Toddler Milk or Normal Cows Milk - Your opinion??

[Yeddi]

If you're worried about using whole cows milk and want something a little nutritionally richer you can use goats milk. Goats milk is the closest milk to breastmilk out of all the non-human milk options. It's higher in protein, calcium, and lower in fat, better for the heart and easier to digest.

[mummydreamer]

hmmm, well i don't think i started giving my kids normal milk until they were 2, unless it was on cereal....before that i put them on toddler milk.....but everyone else seems to think it's fine, so i don't know...each to their own?

[deletedit]

As others have said cows milk if 1 year old isn't being breast fed is perfectly fine. Toddler milk is just a gimmick. Understand that only reason we see ads for it is because they are not permitted to advertise formula for children under 1. When DS turned 1 it was cows milk I gave him though did mix with formula for about 2 weeks to make sure he didn't have any reaction to the cows milk. Gradually built up the % of cows milk and then used it 100%

Not in our house - DS got hold of DD#2s' sippy cup with a chocolate milkshake in it that she'd left half empty on the floor. Its the same way he's been introduced to all the good allergens, actually ... just as well he's not allergic to anything O_o

Incidentally, babies really, REALLY like chocolate milk. Some people have dogs (or a compost heap) to clean up all the food a toddler leaves lying around, we have a baby ... I'm sure this would horrify all the germophobe neat freaks out there, but he seems to really really like her leftovers ...

ETA: both the girls have a chocolate milk after dinner. Big one drinks it at the dinner table, little one tracks it around the house and gets sidetracked playing and leaves her cup in all sorts of weird places that are easily reached by babies ...

[Little Chicken]

Not in our house - DS got hold of DD#2s' sippy cup with a chocolate milkshake in it that she'd left half empty on the floor. Its the same way he's been introduced to all the good allergens, actually ... just as well he's not allergic to anything O_o

Incidentally, babies really, REALLY like chocolate milk. Some people have dogs (or a compost heap) to clean up all the food a toddler leaves lying around, we have a baby ... I'm sure this would horrify all the germophobe neat freaks out there, but he seems to really really like her leftovers ...

I think my 7 month old's motto is "i'll have what she's having".

[MantaRay]

Goats milk is the closest milk to breastmilk out of all the non-human milk options

Actually I believe that is a myth. I have heard that from many places but I have heard some very well-respected paediatricians (with an international reputation) speak on this topic and apparently the statement is not true and goats milk is not recommended for young children as it has totally the wrong balance of proteins, fats etc. If my memory serves me 'Dr V' - Dr Bryan Vartabedian who wrote the brilliant book "Colic Solved" - is one of them (I hope I got that right!!).