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LO doesn't go to daycare, but I don't think it is weird at all for you to request no juice! I would, too. There is no reason that they need to be giving juice to the kids, and I'm sure their drs and dentists would agree They should just give water, imo.

This would bother me too, as we also do only milk and water at home. LO has never had juice. Our main concern is also cavities (and it's just unnecessary calories/sugar in my opinion) and my pediatrician is very anti-juice!

I don't think it's weird that you request no juice, I would do the same.

My assumption is that you can send a water bottle, and they would fill it for your kid.

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2) Yes
3) No, I said the same thing. They asked if she could have juice with snack and I said I'd prefer that she have water. They seemed fine with it.

1. No, its not weird. At the center I worked at we used very diluted juice, but it was still juice.

2. Yes, they can easily provide water. The only problem will be if the kids serve themselves from a pitcher at the table (our 3-5 year olds did this) and your child is the only one getting just water, she may feel singled out since she wont be able to participate.

3. No, I don't think it is weird at all, and I would probably do the same thing. If it is very diluted, I may let it go, especially if my kid would feel very left out and wasn't old enough to understand. But straight up juice I would definitely say no, just like I wouldn't want him eating a candy bar for snack every afternoon. It would make me question their other snack choices too...

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My son's daycare has self-service drinks for the kids. They have two types of juice, milk and water and they can help themselves all day long. I have tried to tell DS to only drink milk or water, but of course I can't control what he's doing. But culturally, it seems that people here are much more inclined to give kids juice than in the US. We very rarely have it at home, so I just kind of shrug it off for daycare.

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2. Yep
3. Nope!

1. Yes, sometimes paired with a cookie (don't even get me started)
2. Yes, for sure
3. Nope, we requested "no juice" until just recently when LO moved to the older toddler room (2 years old) but LO dislikes juice/milk and will only drink water. Sometimes she'll drink juice.

I would not accept juice as an alternative to fruit. That is ludicrous! I would absolutely say no juice and pack my own fresh fruit for her.

I would honestly not use a center that has that kind of attitude about feeding if I had any other choice. If they think that juice and fruit are equivalent, what other kind of suspect food choices are they making?

As people have pointed out, it's a bad idea to single your child out and to make them feel like the odd one. I'd try to avoid that if possible, but man. I would just never let anyone feed my child juice twice a day. Twice! Once, I could maybe calm down about. Maybe. But twice!

Juice is full of sugar. I just read an article the other day that called it candy water. If my daycare gives something I don't want DS to have, I just tell them nope and they stop serving it.

I totally understand you not wanting juice if thats what you do at home. How old is your LO? I think the biggest problem would be if they were old enough to hear that the other kids have juice and they don't and that causing problems keeping everyone happy for the day care providers. If LO is still young to not know the different I don't think it would be a problem.

1) No, they only serve water at snack times. In fact, there was apple juice yesterday morning for the Grandparent's breakfast and the kids were like "JUICE?!?!". I explained it's a "special occasion" and I limited it to one glass (I teach preschool at my son's center).
2) Yes, it should be no problem at all to give water!
3) No, you are not weird at all. Offer to bring in a full water bottle each day, if you want. We have children who bring in lactose-free milk and that's easily served to them at breakfast/lunch.