can giving your 1yo full fat milk make them fat?

The highest fat, what is referred to as Full Fat or Whole Milk, is 3.5-4% fat. When they make it 2% fat they're skimming the fat off it, leaving it with less. This affects the taste and how well some nutrients absorb, but can be a slightly healthy alternative to adults (in actuality you'd do better drinking whole fat milk and just drinking less of it than drinking more of the 2% milk, but oh well.) When a baby turns 1, about 85% or so (if I remember right) can handle cow's milk and since they don't think you want to spend the money for formula they'd have you switch over to cow's milk at that time. Formula has more sugar and fats, but also has more nutrients and is easier absorbed.

If your family has a history of heart disease, they've found there's no difference in brain development with 2% milk vs whole-milk, and if that's a concern then you can use 2% without it causing a problem. Overall though they recommend you use full fat because it gives the calories a toddler needs.

Now personally? the health organizations say that babies should be breastfed to 2 years old. The only reason they say to switch off of formula is because they don't believe parents will spend the money for formula past a year, and they want to make sure they don't switch off formula before a year old. Since most toddlers can handle cow's milk after a year, then they recommend not switching until a year old, but that's not to say that it's the best. You kept your other two kids on formula, there's nothing wrong with keeping this one on formula either.

LOL. All 'full fat' means is that there was no fat removed or taken out. It is referred to as full fat milk,to differentiate it as not being low fat or fat free.

*No. Young children actually need to have 'full fat' dairy products and other things containing healthy fats. Like Mono and Poly unsaturated fats. Those good healthy fats are essential for brain development.

*IF your child for some reason was dangerously unhealthy and overweight. THEN your pediatrician may suggest to go for lower fat options in some areas of their diet. But I'd think that would be a last resort. They'd first take a look at their every day diet. Removing snack foods,junk foods and juice etc before they'd remove 'full fat' milk.

whole milk (aka full fat aka 4% milk) will not make the child fat.

you are SUPPOSED to stop formula at 12 months and switch to 4% milk until 24 months. after that you can use what ever % milk you wish.

between 12-24 months children are supposed to have a higher fat percentage. it helps them stay healthy.

Formula contains more fat than cow's milk. Young children and babies need a lot of fat for brain growth.

Why would your health advisor tell you to stop giving your infant formula (designed to resemble human breastmilk) and instead replace it with cow milk (made for baby cows)? That makes no sense. She can have milk sometimes, but at that age she still needs the nutritional balance of formula made for babies her age. I think the 2% vs. whole milk argument is somewhat irrelevant since babies DO need fat in their diets to grow properly, but whole milk shouldn't be her primary source of calories anyway.

There is no such thing as full fat milk, if you are referring to the red cap milk that is only 3.5% milk fat and not giving this to a child is ridiculous.