whole milk??

[Maggie'sMom]

OP, where will you be staying? The options at WDW resorts and parks are WHOLE milk and SKIM milk. SOMETIMES, you can find 1% milk...but it's not always available. It's available more often at the resort food courts, but not always in the parks.

I never had any trouble finding 1% milk in the parks, at both TS and QS restaurants.

 

[brergnat]

I never had any trouble finding 1% milk in the parks, at both TS and QS restaurants.

I had a heck of a time finding it in April of this year...

I drink 1% milk. I LOATHE skim milk...I cannot stand the taste/thinness of it. But, I cannot drink whole milk either.

For the first two days of our resort stay (Contemporary), they were "out" of 1% milk. I had to resort to "mixing" whole with skim to make my own version. Then, I got sick, so I wasn't looking for it. But, I think now that they've made the healthier options for kids in the parks, the "lowfat" milk is more readily available, ALTHOUGH I was seeing a LOT more "lowfat chocolate milk" and not a heck of a lot of lowfat regular milk around...maybe it was there, and you just had to ask for it. I don't know. I hope that is the case.

In any event, there was NO shortage of whole milk, and that is what the OP was asking about.

 

[squirrel]

Children need more fat than adults. Their brain needs it to develop.

I still give the children at my daycare 2% milk. I don't have any children under the age of 2.

 

[mjkacmom]

I am amazed at these responses. I am glad the original question was answered. I am just wondering why it turned into almost an argument over whether or not the OP should even be buying whole milk. Does it really matter? I am sure the OP is a wonderful parent. One year old or 2... if she has a reason to give whole milk to her child who are we to question that?
Goodness...

Apparently you didn't read the whole (short) thread - she asked about whole milk for her 5 year old, accidentely, and then posted that she was asking about it for a 1 year old - big difference. It is very well known that children over the age of 2 should have low fat milk.

 

[DISNEYNV]

Whole milk is readily avaiable across property.

But I agree with the above poster, healthy 5 year olds should NOT be drinking whole milk but rather 1% or skim!

that was my first thought but perhaps he needs the calories?

 

[angelarainey]

i know, a huge thing about the age and whole milk. we are staying at pop. i am pretty consistent and by the book on what my kids eat and drink and he needs his whole milk during the day.

 

[RahRah573]

that was my first thought but perhaps he needs the calories?

Exactly! My soon to be 5 DS is tall, lean and eats like a champ - a very healthful diet with lots of vegtables, fruits, nuts & seeds, meats, etc. - he just doesn't seem to like *junk foods*, even when his friends are eating chips or cookies, he wants a banana or some cheese instead.....he is still consuming whole dairy products (whole milk, full-fat cheese, etc.) because he needs to - he's 92nd percentile for height for age, but still only 15th percentile for BMI for age, so his doctor doesn't want him to fall off the chart since he only recently actually hit the 15th percentile for BMI for age, after hoovering for years in the 10-12th percentile! So for some kids, whole milk and full-fat foods are needed so they don't get underweight!

 

[brymolmom]

Actually I think this is an interesting conversation about which milk(s) to give our kids. Peds recommend different things and each situation is different - and therefore would call for different recommendations. However, no matter what your 'norm' is - I'm no doctor but I'm pretty sure that on a week vacation - it would not negatively impact a child's overall well-being to drink something other than what is recommended or what he/she is used to. So, even if whole wasn't available, I'm guessing that something else would be fine for a week, unless there are medical considerations that would make it more significant.

For my own family - we did whole for a small amount of time when they turned 1...then went quickly to 2%. Then at about age 3 for my dd and 4 for ds - we switched to skim. Even though both kids are at the low end for weight, we have heart issues in our family so our PED would prefer that my kids be UNDER weight as they get into their later years (because many of us know that kids can be skinny-minny and then not-so-much when they reach their 30's ).

Anyway - OP - you can check with your PED, but I'm guessing even if whole isn't available - your little one will be fine with whatever is available just for a week.

 

[K and K's Mommy]

I am amazed at these responses. I am glad the original question was answered. I am just wondering why it turned into almost an argument over whether or not the OP should even be buying whole milk. Does it really matter? I am sure the OP is a wonderful parent. One year old or 2... if she has a reason to give whole milk to her child who are we to question that?
Goodness...

This is my pet peeve about the Dis board in general. She didn't ask should I give skim or whole milk.......

 

[Maggie'sMom]

This is my pet peeve about the Dis board in general. She didn't ask should I give skim or whole milk.......

I'm surprised someone didn't chime in with instructions on how to milk a cow.

There are guidelines that work with most kids, but there are always exceptions so no one should judge from a simple question asked on a message board. Ultimately, these decisions are best made by the parent and their pediatrician, and in my DD's case, I should have ignored her pediatrician's advice. DD has always been thin. She's in the 5th percentile for weight and 10th for height. She goes beyond being a picky eater into just plain not eating much at all. We've struggled to get her to intake enough calories. When she turned 2, her pediatrician gave me the standard line about switching her to lowfat milk. I asked, given her weight issues, shouldn't I keep her on whole milk for now? Oh, no, no, no, answered her ped. There was no reason to keep her on whole milk. So I made the switch. 6 months later we're in for a checkup. She'd gained just a few ounces in 6 months. Her pediatrician asked "is she still on whole milk?" Uh, no, she's on 2%. He threw a fit about "this girl needs to be on full fat everything!" Um, isn't that what I told you 6 months ago when you suggested switching her? We finally were able to switch her to 1% when she was 4, but if I'd posted here about needing whole milk for my 3 year old, I'm sure I'd have received much of the same advice the OP received.

 

[javamoma]

This is my pet peeve about the Dis board in general. She didn't ask should I give skim or whole milk.......

This is my pet peeve too. I am a registered dietitian and almost chimed in a couple of days ago. Every kid is different and we don't know the whole story (nor is it any of our business). Plus she corrected the age of the child early on in the thread! Besides, I have recommended whole milk at different times to people and children of various ages under many different medical circumstances when appropriate. The (although sometimes well meaning) blind medical advice scares me a bit on the boards (not to mention some of the advice on this thread was wrong).

I know I always get unsolicited advice (sometimes judgemental) when I post a thread. I'm sure they mean well.