When should I take away HOMO milk?

Question

My sons 14 months, he is a healthy weight. When can or should I change him to 2% milk.

Answer 1

How about today?

Answer 2

Your son should not be drinking cow's milk, whether homogenized or 2%. Get him off cow's milk and eating a proper balanced diet and he will thrive.

Humans are the only animal that drinks milk past infancy, and then it's not even from the correct species! Too many people are still trying to defend milk's supposed health benefits. Unfortunately, they are either using old information or information obtained from research funded by the dairy association. How many people would enjoy a glass of dog's milk or rat's milk? What makes cows special?

There are only two reasons which I've found to support humans drinking cow's milk. We have grown up hearing that it's good for us and we've grown accustomed to the taste and texture. There is absolutely no nutrition that can not be obtained elsewhere, minus the negatives. Calcium seems to be the major claim for milk. It can be found elsewhere in green vegetables, almonds, and many other sources. Where do you think the cows obtain the calcium to put into the milk? Where do other larger animals (elephants, horses, deer, whales, etc) get calcium? Why we continue to drink cow's milk laced with growth hormones, antibiotics, and who knows what else is beyond me.

Since I've given up drinking milk about 5 years ago my health has greatly improved. I suffer fewer allergy problems, asthma and breathing problems are greatly reduced, I'm sleeping better, and I have more energy.

In the '50s smoking was considered harmless but now we realize its dangers. One person at a time and eventually the truth will become widely known that cow's milk is only for baby cows. Milk is indeed the perfect food, but only for infants of the proper species.

Do some research online and decide for yourself.
http://www.strongbones.org/
http://www.notmilk.com/
http://www.nomilk.com/

Answer 3

Don't change him to 2%...he needs the fats in the whole milk for milanization ( I think thats how its spelled) The milan sheath is surrounded by fatty tissues (they get the fat from milk) this is where all the information is carried to the brain. It had it have the fat to move. I know it sounds weird if your not in the field. I have my AS in early childhood education. So I guess you could say that while milk makes your baby smarter! lol. Ask your dr. I'm sure that he can explain it much better in person than I can over the net.

Answer 4

The HOMO means homogenized and all milk is homogenized. You mean whole milk that just says Homgenized Milk. If your son is gaining weight steadily and has no health issues, ak his doctor about it at his 15mo check up. Most doctors now think that parents should switch their children to lower fat milk (usually skim) earlier than two so that the children will not prefer the taste of the milkfat. Since we live in America and have an abundance of food, it is not as big an issue just make sure that he is still geting enough fat in his diet to keep his body and brain growing strong.

Answer 5

My daughter is 16 months and I was wondering the same thing. I asked her Dr and this is what she said: Up until the age of 2 or a little beyond they need as much fat as they can get for their brain development. They can eat what they want and as much as they want until the same age too. They, just like when they were infants, know how much their bodies need they take in no more. Of course make sure it's healthy and wel balanced meals and not McD's happy meals all the time.

Answer 6

Until age 2 they need the extra fat for brain development so leave him on it until then. My son was almost 3 months early and is 2 1/2 now and I just switched him last week to 1% along with the rest of the family.

Answer 7

Fat is absolutely essential to the growth and development of children, particularly the growth and development of their brains. By no means should lowfat products, including low fat milk, be a staple of a child's diet at such an early age. Dietary fat is a source of energy, needed by infants and toddlers more than anyone else; it is essential to have proper levels of Vitamins A, D, E and K and linoleic acid (an essential fatty acid) and provides children with the means to adequately develop the body fat necessary to insulate their body, regulate temperature, protect their organs and protect against trauma.

After the age of two, and in conjunction with your child's health care provider, fat content can be adjusted with a view toward overall dietary balance and in keeping with your child's individual needs.

Remember that while there is evidence that *saturated* fats and transfatty acids can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, limiting or eliminating those particular types of fat do not and truly should not necessarily correlate to a diet consisting only of low-fat or fat-free foods, particularly for small children.

Answer 8

After 2 years:

"SWITCHING TO MILK
I've been feeding my baby iron-fortified formula. When is it okay to switch to whole cow's milk? Research comparing cow's milk and formula-fed infants during the first year of life has shown that cow's milk is irritating to the intestines of a tiny infant, causing infants to lose a tiny bit of blood in their stools, contributing to iron deficiency anemia. There is very little iron in cow's milk anyway, and the iron that is there is poorly absorbed. Concern about iron-deficiency anemia has led the American Academy of Pediatrics, backed by solid research, to discourage the use of cow's milk in children under one year of age. One of America's top pediatric hematologists (blood specialist), the late Dr. Frank Oski , Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkin University (and co-author of a book entitled: Don't Drink Your Milk) advised parents to be cautious and not rush into the use of cow's milk, even during the second year of life. At present it would seem prudent to continue giving your baby iron-fortified formula during the second year of life and very gradually wean him to dairy products, beginning with yogurt. If your toddler generally has a balanced diet and routine hemoglobin tests show that he is not even close to being anemic, then switch from formula to whole milk sometime during the second year, but don't be in a hurry.

NUTRITIP
Dairy Dates

• no cow's milk before age one
• whole milk until two
• nonfat or low-fat milk after two"
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/0/T000100.asp#T031014

Answer 9

unless he is obese, you should leave him on it. they need the nutrients.

if you start messing with a diet now, your setting him up for a life of fighting weight gain.

look at it as a crash diet....what happens when they start eating again...they gain weight a lot faster.

Answer 10

id say you can do that now. he may reject it, and then you can try to mix the two, but only until he gets used to that, the keep increasing the 2% milk, and reducing the other.

Answer 11

you need to ask his dr. and all milk is homo milk, that's part of the processing. do you mean vit. d whole milk?