https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 08:13:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop/page/2#post-1027582 Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:48:16 +0000 ElbieKay 1027582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't keep soda at home. I don't drink it, period. Sometimes my husband orders a diet coke. I'm not too worried about our kid getting exposed to soda at a young age because opportunities will be sparse at best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop/page/2#post-1027559 Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:25:34 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1027559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't get why a sip of all-natural or cane sugar soda is so much worse and more taboo than a bite of cake or pie or ice cream? They are all sugary and none of them are technically good for you but what's the harm as a treat every once in a while? Obviously I get the high fructose corn syrup (gross) and aspartame (gross) concerns, but as far as giving tastes of things to kids, isn't sugar is sugar is sugar?</p> <p>For example, we dont drink soda. But recently, we had root beer floats at a get-together at our house. We bought this delicious all-natural root beer made with cane sugar and ginger to make the floats. Why is giving LO a taste of that worse than giving a taste of ice cream?</p> <p>People say they don't want LO to have a sip of soda til she's 10, but will give her cake on her first birthday. I don't get it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop/page/2#post-1027554 Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:19:07 +0000 looch 1027554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a soda stream, my husband uses it mainly for carbonated water and coke zero, so we do have it in the house. </p> <p>It's like everything else, if he wants to taste it, I will let him try it. The more I try to withhold things, the more he seems to want them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop/page/2#post-1027552 Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:12:33 +0000 beesknees 1027552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my only rule with the grandparents is "please, you can give her anything you want to eat but soda". I just want to avoid it as long as possible. At home we do drink sparkling water and sometimes my 2 yro will have a sip of that. We were at a speciality cafe a few months ago and I got one of their house made fruit sodas (very mild) and I did let her have a sip of that vanilla soda. Though let her is used loosely as she got to it before I could stop it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop/page/2#post-1026887 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 21:22:46 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1026887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just don't worry about this much because we don't keep it in the house. He hasn't yet had it at almost 15 months and I know I won't be the one who offers but tiny bits here or there, as he is older at occasions outside our home seem like no big deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop/page/2#post-1026841 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 20:54:08 +0000 hummusgirl 1026841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm...maybe sips at 3 or 4? Whenever he's old enough to ask for it. We don't keep it in the house and rarely order it out, but I'm sure it'll come into his life somehow. I was raised in a house with very little junk food and my parents were rather preachy about bad foods, but I think it backfired because my sister and I went crazy when we went to friends' houses and college. I want to raise my kids with a more balanced attitude towards food - all things in moderation etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop/page/2#post-1026829 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 20:45:45 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1026829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha. Pretty much never. We don't drink pop at all. It's nasty to us and sooo bad for us! </p> <p>We know he'll be given it at parties and whatnot so I try not to fret but I hope to raise him with the knowledge of how bad it is! Ice cream once in awhile I'm okay with but pop is so nasty to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop/page/2#post-1026821 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 20:40:45 +0000 allison 1026821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drink Izze, so I might let him have a sip or two of that, eventually. Definitely no regular soda in the house, though. DH and I both do drink it from time to time, now. I guess we'll have to quit that soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026798 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 20:27:14 +0000 rachiecakes 1026798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: DS did the same to me for his first taste!<br /> We don't keep it in the house and if we get one outside DH &amp; I split one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026779 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 20:17:27 +0000 Meridian 1026779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No kids yet, so no idea... but we rarely have soda in the house (only when we're hosting a party), so I don't imagine it will be a problem... hopefully! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026636 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:39:51 +0000 artsyfartsy 1026636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hopefully never. It was basically put in my bottle as a child and I had a torturous month about a year ago when I finally quit the stuff.</p> <p>I still like to have one occasionally, and that's only when I will let my children have it. We don't keep it in the house and won't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026635 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:39:32 +0000 yin 1026635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never! We don't drink soda at home. He might be exposed to it at someone's house, but maybe I can teach him to avoid it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026627 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:36:05 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1026627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>W has had a sip of root beer. I don't think it's the end of the world.</p> <p>That being said, we don't have pop in our house so I'm sure she won't have it often<br /> But I'm not gonna be a nazi about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026620 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:32:15 +0000 runsyellowlites 1026620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>P had her first sip of pop a few weeks ago.. totally unintentionally though &amp; it will be a loooooong time before she has more. I was getting her out of the car &amp; had a take out soda in my hand... while I was closing the door she leaned over &amp; took a sip! Little stinker! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026612 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:24:19 +0000 PrincessBaby 1026612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: Yes! I've been with my parents for 10 days and they do so much that drives me crazy! My mom had been preparing meats for the grill (and was a few 7&amp;7s deep) and STUCK HER FINGER IN H'S MOUTH to see if she could feel for teeth! I almost died and I bit her head off. She swore she washed her hands but I don't know...They drive me nuts with her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026597 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:02:42 +0000 yoursilverlining 1026597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never keep soda in the house, so I'm not really that worried about it. I'm sure she'll have it at parties or friend's houses, but like all junk food its a "special treat" item, not an everyday (or even every week) item. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026571 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 16:41:29 +0000 SweetMamaM 1026571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as my parents, school age and only on special occasions like birthday parties, Christmas or school fetes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026570 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 16:40:02 +0000 deerylou 1026570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't keep it in the house, and I didn't grow up with it in the home, either. It was a rare treat on a special occasion, and usually something without caffeine like sprite or root beer. I'll do the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026562 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 16:33:38 +0000 Colee 1026562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know when I will let my LO have soda. It doesn't concern me too much. We rarely had soda in our house growing up and rarely have it now. A couple sips of soda at a young age at a party doesn't concern me. Daily healthy habits are most important. </p> <p>I agree with @sarac: I want my kids to have healthy relationships with food and drinks, so I don't want to "fetishize" junk food. Soda isn't for daily drinking, but it's nice to enjoy one once awhile without guilt. I don't want my kids to feel the need to binge on soda when I'm not around because they're for forbidden to have it at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026548 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 16:20:30 +0000 Mrs. Train 1026548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My in laws love to give them root beer when they visit. They don't get it at home just because we don't buy it. I try to relax when we are visiting and not worry about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026544 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 16:18:01 +0000 Lindsay05 1026544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: Ahhhh...stuff like that drives me crazy! My parents do the same thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026541 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 16:16:15 +0000 PrincessBaby 1026541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 8.5 mos and I walked in on my mom letting her drink diet coke out of the can:(. I don't drink soft drinks so I hadn't really considered it yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026537 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 16:11:58 +0000 sarac 1026537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I refuse to fetishize soda and candy and all of these 'bad' things. So, when we eat them, she (23 months) is allowed to try a bite. We just don't keep them in the house, don't order them in restaurants, don't really hang out with people who consume them much. She's very rarely exposed to them. But when she is, she's been allowed to taste. I don't want to make them a forbidden, coveted thing. There's nothing at this point that she isn't allowed to try - we just don't serve her the bad stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026530 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 16:06:50 +0000 Lindsay05 1026530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably not until 5 or 6 and it will only be at special occasions like birthday parties. I don't want my kid to be the odd one out but a small glass is fine now and then. We rarely have it in our house so it will not be an option. It's just like everything else, they need to be exposed but know the dangers and consequences of the stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026525 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:56:32 +0000 BananaPancakes 1026525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm actually really relaxed about food, but I just can't with soda. We rarely drink it and I'm a huge proponent of not drinking your calories, so I'd prefer him not to drink it except at parties once he's in elementary school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026521 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:51:25 +0000 sunny 1026521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably as long as we can put it off! Though DH and I both like to indulge every once in awhile. </p> <p>@Rubies: that is a great way to have kids figure out how to split things!!!! I was a mean older sister and always tried to get the upper hand :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026517 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:45:14 +0000 sandy 1026517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She can have some at parties/events when she's older (5-6). We drink sparkling water in our house and LO loves it...she calls it "soft drink" and likes to take a sip here and there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026508 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:38:29 +0000 Dandelion 1026508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds is 6 and very rarely drinks soda, and it's never a lot. His sugar highs (and crashes) are like 'roid rage! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026504 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:37:38 +0000 lovehoneybee 1026504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As long as I can put it off. We went to Qdoba today and got him his own kid's meal (a cheese quesadilla and side of pinto beans) and were offered a choice of juice, soda or milk (nope, nope, and has no interest). </p> <p>We almost never have it at the house (it's one of the things I love that I mostly gave up in a quest to get fit) so when he gets it it'll be at a party or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-lo-drink-pop#post-1026503 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:37:07 +0000 Grace 1026503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not at home. Probably special occasions after 3. I know they don't need it, but I've met plenty a whiny 3 yo who wanted what everyone else was drinking. And there aren't so many special occasions that I'm going to worry about it. </p>