Just got my "My Preschooler This Week" e-mail from BabyCenter and it mentions switching to reduced fat items now that my child is 2.
Did you do this? What sort of substitutions did you make?
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My baby isn't 2 yet but I feel like the general wisdom of healthy eating at the moment is that the best thing for ANY person is to eat appropriate amounts of whole foods and shy away from processed/reduced fat foods.
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no but i don't buy low fat anything (milk, yogurt, etc.)
plus both kids are small so the extra calories can't hurt!
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We went from Whole milk to 2% milk. That's it.
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My LO is only 20 months, but I doubt we will do this. LO is a little guy and I doubt the full fat version will hurt him.
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No, I still buy whole fat, but LO is below the weight chart, so any calories are helpful. But I've done a lot of switching to fuller fat items for DH and myself, and imagine I'll keep LO on full fat stuff until/unless weight becomes an issue.
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i got that email a few months ago too and thought it was the most ridiculous thing i ever read and honestly discredited the whole newsletter for me. I remember it writing things like "time to trim the fat" for your toddler?! Nice way to begin the induction of unnecessary concerns about dieting and weight and steer children away from eating intuitively. (My disclaimer is that i work in the eating disorders field and that email royally pissed me off!)
ETA. I did switch to 2% milk because that's what DH and I drink. But the recommendations about low fat yogurt and cheese, etc, i just rolled my eyes. I've actually stopped buying all those diet products for myself a while ago (I used to buy into them) because i want to raise my kids diet-free.
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No, LO doesn't drink a lot of milk so there was no need.
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We did but recently went back to full - my kids were like "Is this a milkshake?"
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Nope
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I was thinking of switching to 2% milk because then we could buy one gallon of milk instead of 2 different ones. I don't do whole fat milk for myself but eat lots of other healthy fats like avocados and nuts.
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No, my 2.5 yo is large on the percentiles but not at all fat so I don't see the need. My youngest just turned 1 so I"m not buying 2 different milks for them anyway. I think I'll just keep it full fat and try to cut back on the amount they consume when they get older. He still drinks a lot of milk!
ETA: My husband and I don't really drink milk. We are of the mantra that its "just another high calorie beverage". Kids need the fat for their brain development though.
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No we still buy whole milk.
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No, reduced fat is generally more processed, which we try to stay away from when possible. Plus some studies have shown recently that people who eat full fat (at least for dairy products) tend to actually be thinner.
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No, LO 1 doesn't drink a lot of milk (Maybe 4 oz a few times a week) and LO 2 isn't 2 yet.
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We switched from whole to 2% milk for LO at 2, but because she is so tiny our pediatrician suggested we switch back to whole, which we did.
We generally only buy whole-fat yogurt and cheese. Low fat cheese is an abomination and I don't like the fake sweeteners that are used with most low-fat yogurts.
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No. We don't do low or reduced fat anything.
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We did switch to 2% but unrelated because it's fattier. Ped told us 2% is heart healthier and with a history of heart problems on both sides it was a easy choice. Anyway she's on soy milk so it's moot.
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We switched to 2% only because that's what dh and I drink and I was so over buying two types of milk. Otherwise everything else is still full fat!
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We're a full fat family!
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Haha not at all. Full fat everything, for the adults, too!
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Nope. Full fat whole foods for us
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I'll be sticking with whole milk. I actually really like it in my coffee!!! And i'll cook with it, so we definitely go through it (plus #2 will need it eventually) DH likes 2%, though, so we keep that around, too.
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We won't. Actually, this post is a reminder that I could probably do a little better with fats in her diet right now!! I agree with full fats for everyone.
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Just whole milk to 2%
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Just whole to 2%, since thats what we like anyway.
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I haven't, but my LO doesn't eat a ton of dairy anyway - maybe like, 8 oz. whole milk/day (she's nearly 3).
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We're planning on switching to 2%, only because that's what DH and I drink. I'm SO tired of buying separate milk. DS is HUGE though (32 pounds at 2 and 37" tall) and drinks a ton of milk, so I think he's definitely ready. We spend so much money on separate milks.
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No, I'm not planning on it.
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We stuck with whole milk for a while, but both kids' BMIs are kind of high at this point, so we switched all the way down to 1%. They both drink a ton of milk-- we can go through a gallon in a week easily, and no one else drinks that milk. (We drink skim lactaid.)
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We went from whole milk to 1%, so we were only buying one kind of milk. Otherwise, I didn't change anything.
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