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E is 19 months old and has never had juice but he does drink a fruit and veggie smoothie every morning, which has juice in it. I feel like it's the best way to get veggies into him each morning that he wouldn't normally eat (like kale and spinach).

It's not really something we've thought of or discussed. We never drink juice of any kind, so I'm not going to go out of my way to buy juice for LO, but I'm not against her having juice either. Juice was pretty much all I drank growing up and I've never had weight issues or been a picky eater; so I guess juice just had not crosses my mind to think about yet.

@Ree723: thanks for posting the link!

We do juice, but mostly juice bar freshly pressed juice, or fresh OJ if we are having brunch out or smoothie-type juice blends that are thick/100% juice. The quantity is always really limited though, only 2-3 oz per day, and DS has juice maybe once or twice per week, if that.

DD had juice when she had major constipation from 6-7 months old. But since then she hasn't had juice. We ask daycare not to give her any juice (diluted is okay if she seems to really want it) but we're not worried because she doesn't like any of the juice we've offered her.

I'm really surprised to see how many people don't give their kids juice! I drank juice growing up and am healthy, and I give both my kids juice and they're healthy. I have had no problems with them drinking water or milk. I happen to like drinking a little OJ in the morning and see no issue with doing the same for the kids.

I only give it to LO once in a while (when at a restaurant, someone else's house), but never have it in the house. There is no need for juice and I see it as "empty calories". Fine for a treat, but not necessary on a regular basis. I'd rather him eat his fruit

We haven't yet but, it's mostly ecause we never drink juice in our house.
I am sure we eventually will do juice.
Even then, I will never do the sugar ones with no fruit (Hawaiian punch, kool-aid, sunny-d) . That's terrible.

We don't keep juice in the house unless someone's constipated. Otherwise we see no benefits to having it in our diet. But I don't flip out if DD is at a party or at someone's house and is offered some. It's juice, not rat poison!

we don't keep it in the house, but I would be ok with her having it at a party or something like that. I treat it the same way for myself - not everyday, but sometimes if we go out for brunch.

My 18-month old has only had juice with me on two occasions. I think they also do it once per week at her daycare though, so presumably she knows what it is. The last time I fed her juice (it was at a religious celebration where grape juice was the only liquid available) she went totally crazy for it and treated it like candy. It was hard to get her to eat her food in between all of the requests for more juice. This is one of the reasons that I just keep the stuff away from her for now...

We aren't big juice people so our kids never really drink juice.. but mostly because we don't buy it! Wagon Jr. has had juice at birthday parties and gatherings, and if we happen to have it at home we'll give it to him every now and then. As long as he's also eating fruits and veggies I don't mind giving him juice as a treat. If he didn't drink water and milk like crazy I'd probably consider watered down juice to make sure he was getting enough water.

We don't do juice, the only times we've given it to her is super diluted hoping to help with constipation.

@whodat: I like it too! I probably had way too much growing up, but I've since moderated. We don't always have it in the house, but I do like a small glass in the morning when we do. I can't see us filling bottles with it, but I don't think a little bit of juice in the morning every once in a while is a terrible thing, either.

@jedeve: we dont give regular juice. LO is 18 months but she has diluted prune juice everyday. Although prune juice is not really juice..

And of course, the day this was posted, I go to daycare and they tell me they gave her juice as a treat for a birthday. ARGH!

@Beebug: @Ree723: same, while we don't give it regularly, I don't think it's a big deal or makes someone a "bad" parent, there are a million things each of us does as parents that others don't do, but as long as our kids are healthy and loved it should never be a point of criticism on anyone's parenting!

@LovelyPlum: me too, I love it! I drink watered down juice on a regular basis, I just don't share with my kid! I guess I do share with the one still baking, but I never drink enough water and I can use calories with morning sickness and eventually nursing

@lemondrop: I like your thinking I've found that a little bit of apple juice settles my stomach when I'm not feeling well, so it's become a "thing" this pregnancy. Plus, I'm mildly lactose-intolerant, so sitting down to a glass of milk is not really an option. We've been buying the juice with calcium, because I've noticed my nails splitting, which I think means I need to up my calcium intake. We go through phases of liking it and being "juiced out", but regardless, I still love, love, love my fruit. I don't think any amount of juice could prevent that!