give my kids dairy products?

Question

I am asking this on the US forums because over in America people seem to dislike dairy products.

Basically threough my own (possibley very flawed) reasoning I don't think it is a great idea to give my kids milk and other dairy products. To me it just doesnt sem natural. Looking for info on this on the web is confusing at best.

So what I want to to know is do you give your children dairy products and why?

If not how do they get their calicium?

and lastly, what about breakfast cereal?

Answer 1

You see, my kids have an allergic reaction called atopic, so one of my kids can't eat dairy, wheat, nuts and eggs. So, something else that is pretty useful if you really get off the hook is that soy-milk gives not toooo much calcium like milk, but it does give some.

I give one of my children dairy food because they are fresh and natural, and of course, I want my kids to have enough calcium and vitamin.

Lastly, breakfast cereal is very common because half of the cereal in the US are not made out of dairy. More like honey and nuts or honey rice or maybe just put in sugar in some rice krispies!

Or, did you mean that the milk in the breakfast cereal that is concerned? As I said just use soy or rice milk!

Answer 2

Vitamin D (which isn't a vitamin) is meant to be made by your skin when exposed to the sun. No, personally, I love milk, even though I know it is truely not healthy. My son is only 10 months so he doesn't get dairy but I am sure he will when he gets older.

As for calcium, leafy greens and fish are best.

Many kids I knew in school put juice on breakfast cereal. Soy have WAY more problems to it than dairy.

Answer 3

I'm an American and I absolutely love dairy products, especially milk. I don't see why it would be unnatural to give them to your children. I have heard the recommendation to stick with 2% milk after the age of 2, but never anything to suggest staying away from dairy entirely. (Although if milk where you live is sold at room temp, that would make me leary, too. I've seen it, I know people drink it, I don't know what they do to process it to make that possible, but it freaks me out. Us Americans buy fresh, cold milk.)

I know there has to be tons more, but the only alternate source of calcium I can think off at the moment (sorry, baby brain running amok) is calcium fortified orange juice, though that wouldn't be very good on cereal would it. Check the calcium content of soy milk, it's non-dairy, but many people use it to serve the same purpose.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I understand your confusion. There is a school of thought that drinking cows milk is bad, for whatever reason, although most pediatricians are going to encourage giving your child cows milk since its high in protein, the fat is needed for brain development and the calcium is essential for health teeth and bones.

Many vegetarians would consider milking a cow as disservice to the creature and want no part of it. And then there are people that want to consume everything from the cow including its' meat.

I'm a dairy loving American. We are a lactose intolerant family but we drink milk without lactose, eat cheese that is aged for a long time like cheddar, and have found yoplait yogurt to be tolerable.

However, I did cook in a health food restaurant and can tell you that many people consider dairy the worst thing in the world but are willing to wear leather.

Soy milk causes a great deal of gas so get ready for unhappy flatulant children. My kids would not go near it even if I bought the chocolate variety. Rice milk is very popular because most people of Asian ancestry cannot digest lactose and must avoid cows milk, but here in the USA they are often drinking cows milk with altered lactose molecules.

If your kids can digest lactose, I see no reason to avoid cows milk unless you see milking a cow as a horrible event in the life of a bovine.

There is no evidence that prions that cause mad cow ever enter the milk, so that should not be a worry for you.

Best of luck to you all, take care.

Answer 6

I give my daughter almond milk and soy cheese because she is intollerant to casein. I give a high quality calcium supplement (powder I put in her juice with other liquid multi-vit). Calcium can be found in green vegetables too. I just buy dairy free cereal and give with almond milk (it taste better than soy to me).

I think cow's milk is for cow babies but sometimes is the best source of calcium based on the child's dietary choices and nutrition needs. But it is a personal choice.

Jen

Answer 7

You are right about it not being natural. Milk is for baby cows and it not really that healthy at all. Calcium can be found in lots of green leafy veggies, tofu and other soybean products etc. There is even Orange Juice with both Calcium and vitamin D added.

Answer 8

Its okay 2 give ur kids dairy products but if u don't want 2 don't is long as they are drinking something durring the day they will be fine

Answer 9

They dont only get calcium, but vitamin D also. Theres not anything wrong with milk products but if you refuse to give it to them, then you need to give vitamins with the nutrients they need. As far as cereal, you can always use that awful powdered milk that you mix with water.