What age did you transition?

[scucci1979]

What age did you transition your lo from homo milk to 2%?

[momtonb&ab]

18 months (although in canada i think they say full fat until 24 months).....my guys had been on whole milk since 11 months and i was finding that when we went out to a restaurant they would guzzle their milk (because it was 2% out) but were getting reluctant to take the full fat milk at home.  paed agreed their diet was so good and so varied and that they were getting other great dairy products in full fat abundance that it was better to switch to 2% and have them drink it than to stay on homo and not have them drink it iykwim?

they went from 2% to 1% about 4-5 months ago just because i got tired of buying 2 kinds of milk and i read that 1% is the easiest to digest.  as it is, dd prefers water and gets her dairy from other sources, and ds is happy to drink a couple of cups a day - again, the rest in other dairy sources. 

hth!

[~inbalance~]

We've just started with the 2%.  T is almost 23mos. 

[deckchariot]

Our ped said when she turned 2 it would be fine, so that's what we did.

[Seona1973]

In the UK it is ok to switch to semi-skimmed milk from the age of 2. They say not to switch to skimmed or 1% milk till the age of 5 as it doesnt have enough fat/calories.  Also, as you skim the fat you also skim the fat soluble vitamins so the lower fat milks have less vitamins in them too.

[Mashi]

DS just doesn't eat anything with fat in it, no matter how I try, so I'm keeping him on whole milk as long as I can - hopefully until 3yo or until he starts getting more fat in his diet!  (That and my DH prefers whole milk (yuck!!) and I don't have the fridge space for 2 kinds of milk!)

[Shiv52]

I am just starting it now and DD is 27 months.    Had actually forgotten the recommencation about making the change!

[Texomamama]

I just transitioned from whole to 2% last week, and DD is 2 y 10 m.  She is very small and much of her fat and protein came from drinking the whole milk, however, for me, I made the decision based on $$$.  My husband and I use 2%, so we were only buying whole milk for her, and I ended up tossing a lot.  I just hated pouring money down the drain.  I decided given that she only consumes about 10 ounces a day anyway, whole was just no longer worth it.

[scucci1979]

thanks for replies.