Do all kids drink milk?

[MichelleVW]

I am kind of like this. My kids aren't allowed to have milk (my 4 year old does get half a cup or so at breakfast though) because of all the hormones in milk. Even if that wasn't true, look at the calories in a glass of milk! Even if someone wants to dispute the hormones in milk, you can't dispute it DOES lead to obesity. I have 3 kids, 9, 8, and 4. We kind of live by the rule "don't drink your calories". I don't tell them that, but I follow that rule for the whole family. We put cheese on just about everything here..so I don't think they are calcium deprived by any means. Oh, we do use milk in cereal though, so I do keep it in the house. And I use it in cooking, mac and cheese and such.

We drink a ton of milk in our house, skim milk because we can't stand the "thick" milk. There is not one obese person in my house, and my kids have always been skinny milk drinkers. Drinking milk does not lead to obesity.

DD and I do not drink milk. We don't even put it on our cereal. She was allergic to milk protien as a baby, and her ped. said I probably was too and therefore "decided" I didn't like it.

I remember seeing an interview with some anti-milk celebrity (Mary Lou Henner, maybe?) a long time ago, and one quote always stuck with me:

"The only purpose of cows milk is to turn a 60 pound calf into a 600 pound cow in 6 months."

This may have been a bit of hyperbole, but it made a big impression on me!

And while DD is normal height for her age, she is a good 20# less heavy than her milk chugging classmates. Also, not as "developed" at 11.

My girls neither developed early or are anywhere near overweight and drink milk nonstop.

I honestly could care less if people do or do not drink milk, but I love it, my girls love it and none of us are even close to being fat.

 

[Darsa]

We drink a ton of milk in our house, skim milk because we can't stand the "thick" milk

Me too, exactly!!

Oh, and my big-milk-drinker DD13 is quite skinny, thank you.

 

[bubie2.5]

I used to HATE milk when I was a kid. I ate my cereal dry. I tried having it with milk when my cousins stayed at my house, but I gaged and just couldn't swallow it.

 

[LisaR]

I know some people roll their eyes at the notion that milk leads to obesity but there is *some* truth to that.

Let's assume that those that post on The Dis are well informed, smart people. After all, most of the kids here are in the gifted program so they had to get their smarts from their parents!

Not everyone is well informed. I know a family that has kids that border on being overweight. They will only drink whole milk and they drink gallons of it every week. If they would switch to skim milk and stop letting their kids drink half of their meals, they would benefit tremendously. The calories they consume just from milk must be staggering. If you have naturally skinny kids, milk isn't going to make them obese. But if your kids struggle with weight, unlimited quantities of whole milk will likely lead to obesity.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

Mine drink it -about one or two glasses/day. They don't like low fat milk at all-they like "creamy" milk. I NEVER drank it as a child..I hated it, still don't like it much. I will use as little as possible for my cereal, I never have a puddle in the bowl when I am done.

I had a bone scan done a few years ago and the DR. said I had the bones of a 12 year old. I do take a daily Calcium tablet.

 

[MichelleVW]

I know some people roll their eyes at the notion that milk leads to obesity but there is *some* truth to that.

Let's assume that those that post on The Dis are well informed, smart people. After all, most of the kids here are in the gifted program so they had to get their smarts from their parents!

Not everyone is well informed. I know a family that has kids that border on being overweight. They will only drink whole milk and they drink gallons of it every week. If they would switch to skim milk and stop letting their kids drink half of their meals, they would benefit tremendously. The calories they consume just from milk must be staggering. If you have naturally skinny kids, milk isn't going to make them obese. But if your kids struggle with weight, unlimited quantities of whole milk will likely lead to obesity.

Well if you drink a ton of whole milk then yeah you will gain weight, that's pretty much a no brainer. The calories are listed right on the side of the milk carton, it's hard to miss.

 

[mhsjax]

As for calcium, it's been known at least 20 years now that it takes more calcium from the body to digest the protein in the milk than the serving of milk has...so each glass of milk you drink depletes your body's calcium stores even more...is it any wonder our bones are falling apart?

I've never heard that before. Do you have a link to a credible source?

I am not the one who posted this, but I have read it in several places. Also was told by my Anatomy professor, and also my pediatrician told my mom this when I was 4 years old, and that was in the 60's. If you like milk fine have at it. But there are really so many better ways to obtain calcium. Did anybody every stop to wonder why so many people are intolerant or allergic to cow's milk.. Hum, makes you wonder. Also my mom hated the stuff, she died at 85, never have a bone density problem, she found other sources for her calcium. On a side note: hubby loves the stuff.

 

[daisax]

Yuk -- haven't drunk milk since I was 7 or 8.

Went with a friend to have a free bone scan done in our late 20s (we work in a hospital and signed up to be controls for a study), and she was gloating because she is a rabid milk drinker -- turned out my bones were very significantly stronger than hers!

I do enjoy cheese and ice cream!

 

[Shyvioletisme]

I never drank milk when I was little...just never liked the taste of it...drank apple juice instead...I buy lite soy milk for cereal now, but only because it doesn't taste like real milk...I won't just drink it straight however.

 

[GoldieSaysMeep]

I never drank it, as a child or an adult. Didn't even put it in cereal.

I will say, I recently tried blueberry milk for the first time as a 32 yo adult, and it was delicious.

 

[robinb]

My 9-year old drank cow's milk for about 3 years. I gave it to her because it was recommended for toddlers. I cannot stand the stuff (I think I might have a low-level allergy) and once Celia was about 3-4 she refused to drink it too. We have plain soy milk in the house and we use it in place of milk for cereal, mac n cheese, etc. We eat cheese, cream and yogurt ... it's just the milk that tastes nasty to us. It does annoy me that her school lunch includes milk but she can't get bottled water. I send water or a juice pouch to school even when she eats a rare hot lunch.

 

[tennisfan]

I love milk, always have done

I prefer milk or water over anything else.

 

[kinntj]

My DD6 hates it, but DD4 loves it. DD6 doesn't eat eggs either, once the eggs hatched into chicks in her Kindergarten classroom.

 

[Jennasis]

Someone mentioned "nut milk". What the deuce is that? You can "milk" nuts now?


Wait...that didn't come out right.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

We intentionally try not to drink milk. I have heard too many bad things/studies about milk.

I did a little research, spoke to my doctor and discovered there is no reason to drink milk.

My cousin's pediatrician is anti-milk after age 3.

 

[Jennasis]

We intentionally try not to drink milk. I have heard too many bad things/studies about milk.

I did a little research, spoke to my doctor and discovered there is no reason to drink milk.

My cousin's pediatrician is anti-milk after age 3.

No reason to drink soda, Crystal Lite, OJ or anything other than water...other than it all tastes good

 

[Jenvenza]

Our DD who is 18 months drinks soy milk - no regular milk for her. We tried whole milk when she turned a year old, but she showed signs of being lactose intolerant - which is very common in children under the age of 2 - so we switched her to soy milk and she loves it and does great with it!

 

[Jenvenza]

We intentionally try not to drink milk. I have heard too many bad things/studies about milk.

I did a little research, spoke to my doctor and discovered there is no reason to drink milk.
My cousin's pediatrician is anti-milk after age 3.

You are absolutely correct. There is no need for childen to have milk. They can get calcium and vitamins from many other things. We have just been told over and over again that kids need milk. I understand if they drink it because they like it and it tastes good - but as far as health benefits - there is no need.

 

[ZachnElli]

We are a big milk drinking family. I like it, the other 4 (DH and the 3 kids) LOVE it! We go through at least a gallon a day. My kids aren't even remotely close to fat. In fact if my 13 year old heard it makes you fat, he might drink more because he thinks he's too skinny!

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

Someone mentioned "nut milk". What the deuce is that? You can "milk" nuts now?


Wait...that didn't come out right.

Thank you for not editing that out..that was the funniest thing I have read all day, including your last line!!


If I thought that milk would make my kids fat, I would give it to them by the gallon. They get about two glasses of whole milk a day, they are very skinny.