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Post by mom on Jun 7, 2016 16:53:17 GMT
We are big milk drinkers. When both kids were home we would go through at least 2 gallons a week. It seems like they would go through phases where they just couldn't get enough. I raised them on nonfat until they discovered 2%. We compromised on 1%. Personally, I think that raising kids to drink milk, assuming they can tolerate it, is great for their health. Lots of vitamins and protein that is easy to provide. My kids rarely drank soda because we never had it at home, and now they don't even like it.My boys would drink Dr. Pepper if I kept it at home...and I don't. It seems like if they have one or two, then thats all they want me to buy. So we've chosen to just not buy it at all and since then, they don't miss it.
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Post by STBC on Jun 7, 2016 16:55:04 GMT
Two adults - we drink unsweetened almond milk - approximately one gallon/week. We use it mostly for breakfast.
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Post by gracieplusthree on Jun 7, 2016 17:19:11 GMT
we might go through a gallon every 3-4 months.. Its sorta rare for me to even buy it unless we are having cravings for cereal(and I am ok with almond milk for that, but ds 18 doesnt like it) and usually wind up pouring some of it out even then. I will occasionally buy the little chug if I know I need it to cook something
When I do buy milk its either skim or 1% due to some sort of allergy where whole milk gives me ear infections and makes me and ds 18 have canker sores---and 2% milk has made my ear pound before.
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Post by blue tulip on Jun 7, 2016 17:24:33 GMT
2 boys, 11 and 8. we have recently ramped up our milk to 2 gallons a week, and I can see it will get higher. cereal and smoothies take up most of ours.
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Post by scrappert on Jun 7, 2016 17:25:39 GMT
3 of us, we go through about a gallon a week.
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Post by workingclassdog on Jun 7, 2016 17:26:48 GMT
Used to be 2 gallons a week with all my kids home. We are down to about a gallon a week. SHOOT that just reminded me I didn't put out my milk order this morning.
My sister though.. HOLY CRAP.. almost 5 gallons a week if not more. ALL her kids LOVE milk... and both her and hubby drank milk.
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Post by Shel on Jun 7, 2016 17:30:14 GMT
8 gallons of 2% a week. There are 7 of us and most of us drink it. We drink mostly water and probably half of us don't drink pop at all with the others only occasionally when we are out (I don't buy it for the house)
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Post by MsKnit on Jun 7, 2016 17:52:43 GMT
We can't use up a half gallon of milk before it expires. I usually end up pouring half of it down the drain.
For drinks, we have water, tea, coffee, Kool-aid, and soda. Sometimes, they go through spells of drinking orange juice and cranberry juice.
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Post by vjlau on Jun 7, 2016 17:54:41 GMT
A friend recently told me that her kids each drink a gallon of whole milk a week. She has 3 kids. I was stunned. Then I started wondering if I don't give my DS enough milk. Our family of 3 goes through about 2L of milk every 7-10days. I buy 1%. DH and I don't drink it though, only use a bit in coffee at home, occasional baking or cooking.
We drink mostly water. DS enjoys juice, but doesn't get a lot. I think we get most of our calcium from our guilty pleasure - cheese. We all love it (way too much!) LOL
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Post by gina on Jun 7, 2016 17:56:58 GMT
1/2 a gallon of whole milk every 10 or so days. I like it in my coffee and 2 of my 3 kids use it with their cereal (which they eat maybe 2-3x a week). Nobody drinks a cup of milk. We all drink water.
I also buy cashew and/or coconut milk (both unsweetened) for baking (my husband and I eat a mostly paleo diet). We would never buy or serve our kids soy. It is actually bad for males.
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Post by tduby1 on Jun 7, 2016 18:10:39 GMT
How many gallons of milk do you go through in a week? My youngest son is drinking a gallon of milk every 2.5 days. In his cereal. Cups of milk at lunch and dinner. After his workout. Can one have too much milk? He isn't over weight. When he isn't drinking milk, he is drinking cold water. In case it matters, he drinks only whole milk. edited: he is 15 if that matters. 1 gallon every 3-4 weeks and we usually end up throwing away 1/4-1/2 due to it going bad. 5 of us. None of us drink milk and we only use it in cooking.
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Post by Woobster on Jun 7, 2016 18:18:57 GMT
0. I'll buy a pint or a quart if I need it for cooking/baking, but that's it. Neither DH nor I drink it.
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Post by anniefb on Jun 7, 2016 19:01:53 GMT
I loved drinking milk as a kid. Now I have it on cereal and in coffee/tea and go through about a gallon a week (live by myself). The recommended daily calcium allowance for teens is 1,300 mg/day - about 4 glasses of milk I think. It's one of the peak times of bone growth, so I don't think it sounds like too much milk.
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Post by peano on Jun 7, 2016 19:07:05 GMT
About a gallon a week for 3 of us. DS is the primary drinker and has it on cereal in the morning and will have a glass after school. DH may have it on cereal infrequently. I only use it for baking.
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Post by freebird on Jun 7, 2016 19:09:05 GMT
considering his age, I'm not really surprised by it. If it's an issue with making the grocery bill too high, I'd require him to pull back on milk. I wouldn't be too concerned about the calories right now because he's probably active. If it IS about calories then I'd start weaning him back to lower calorie even if that means mixing 2 together until he's finally on the other stuff.
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Post by oldcrow on Jun 7, 2016 19:10:01 GMT
Just DH and I here and we go through about 6 litres of 2% a week.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jun 7, 2016 19:14:42 GMT
There are 4 of us most of the time, and 7 of us about a third of the time. We go through about 3 gallons of milk a week. My DH is the only one who really drinks it, unless it's a rare time when I bake cookies. Kids are big cereal eaters. DH drinks one big cup a day of milk but he does not eat cereal.
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Post by melanell on Jun 7, 2016 19:44:46 GMT
Typically one gallon. But every so often we're making something that uses extra and we buy accordingly. But just for cereal use, or whatnot, just one gallon a week for the 4 of us. But, except for my kids, who will occasionally (once a week or less) drink a small glass of milk, we are not milk drinkers. So it's really only used for cereal or cooking & baking. Whenever we have company that likes milk I'm amazed at fast it goes when someone is drinking it regularly. We're just water (and tea for the adults--with no milk ) drinkers around here.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 8, 2016 3:58:22 GMT
DD and I put some on our cereal, but neither one of us will drink a glass of milk. DH will have a glass to drink on the rare occasion, but he almost never eats cereal. I also use it (or cream) for baking or cooking. We go through about a gallon every week and a half or so.
I'm not a huge fan of drinking milk, I'd rather have ice cream, yogurt or cheese. But I do like my cereal. I've tried both soy and almond milk (when DH was taking a break from dairy at one point) and both of those are absolutely nasty tasting to me. I would rather eat my cereal dry or not eat it at all than put either of those on it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2016 4:01:48 GMT
We are big milk drinkers in our house.....I'd say we go through 2 gallons a week, more when DS was younger. Once DS moves out in August, we will probably cut that in half.
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Post by SabrinaP on Jun 8, 2016 4:22:58 GMT
We go through a gallon about every week to 10 days. No one drinks milk here. We only use to cook or for cereal.
I want to know where you all store multiple gallons? I have 2 in the fridge right now and I didn't think I would be able to find space! I can't imagine having to store 5 gallons! Or maybe everyone just makes multiple gravity runs a week for milk?
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Post by Kath on Jun 8, 2016 4:27:58 GMT
2 adults, 3 teens - 1/2 gallon almond milk per week
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Post by luvnlifelady on Jun 8, 2016 4:36:03 GMT
I'd say maybe a gallon a week of 2%. I'm the only one that drinks it though. Love it.
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Post by Jili on Jun 8, 2016 4:51:43 GMT
I've not really kept track of it but I feel it's a good amount. Dh and the girls eat cereal, and both girls are milk drinkers, especially my younger dd. She will only drink milk and water (and occasionally, V8 juice, go figure). We buy nonfat milk.
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Post by smokeynspike on Jun 8, 2016 6:06:31 GMT
We got through about a gallon a week, sometimes a bit more. I only buy 1%.
Melissa
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Post by utpea on Jun 8, 2016 7:46:08 GMT
In our house, it's just me and my 14 year old twins. We go through about a gallon of milk a week (mostly on cereal).
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Post by brandy327 on Jun 8, 2016 10:14:17 GMT
Family of 5 - me and dh don't drink milk so it's just the 3 kids. We go through 2-3 gals of 1% per week.
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Post by mama2three on Jun 8, 2016 11:25:35 GMT
0. I never gave any of my kids milk. I think cow's milk is gross. I just don't get drinking the milk of an animal. We occasionally buy soy milk if we are going to have cereal that week. Same here, although no one drinks glasses of soy or almond milk-just put it on cereal. Last time we had a party I bought a quart of dairy milk for people who wanted it for coffee. I ended up dumping it out a week later after no one here would touch it. My teens drink lots of water, seltzer with fruit juice, or home brewed unsweetened iced tea. Rarely they will have a coke when out with friends.
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Post by Scrapbrat on Jun 8, 2016 11:32:35 GMT
We drink a gallon per week with three of us in the house. However, we are not cereal eaters. We have milk with dinner. We drink skim, but if your DS is trying to gain weight, whole milk is probably okay, although I might ask his dr. about it next time you are there.
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Post by cakediva on Jun 8, 2016 11:38:27 GMT
I don't drink milk at all, just use it for cereal the odd time I have it. I use cream in my coffee.
But DH and the kids will drink it, and DS always has a huge glass of milk and 3 or 4 cookies right before bed, he's done it for years now. So big (6'1") and still so cute! LOL
I'd say we easily go through 6 litre bags a week for sure.
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