How to compare the nutrition between infant milk and regular milk?
May 13th, 2009 | by admin |I have a 13-month daughter and I'd like to give her a regular milk, but I don't know how to compare the nutrition. Can somebody tell me the easiest way to do that and also if possible pls mention the milk brand?
My daughter's pediatrician has said that from 12 months to four years a child should have Whole milk (if the child still isn't breastfed)… and after four years old that they can have 2%.
5 Responses to “How to compare the nutrition between infant milk and regular milk?”
By LuckyMama06 on May 13, 2009 | Reply
if you are gonna give your daughter cow's milk than the best if whole milk…like vitamin D.
not sure if that is what you are asking but that is what i was told to give my daughter
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By karespromise on May 13, 2009 | Reply
My daughter's pediatrician has said that from 12 months to four years a child should have Whole milk (if the child still isn't breastfed)… and after four years old that they can have 2%.
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By shortysml on May 13, 2009 | Reply
I was told that once my child hits 12 months to give them whole/Vitamin D milk. Milk brand doesn't matter..I buy the cheapest brand possible, which at walmart is the Great Value brand and had no problems. You are only suppose to give her so many ounces per day tho so I would give that, juice and water.
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By PK211 on May 13, 2009 | Reply
Once your child reaches 12 months you can start giving her whole cow's milk (Vitamin D milk). They need the fat in the milk. My son was big and by 2 the doctor told me to switch to 2% but my daughter stayed on whole milk until 3. Vitamin D Whole Cows Milk — that's what you want. Doesn't matter if it comes from Wal-Mart, Vons or Costco…it's all the same.
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By blooming chamomile on May 13, 2009 | Reply
Doctors usually say that after 12 months, you can switch them to whole milk. They're now getting a pretty balanced, varied diet of solid foods to get the rest of their nutrition from.
There's really no comparison, nutritionally, between cow's milk and infant formula or breast milk. Formula and breast milk have all the nutrition that infants need (some people might disagree about the formula…). Cow's milk really only has some calcium, protein, fat, vitamin A and vitamin D. Not much else. An easy way to tell is to look at the nutrition labels on each. You'll se a long list on the formula can, and just a few listed on milk. The brand shouldn't matter much. They will all be about the same, if not identical.
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