LO is almost 3, and drinks mostly milk and/or water. I wish she liked water more, but she's not wild about it. I try to get her to drink it as much as possible.
She'll have watered down juice or Gatorade occasionally as well.
Soda is still off limits. I have a really bad addiction to it and want to spare her for as long as possible.
What beverages does your LO drink? Anything off limits?
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
He is 2.5. He has milk and water. Juice on special occasions.
apricot / 370 posts
Almond milk, "special" milk (decaf tea mixed with milk and probiotics) and water mostly. A couple times a week she has kombucha or some OJ. She's had a few sips of DH's root beer before. Only coffee is off limits.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
The kids drink mostly water and milk, but also drink juices, Gatorade, smoothies..
Soda, coffee, teas are off limits.
papaya / 10570 posts
She drinks water, milk, fruit shoots (bottled juice) and decaff tea. She loves a cup of tea!
Off limits are: Wine, beer, vodka, whiskey, rum, gin..... 
...also coffee and soda.
persimmon / 1043 posts
Water and milk. I'll make her a smoothie about 1x a week.
Choco milk or juice are for special occasions only. We don't buy it so that's just if we are out at a party or something.
She's tried barley tea and Gatorade/vitamin water before.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
alcohol, coffee are off limits. She usually drinks water and milk, but occasional she's allowed juice. on VERY special occasions she can have a little pop, I think in her 3 years she's had it 4 times.
pomegranate / 3604 posts
Coffee, tea, pop, crystal light are off limits.
I don't give him juice or chocolate milk at home, but I know daycare and his dad does. He drinks water or white milk when he's with me.
cantaloupe / 6131 posts
DS is 15 months. He drinks milk or water, but I've given him some yogurt smoothie or a little juice or Odwalla since 14 months - nothing more than an ounce or two at a time - as a treat.
pear / 1852 posts
DD is 3.5.
She mostly drinks milk, water and watered down apple juice.
Sometimes we put a bit of chocolate in her milk, and sometimes we water down pop for a treat.
She never gets full strenght pop, EVER, and only gets full strength juice when at a restaurant.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
3.5 and mostly soy milk, kefir, and water. Occasionally she will get hot chocolate, watered down juice.
Soda, coffee, chocolate milk etc are off limits. But I know she's gotten chocolate milk with her grandparents a few times.
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
19 months. she only drinks milk and water. and breastfeeds still, so there's that 
she had juice once at a birthday, and once tried seltzer. we really don't want her to drink juice or soda, at least yet, and our coffee/tea/alcohol are def off limits
coconut / 8483 posts
He loves water and milk. As a treat at a birthday party he will have juice. Tonight DH gave him some chocolate milk. He loved it. Only his second time having it though. He is 20 months. He loves water so I don't see a need to offer anything else right now! (Besides milk)
grapefruit / 4455 posts
I guess I'm the bad mommy in this thread! My 3 year old looooooooooves chocolate milk and juice. And her grandma recently introduced her to strawberry milk. She will now drink more water since she is in preschool and likes her water bottle, and they drink water in preschool. Yay peer pressure! Prior to school we tried to get her back to water but it pretty much always resulted in her not drinking except when she could get it from the water dispenser we have, and even then she would only drink a little before setting it down somewhere and running off. All of these bad drinks started out of desperation when she was sick and it was hot and dry. I don't recommend it though! ETA and she'll drink regular milk when we say it has to be some regular milk to help her grow, but she still insists on chocolate milk after the regular milk, and since her baby brother was born it's like "her" thing, so we haven't pushed that issue, just keep trying for more water and less juice/choc milk. But yeah, I hope to not go down that road with baby bro!
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
LO has milk and water (not very much though) every day. Most days she has juice, usually watered down but not always. I am not psyched about the juice but it keeps her pooping, and if I'm being honest, a juice box is a great bribe in Target.
So far she has only had chocolate milk once or twice and we won't make it a regular thing. She's never had soda, coffee or alcohol (obviously) and those will be off limits indefinitely. Maybe non-caffeinated soda for special occasions when she's much older.
persimmon / 1328 posts
He drinks mostly milk and water, smoothie quite often, juice occasionally. He has also been drinking hot chocolate recently with DH and I which he loves - I'm not worried about it as it won't be around the house after the festive season! He is not allowed anything caffeinated or anything fizzy. Or alcohol, obvs.
eggplant / 11824 posts
LO drinks water, milk and tea.
Nothing but coffee and booze are totally off-limits; but neither of us drink juice or soda so LO rarely has either and she knows coffee and booze are for grown ups only. LO also hates "bubbles" and chocolate, so she won't drink chocolate milk (I would let her), and won't try soda or sparkling water when it's available.
pear / 1946 posts
water, milk and occasional juice (apple, orange, lemonade). She's never had soda - I don't really see the need for a 3 year old to drink soda.
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
Mostly water, she won't drink much milk.
She loves chocolate milk and juice but those are occasional treats (juice 1x week, chocolate milk maybe couple times a month?)
Never had soda or coffee.
nectarine / 2591 posts
She mostly drinks water only. Occasionally she has some milkshake.
She won't drink milk/smoothies and everything else is off limits.
honeydew / 7235 posts
Basically only water at this point, sometimes milk. That's it!! I'd let him drink watered down juice, but he doesn't like it.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
I can't even count how many times someone asked if she wanted tea today. Um no caffeine for a 2.5 yr old!
She drinks milk, water, and juice on occasion.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
95% of the time it's water or milk. She drinks both well so no need to give her anything worse. Occasionally I will give her a tiny bit of those naked juice bottles, and I will make smoothies sometimes. She does love coconut water- like she's obsessed- so that's a special treat and perfect when I really need her to drink more.
I've let her have sips of things like lemonade and vitamin water and then she just keeps asking for more so I just don't let her try it at all. But it's not "off limits" the way coffee or alcohol are.
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