same as I did with my first son (since I'm not giving him a bottle or pacifier--he can calm himself much better than the 1st one did) but hopefully this one will drink milk. I will probably nurse him until he doesn't want to nurse anymore.

Matt started off with 2% (the only kind my hubby will buy) when I discontinued using the formula. He was just shy of being 9mo. He never has really liked it though. He used to drink it only if I put chocolate in it, but now I have to use strawberry or vanilla and sugar to get him to drink it, since I now know he is allergic to chocolate.

Gwen, sorry, we have different percentages of fat, I guess in our milk. We have HOMO milk which is the thickest and I guess fattiest.
Then there's 2% which is what I buy now (the HOMO is too thick for my tea). Then there's 1%. And Skim. Not clear what the difference between 1% and Skim is. But, I do believe it all has something to do with fat and that was why I changed my daughter from HOMO to 2% because she didn't need the extra fat from the HOMO.

Best wishes! [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img]

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We tried to start our son on milk at 1 year. He had a sensitivity to it, so we put him on formula for a few months. He has always had skim milk - he's always been in the 95th and above percentile for his size, and his Ped. said skim wouldn't hurt him. I have a SIL who tells me constantly that he should be drinking whole milk, something about kids' brains needing the fat (????). He seems perfectly fine to me!
Our younger son (not PA) drinks whole milk because he's in the 10th percentile for his size. He's been on milk since 1 year old.

Evan started drinking whole milk when he was 12 months. When he turned two, we switched to 2%.

Owen started milk at the same age, but we thought he had a milk allergy since he was constantly congested and had chronic ear infections. We switched him to soy milk until he was 18 months when he started to get ear infections again even though he wasn't drinking milk. At that time, I switched him back to 2% and he's been fine.

Both of my boys love milk.

Ben started on tiny amounts of whole cow's milk at 6 months old--out of a cup, so it wasn't very much. I got bad advice from the doctor, and foolishly didn't question it. I still blame that for a lot of his problems. I took him off cow's milk at about age 3 1/2 and switched to rice milk.

Eliza started on rice milk probably around a year. She's never had cow's milk except in cooking.

Logan and Lauren both started milk around their first birthdays. They are 4 and 2 now but still drink whole milk (3% milk fat). Even though Logan's allergic to milk he drinks it because he's less allergic to that than other stuff.

E-mom - have you tried the Avent Isis pump? I never could pump with Logan but with Lauren I got the Avent pump and it worked great. Unfortunately, I had to pour all my pumped milk down the drain because Lauren wouldn't take a bottle at all!

Rebekah

rebekahc,

I haven't tried that pump. I guess I'm a little nervous since I last tried to pump because it took me 45 agonizing minutes (I know) to get 1 ounce into the bottle--so not worth it and after all that he refused to take the bottle so, like you, I had to throw it down the drain--ugh!

All 4 of my kids started with whole milk around 12-14 months until the age of 2. Then we switched to fat-free.

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Thanks Cindy!

We don't really differentiate between how much fat % wise, we just have full fat, half fat and skimmed milk. Doctors over here recommend that you dont give children anything but whole milk, I don't remember why though, so Eva has always been on full fat milk.

Just out of curiosity, is the milk actually thick, or just thicker than 1 or 2% milk?

Thanks

Gwen

HI! My PA daughter starting drinking whole milk around 12 months. My Pa son doesn't drink milk in any form...very allergic!
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tkiaml

My non-PA daughter started around 10-1/2 months and my PA son started around 11-1/2 months. Both on homo milk and still are at 28 months and 12 months.

OK, I see all the replies here are about cow's milk, but I have to add my 2 cents. My son, now 3, is dairy allergic. He has been drinking enriched organic rice milk since he was 13 months. I try to make up for the lack of fat in the rice milk by adding olive or canola oil to everything I possibly can (like oatmeal).

My son started drinking whole milk at age 1. His pediatrician told us it was recomended to stay on whole milk until he was two years of age. At this point he recommended using 2% if we wished. My son HATES the change in taste from formula but does okay as long as we warm it up.