Healthy Sources of Fat

Have you tried organic whole milk? It really does taste very different, and my entire family prefers it.

Olive oil, coconut oil.
Cook/saute with them.
Instead of bread and butter you can dip bread in olive oil with herbs in it.

Fat is VERY important in developing brains. Your little one needs it in his brain...in the developing nerve connections. I keep my kids on whole milk till they are 4. I drank whole milk my whole life and reluctantly switched to 2% just recently. Nutritionists are now learning it is not necessarily fat that makes people gain weight...it's sugars and sugars from carbs and just eating too much per serving. I highly recommend letting your one year old eat all kinds of natural fats...try 2% milk, butter on his bread, whole milk yogurt, coconut oil and olive oil for cooking, cheeses, avocados, nuts, peanut butter (less to no sugar), seeds, meats. All the delicious things you like to eat! You can put a little olive oil on his veggies or have him dip his bread in it.

Olive oil - can be used in cooking, or we like to dip pita bread or other types of bread in it.
Peanut butter and other nuts or nut butters
Cheese
Whole fat yogurt

Just because he turns his nose up right now doesn't mean that he always will. MANY babies turn their nose up at cow's milk.

Add a little whole milk to the 1%. As he takes that, add a little more the next time. Over 2 weeks, he'll be at full whole milk and won't know the difference.

This is what some moms have to do when transitioning from breast milk in a bottle to whole milk.

Butter, coconut oil, olive oil, nuts and nut butters (which you probably wouldn't give to a 1-year old), full-fat yogurt and cheese.

Almonds are fabulous. I don't know if you have any issues with nut allergies in your family though. Really, any of the nuts are good in that regard... almond, peanut, pecan, walnuts, brazils...

And yes, eggs are also a fabulously well rounded and healthy food. Most proteins are healthy and the fats are not bad, unless you consume them alongside a dose of starchy, refined carbohydrates/sugars. Your body treats it all differently when your insulin levels kick into high gear.

Have you tried mixing pumped breast milk with whole milk? That is how I transitioned both of my kiddos. They also both liked coconut milk mixed with whole milk. Breast milk is sweeter than cow's milk but the texture is more watery, which may be why your son prefers the more watery milk. At almost 1, his primary source of nutrition is probably still milk, so I would focus on getting as close to whole milk as possible. And if he likes avocado, he can definitely eat that every day! Salmon should only be occasionally, due to mercury contamination, but there are other fish with lower risk of mercury.

Good advice already. One I haven't seen mentioned below is eggs.

2kidmama is so right! Fat is very important to your child's brain development! I would try mixing the milks slowly till he was consuming the full fat stuff.

It's hard to get kids to eat enough sometimes and they can not afford to lose fat in their diets. It helps develop their brains and nerves, balances their blood sugars, vit D synthesis, nutrient absorption ( they need it for vit A, D, E and K) and hormonal signaling.

Ditch the empty carbs, sugars and transfat and saturated fat (processed stuff) and bring on the good stuff! You are right that the fat that is not in dairy is fairly unrealistic for littles to get enough. Avocado, nuts, seeds, olives, bacon, butter, salmon, eggs, most animal products including beef.

Hmm, not a great menu for a one yr old. Viva La whole Milk!

Olive oil, avocado, nuts & seeds are vegetarian sources, while eggs, fish, dairy and meat products are animal sources. Put flax seeds in baked goods (muffins, zucchini bread, etc.) and pancakes, give chunks of avocado or mash the over-ripe avocado and spread it on bread/wraps, make your own chicken nuggets out of real chicken breast meat dipped in beaten egg and then rolled in a mixture of crushed almonds and wheat germ or whole wheat bread crumbs, then fry up in olive or half olive/half canola oil (olive oil smokes at high temps). When you get a crispy outside, finish in the oven with a wire rack set in a baking sheet so the nuggets don't get soggy on the bottom. Make smoothies and pancakes with all kinds of stuff in them.

In fact, most of us have fallen prey to the "low fat" trend over the past 20 years, and we are sicker as a society in many ways then ever before. We gave up healthy fats and put in a lot of pasta/bread with white flour and sugar. Most processed foods that took out fats added in so much sugar and preservatives to protect the flavor that we're just as compromised as we were before.

Maybe your family should compromise on 2% milk instead of 1% vs. whole. You can also cook with whole milk.

olive oil. coconuts in all forms. butter. full-fat yogurt (get the plain and flavor it yourself with berries and juice). cheese. nuts and nut butters. eggs.
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All the fats mentioned are great.

Your son probably thinks the whole milk is too thick. Breast milk is thinner in consistency like water. I know when I nursed (many years back) I gave my daughter formula and she would not take it. She would take the powdered milk because is was thinner and the color was bluish white and not creamy formula. Do try to milk the breast with the cow over a period of two weeks.

Good luck to you.

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I wish pediatricians would get a little more nutritional training in medical school.

Breast milk and formula are foods, and should be replaced with a variety of solid foods. Cow milk is a beverage, and not something that you give to replace breast milk. Serve it with a meal/snack, but not *as* the meal or snack or he won't get all the nutrients he needs. He doesn't have to drink cow milk at all if he doesn't like it, so don't worry about that if he is eating solid foods like a champ.

However, if he isn't eating a variety of foods and filling up on that then he is not ready to wean. Keep nursing or give him toddler formula.

There is strawberry syrup and chocolate syrup. It doesn't have to be a lot of syrup to change the flavor.

lean meats (beef, pork, fish, chicken), nuts and nut butters, eggs, dairy, and oils (some are better than others).

I want to say there are some fruits and veggies that have some too ... but I can't recall them at the moment ... aside from the avacado.

ETA: Oops, I missed the part where he doesn't like whole milk. Try the Costco Brand.

Orig. Response: Whole milk is good for kids. It's actually good for adults as well. New studies have shown that our avoidance of fat over the past three decades has been misguided.

Just give him the whole milk. Get organic. Costco has some great organic whole milk that comes in a box vs. plastic. Yum.