Whole milk and sleep ???
So at playgroup on Friday, several moms were complaining that their "babies" had recently started sleeping more poorly. Waking up earlier, napping less, etc. All the babies in my playgroup are within a few weeks in age, so pretty much all have recently turned two and just had their two year appointments with their various pediatricians. Of course, all these peds recommended moving from whole milk to 1% or 2% and limiting the amount of milk in a day.
We started comparing notes. Pretty much all our sleep problems arose immediately after many of us had switched our "babes" from whole milk to 1%. We were wondering if the sudden drop in fat content in our kids diets could be causing sleep trouble. Are we crazy? Or could there be something to this?
Any thoughts from those with older toddlers?
Thanks!
Beth, mom to older DD (8/01) and younger DD (10/06) and always missing Leah (4/22 - 5/1/05)