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My daughter (now 22 months) has always been permitted as much fruit in whole or smoothie form as she can eat. I'm of the opinion that when a child is eating plenty of good protein and fat that there is no such thing as too much sugar if it comes from WHOLE FRUIT.

I might skip the orange juice base and use whole oranges, or any other whole fruit and veggies. I mix whatever fruit I have around with whole unsweetened yogurt and almond butter and freeze it into popsicles, and my toddler is nuts for them. On hot days she'll have several. It's a great way to introduce new fruit tastes, too, all hidden with familiar ones.

I usually make our smoothies with yogurt, fruit, and spinach. I agree that orange juice might have tooo much sugar. I usually offer that in place of doing yogurt so he doesn't have too much dairy!

@scg00387: Or, just assemble fruit into bags, freeze, and then dump into your smoothie in the morning with yogurt or whatever. Effortless!

I think that every toddler needs yogurt popsicles in their life. They have great protein, great fruits, they're great in the heat, and it's a freaking popsicle - they think they're getting a treat. Win win win.