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Onward to Organic Milk
After taking my baby, wait. I should stop saying that. He really is not a baby anymore.
I took my toddler *cringe* in to the doctor this week for what I suspected was ANOTHER ear infection. The good news: It wasn’t. The bad news: It wasn’t. Oh well, while I was there, I asked the nurse- Hey. Do you have any formula samples laying around? I’ve got three weeks till his birthday and I hate to have to buy another giganto can.
Because you know you can do that right? During one of my first visits to this pediatrician’s office the nurse told me as she scurried out the door that they always have samples so I should always ask. So I do. Even before I started supplementing I would bring home a mini-can from each visit and stack them lovingly in the cabinet. I’ve used them all and barely paid out anything out of pocket for formula. Yes, I’ve shelled out a boatload of cash in co-pays, way more than I’ve saved in formula, but it makes me feel like I got something out of the deal. You know, besides a healthy kid.
The doctor came into the room and apologied, apparently the formula goody closet was empty. She looked at the chart, realized his birthday was weeks away and told me not to bother. She gave me the all clear to go ahead and switch him to whole milk. YAY!
I stopped on the way home and bought the big, gallon size jug or organic milk. I’m not sure it makes a huge difference in the end because I am not wealthy enough or dedicated enough to make sure that everything that touches my kids plates is organic, but I feel pretty strongly about milk if for no other reason than the quantity of how much they drink and the studies on the growth hormones and antibiotics in non-organic milk.
I balked a little when I saw the price of the gallon. (Almost $7.00!) but it’s a fraction in what I would pay for formula and holy cow, organic whole milk tastes GOOD.
I started adding an ounce at a time to his bottles and he hasn’t protested so on we go.
One more milestone to cross off the list. Organic milk it is.
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