<![CDATA[Choice of milk powders for 5 years &amp; 7 years]]>My husband is very lactose intolerant, and it doesn’t matter what time of day, whether on an empty stomach or not, or the temperature of the food! Even little bits of milk products found in common foods like bread, biscuits and a lot of processed food will affect him. He avoids as much a he can, and takes lactase when he can’t avoid. It runs in his family, and I think it has something to do with his family being poor (milk was expensive) and traditional, so they hardly had milk products growing up and probably lost the ability to digest milk along the way. I am giving my girls milk every day in the hopes that they never lose the ability to digest milk. They are in their teens, and so far, so good.

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Jennifer:
ngl2010:


I am lactose intolerant too. So troublesome :gloomy: I can't drink milk in the morning when my stomach is empty otherwise I will get diarrhoea. I must take lactase enzyme supplement if I want to drink milk in the morning. But luckily eating ice cream in the afternoon when my stomach is not empty is ok 🕺

We are trying to control DS's calorie intake. He eats rice during recess and lunch in school so he is eating 4 meals a day 4 times a week :nailbite: We can't tell him not to have rice during recess because his recess is around 9.30-10.30am and his lunch is around 2.30pm. He is ok with low fat milk and skim milk. Maybe I should reduce his rice for dinner. :scratchhead:


I also see more stomachache if ah boy drinks fresh milk in the morning, yet is ok with the night drink 🤷 what an coincidence or there is really a difference between drinking on an empty stomach vs a non-empty one?

I dun suggest you reducing the food intake of your boy. He is in the growing stage. As long as there is no building up of fats in his body and his body is mostly lean muscles, having a big appetite shld not be an concern.

When ah boy was 8 mths old, he failed in lifting his head and was overweight. The PD advised to reduce the breastfeeding sessions. We listened to her and so regretted our decision.

Children will lose their baby fats as they become active individuals.

Most my family members are like that. They only get stomachache when they drink milk on empty stomach. I thought it is whole day intolerance for me until I talked to them and realized that it only happens on empty stomach. 🤷

DS was very skinny until P6. I only breastfed him for 2 weeks because I got chicken pox at that time. Sometimes I wish I had breastfed him longer. He was also premature by 2 weeks. Sometimes I also wonder whether things would have been different if I had tried to keep him longer in my womb for another week. So, Jen, we did what we had done based on our BEST knowledge at that time so don't be too hard on yourself. We should focus on now and the future. :hugs:

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ngl2010:
Jennifer:

Lactose intolerant runs in hubby's family.

I am lactose intolerant too. So troublesome :gloomy: I can't drink milk in the morning when my stomach is empty otherwise I will get diarrhoea. I must take lactase enzyme supplement if I want to drink milk in the morning. But luckily eating ice cream in the afternoon when my stomach is not empty is ok 🕺

We are trying to control DS's calorie intake. He eats rice during recess and lunch in school so he is eating 4 meals a day 4 times a week :nailbite: We can't tell him not to have rice during recess because his recess is around 9.30-10.30am and his lunch is around 2.30pm. He is ok with low fat milk and skim milk. Maybe I should reduce his rice for dinner. :scratchhead:


I also see more stomachache if ah boy drinks fresh milk in the morning, yet is ok with the night drink 🤷 what an coincidence or there is really a difference between drinking on an empty stomach vs a non-empty one?

I dun suggest you reducing the food intake of your boy. He is in the growing stage. As long as there is no building up of fats in his body and his body is mostly lean muscles, having a big appetite shld not be an concern.

When ah boy was 8 mths old, he failed in lifting his head and was overweight. The PD advised to reduce the breastfeeding sessions. We listened to her and so regretted our decision.

Children will lose their baby fats as they become active individuals.

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Jennifer:
ngl2010:

DS is on fresh milk since 4 years old. He drinks cold milk from the fridge so it is time saving. My reason to him is if ang mo kids can drink cold milk, why he can't? He never had stomachache from milk. He is Sec 1 this year and has started drinking low fat fresh milk.


Lactose intolerant runs in hubby's family.

So far, elder boy would not hv any prob with cold fresh milk. Ah boy would.

We dun like low fat fresh milk, too diluted. I dun think the children drinking full cream milk is an issue for us as our diet is generally less oily, less salty.

Elder boy would make fruit milkshake for his supper (not every night) whereas ah boy would drink a cup b4 sleeping.

I am lactose intolerant too. So troublesome :gloomy: I can't drink milk in the morning when my stomach is empty otherwise I will get diarrhoea. I must take lactase enzyme supplement if I want to drink milk in the morning. But luckily eating ice cream in the afternoon when my stomach is not empty is ok 🕺

We are trying to control DS's calorie intake. He eats rice during recess and lunch in school so he is eating 4 meals a day 4 times a week :nailbite: We can't tell him not to have rice during recess because his recess is around 9.30-10.30am and his lunch is around 2.30pm. He is ok with low fat milk and skim milk. Maybe I should reduce his rice for dinner. :scratchhead:

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ngl2010:
DS is on fresh milk since 4 years old. He drinks cold milk from the fridge so it is time saving. My reason to him is if ang mo kids can drink cold milk, why he can't? He never had stomachache from milk. He is Sec 1 this year and has started drinking low fat fresh milk.

Lactose intolerant runs in hubby's family.

So far, elder boy would not hv any prob with cold fresh milk. Ah boy would.

We dun like low fat fresh milk, too diluted. I dun think the children drinking full cream milk is an issue for us as our diet is generally less oily, less salty.

Elder boy would make fruit milkshake for his supper (not every night) whereas ah boy would drink a cup b4 sleeping.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1244608https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1244608Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:09:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Choice of milk powders for 5 years &amp; 7 years on Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:31:42 GMT]]>DS is on fresh milk since 4 years old. He drinks cold milk from the fridge so it is time saving. My reason to him is if ang mo kids can drink cold milk, why he can’t? He never had stomachache from milk. He is Sec 1 this year and has started drinking low fat fresh milk.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1244482https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1244482Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:31:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Choice of milk powders for 5 years &amp; 7 years on Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:12:33 GMT]]>My kids bypassed formula milk. They were breastfed until almost 2. Then they take whatever that’s in the fridge ie fresh or UHT.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1244468https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1244468Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:12:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Choice of milk powders for 5 years &amp; 7 years on Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:08:06 GMT]]>Kids are on fresh milk. Started introducing it to them when they were about 2yrs old. I think by the time they were about 4yrs old they were fully on fresh milk.


Now they drink low fat fresh milk.

Personally, I prefer kids to get their nutrients from fresh food. I don’t buy the fortified this and that thing.

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Jennifer:
I noticed some brands hv palm oil as one of the ingredients. I am giving Fernleaf Full cream milk powder to my children, aged 12+ and 17.

I'm using the Fernleaf low fat 'family' milk for my kids (14 and 17) now as I don't think they need the fat! They drank full cream milk till about 5yo then we switched to low fat milk. Not always the same brand as we've moved around so much, but always powdered as I find liquid milk too heavy to carry.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1244459https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1244459Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:01:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Choice of milk powders for 5 years &amp; 7 years on Fri, 21 Mar 2014 03:50:40 GMT]]>I noticed some brands hv palm oil as one of the ingredients. I am giving Fernleaf Full cream milk powder to my children, aged 12+ and 17.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1244303https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1244303Fri, 21 Mar 2014 03:50:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Choice of milk powders for 5 years &amp; 7 years on Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:15:20 GMT]]>Doctor’s advice is full cream milk (powder or liquid) until 2yo, then low fat milk (powder or liquid). No need for any special milk once past the age of 12mths.

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