Organic WCM or not?

[katka512]

If you give LO WCM, is it organic or not? My pedi said we didn't need to give her organic, but I have been.  I also haven't taken the time to research the differences, so I decided to go with organic for now at least.
If anyone wants to educate me on why organic is better (or why it doesn't matter), I'm open to hearing it!

[yalllow]

If I could I would but it's what the grocer provides. 

[ellabee]

We buy organic WCM. I try to buy organic when possible, but I'm not concerned with making sure LOs diet is 100% organic. For us it's mostly about knowing there were some different/higher production and farm standards. DH watched something on GMOs and freaked out over pesticides.

Would I give DD non-organic WCM? Absolutely. I just tend to reach for the organic option in the grocery store if it's available.

[scooter028]

I buy organic but LO gets "regular" at daycare since that's what they provide. I only get the organic since it's about the same price where I shop.
I read an article about how most organic milk is UHT processed and kills off the enzymes present in milk needed to digest the casein, and the casein itself is altered to the point of being indigestible. Although doesn't pasteurization do the same thing? Here's the article: www.thesweetbeet.com/ultra-high-temperature-pasteurization/

[katka512]

scooter028,that's interesting! I did notice that the organic milk says it is ultra pasteurized and lasts longer unopened. I hadn't considered what that meant for good bacteria.

[nattybumppo]

scooter028, that is really interesting! I'm trying to think now if ALL the organic milk I buy is ultra pasteurized or just some of it is....I'll pay attention next time. (For some reason, I want to say when I buy the kind in the carton it's one way and the kind in the plastic jug is another? I may be crazy.)

I buy organic milk. I've been doing it since before LO. I buy some things organic (not everything or even most things), but milk is on my most strongly preferred organic, but I don't have great reasons. I think organic milk tastes better (and I even think the whole foods organic milk tastes better than our grocery store organic milk....I wonder if one is UP and one is regular and that's the difference I taste?? Fascinating! I'll have to check it out..).

I think I even read recently that organic milk actually IS a tiny bit healthier when it comes to having more omega 3s?

[Deleted]

no I don't buy anything specifically labeled organic

[zandeela]

I have drank organic for years just because of the longer shelf life and I think it taste better. So LO drinks organic as well.

[fish8412]

LO still drinks breastmilk but when we switch to WCM it will be organic. We buy organic dairy products.

[bebeski]

We do organic milk sometimes fruit of its a reasonable price

[fishbulb]

Mar 31, 2015 15:21:16 GMT -5 zandeela said:

I have drank organic for years just because of the longer shelf life and I think it taste better. So LO drinks organic as well.

This. Sometimes I will buy a local brand that isn't organic but is hormone free.

[RandomName]

I don't buy organic milk, just the regular ol stuff from the grocery store. Having to buy whole milk is annoying enough. I only have milk on cereal - I never drink it - so it doesn't make sense for me to buy my regular skim or 1% just for that. So I'll suck it up as long as baby needs it.

[jjsmom80]

We buy organic local stoneyfield farm milk for our selves and got the whole version for LO. It's made less than a mile form my work. I like to support local business. He loves their yogurt too!

[lakecountrygal]

I don't buy organic but it's because here it's more expensive for less volume and DH uses it on his cereal. I am picky about the brand though and tend to buy Nature's Valley (Kwik Trip brand) or Kemps because I like the taste of those two better and am more willing to drink it.

[lincbeesmom]

We've been doing organic, didn't do any research though.

[btbergstrom]

We buy our milk through a dairy that delivers once a week. My husband grew up on this milk and won't drink anything else! Their milk is not organic but it says that it is hormone free...whatever that means

[babycaps]

We buy it at Costco. It's organic. And cheaper than at our grocery store non-organic!

[Deleted]

I don't specifically buy organic but I make sure it's from hormone free cows (the stuff they put in the feed)

I buy local nor organic as a rule.

[bennieangel]

We are buying organic at home (I picked up the one with added DHA because it seemed like a good idea?) and at daycare he gets a local delivery milk that is hormone free.

btbergstrom hormone free means they are keeping growth hormones out of the feed & also not injecting the cows with then. The addition of growth hormones to milk has been linked to early pubescence in children & there are a lot of studies going on about this. I'm in the better safe than sorry group of avoiding them.