When to swap from full cream milk to low fat?

[Fleur]

Slightly OT, cheese not milk - I think I recall reading something ages ago which said that low fat cheese was so processed, it is really quite bad for you unless you have a reason to avoid as many fats as possible. And that low fat products in general are higher in sugar, more processed and very little gain to be had in them overall - only if you specifically need to avoid as much fat as possible. Wish I could find it :P interesting idea though.

[Gigi]

Sometimes you find out the "studies" have been sponsored by the very companies, that stand to gain.

I was shown the hospital procedures manual at the sleep school we went to. It says to wean babies at three months. This is what the midwives had to refer to, to know how to operate with the mums. I chose to ignore this. And that was a hospital. (bilby was being breastfed at 19 months at this time).

The hospital i had my baby in, used baby products, that gave bilby constant nappy rash. I thought the baby wipes were ok, safe, cos why else would the hospital use them? Then i found out about the chemicals in the baby wipes, and that the hospital bought the baby wipes at a heavily reduced price, so it was a COST reason they had them, not because they were SAFE FOR babieS skin.

I know what you mean about the lowfat info online - i also googled for it. and the majority of studies/links that came up first, were PRO putting kids on low fat milk at two years old.

Sometimes, it's tempting and persuasive, to do what the majority of people, SEEM to be doing. Doesn't make it right for YOUR child, or YOU, to go with the herd mentality. (i'm saying this in general terms, not OP specifically.

it's confusing, and sometimes downright time consuming - to trail through the multiple opinions and work out "which one is the right fit for MY family".

i consider that an individual journey. And you have to make decisions all the time, for your family, how you're going to do things.

You are in charge, you get to decide.

You do it for your child, nobody else. Nobody else will ever count as much as your child. (this took me a long time to work out, cos i'd been a "people pleaser" for most of my life, still struggle with it).

[AndiE]

My DS1 eats like a bird, so other than the fruche he happily eats, I keep everything else full fat. Geez, generations of old didn't have the low fat alternative and they did ok (although I recognise nor did they have all the trans/saturated fat options either!).
Personally I think children with a healthy diet and healthy lifestyle are better served with full fat dairy products. Just my 2c worth.