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No! Please do not feel the need to give her juice. BM is great for her right now and a few sips of water is all she needs. Is she deyhdrated? If you are having trouble getting liquids in to keep her hydrated while she is sick, I could understand adding a few drops of juice to some water to see if she would drink it better. I have also made cucumber/lemon/strawberry water (float the fruit in the water) and that adds flavor without so much sugar. If she is sick, the last thing I would want to do is load her up with sugar that she isn't used to and upset her stomach.

Not at all! Don't feel bad at all about not offering her any juice. Honestly, my LO is turning 12 months this week, and he's never had a sip of juice yet. I don't plan on introducing it to him until he's a little older.

I agree with @T.H.O.U. about possibly adding a few drops of juice to her water, or offering her something like cucumber water.

@hellocupcake: I have to disagree with the nurse. I agree that at 8 months she can be having water. But not so much so it hinders bfing. I offered prune juice around then because of constipation. But it was 100% juice and the ratio was like 1:10 juice to water. Even now at almost 16 months my LO might get orange juice a few times a week. But that is to increase iron absorption. I juice my own and still mix with water.

My LO is 2 and she still doesn't get juice, unless she has constipation issues, then she'll get watered down juice. When my LO had diarrhea and needed fluids we gave her pedialyte.

LO is 10 1/2 months and I just started introducing juice (very watered down) due to constipation issues. We only use it when needed.

DS is 15 months and hasn't had juice. I'm not saying he never will but I think juice should be an occational thing not an every time I'm thirsty thing.

we only use juice for constipation also!