You know, because it's not like fats are necessary for brain development or anything.

Oh, christ. Kids need FULL FAT EVERYTHING until they're at least two, for just that reason.

I think growing up juice was a morning thing, it was expensive so we didn't drink it any time except for breakfast.

It made it easier to give up with diabetes

there's even vague rumblings going on now saying maybe we should encourage toddlers to drink low-fat milk.

oh wow. ::hammer drops::

there was a mom in our class at that school worried about the kids' cholesterol levels.

I kept Em off juice for a looong time mainly to protect her teeth, not anything to do with her weight. I'm overly paranoid about rotten teeth.

You know, because it's not like fats are necessary for brain development or anything.

But Jessica, having a fat child would be the worst fate ever!

I kept Em off juice for a looong time mainly to protect her teeth, not anything to do with her weight. I'm overly paranoid about rotten teeth.

This is especially true if you let them drink juice from a bottle, but it's also true for milk from a bottle. And yeah, I was a little weird about the kids' teeth, too, because as a family ours aren't great to start.

Every time, wait another five minutes, until you're not going in until he's been crying for twenty minutes, for instance.

This is what my friends did with their twins and it worked generally pretty well. They are actually insanely good now, at 2, with going to bed. They, esp the girl, just love their cribs!

Although the other day at naptime the boy did not want to go to sleep. He threw everything from his crib into his sleeping sister's crib (while laughing loudly) thus waking her up and causing too short naps and much fussiness later in the day.

This is especially true if you let them drink juice from a bottle, but it's also true for milk from a bottle.

Yeah, there's not a lot out there with more sugar in it than breastmilk.

I am the poster child that will prove that low-fat milk( in child hood) won't make much difference in an adult weight. My sister could not handle full fat milk when we growing up ( projectile) . so we had dried milk powder mixed with water and then mixed with milk to cut the fat .

Makes me wonder how my generation ever made it to adulthood, with all the things our parents did wrong without knowing it. (But then, I'm convinced parents inevitably screw up their kids' lives. Not because they're bad parents, but because they have to make so many decisions affecting the fundamentals of their kids' lives, based on limited understanding of their kids' personalities and frequently contradictory advice.)

(The above either says a lot about my childhood or a lot about my world view. Either way, I'll stick with cats. And avoid giving any advice to parents that isn't based on either my memories of my own childhood experiences or "YOU DID WHAT?!?!?!?!")