Also we do not drink soda or juice, only water. Which is much less expensive. I have always given the kids water to drink since they were young (before LC) and they satisfy their thirst that way.

I was just thinking, whenever we have friends over to our house, the other children always ask for juice or or soda and are turned off by drinking water. It seems that as a society in general, we have trained our children to expect anything other than water. Even my own mother always served real orange juice instead of water because it was "healthy" I imagine.

I was never a milk drinker, even now the thought of drinking a glass of milk makes my stomach turn. My kids don't drink much milk either, but I do use a spoonful of real cream in my coffee. 6 kids and 2 adults and we use about 1-2 liters of milk a week.

Simply, enjoy your water.