I told los doctor today that she doesn't drink juice, only milk and water, and she looked at me like I have four heads. I always assumed juice has a lot of sugar so we stay away from it..... But is lo missing out on something? Should I be making her fresh juice? What does your toddler drink?
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@artbee: My LO isn't old enough but I think like you, and see nothing wrong with not giving juice...weird that they looked at you like that!
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DS gets water and milk (16 months old). We only give him juice if he's having constipation issues.
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@Sweet T: yes we do juice for constipation too, but not daily.
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@artbee: my son is only 10 months old but our pediatrician told us that there is no point to giving him juice unless we want to. Eating the actual fruit is better than counting the juice as a serving of fruit.
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@artbee: I think a lot of doctors are just stuck in old practices, like putting cereal in bottles.
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Water juice milk breastmilk
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Water, diluted juice, and almond milk (sometimes).
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Water, whole milk and pumped breast milk.
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I am going to 'disclaim' this with she is not a toddler and I am in denial that she ever will be...... she drinks water, breastmilk and sometimes a little almond milk. The only times she's ever had any juice is mixed with her water to help with constipation. As long as I have complete control over her diet, juice will NOT be a staple of her diet.
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Water, breastmilk and whole milk. My pediatrician's office strongly discourages juice...all the handouts say to dilute and limit
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We try to avoid juice by they serve it at daycare for parties.
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17 months and water and milk are her liquids. Her school doesn't provide juice either. She has had juice on "party" days at school. That's been twice.
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Also only milk and juice. He eats a lot of fruit. There's no reason to give him juice and all the sugar that comes with.
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charlie only recently started liking orange juice, before that he wasn't into juice at all. but oj is bad for your teeth because it's so acidic i don't like having it in the house. charlie drinks hemp milk, barley tea, and water. he loves coffee (decaf) and camomile tea too. he's a weird little boy. he also loves milk of most kinds (cow, soy, almond, but we only give him hemp).
olive drinks goat's milk, breastmilk, barley tea and water.
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WJ drinks whole milk and water. He's had juice at a few birthday parties where they only served punch, juice, and lemonade, but he didn't seem to like it that much. Boy loves his milk.
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Just milk and water. She doesn't even like juice. I think it's better to eat fruit, right?
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We don't do juice and Lala doesn't drink milk... so she basically drinks water. She likes some teas (blueberry tea). On the rare occasion that she does get some juice, we split it half and half with water and she often asks us to "Put more water in it."
So, yeah, pretty much water.
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Only milk and water. The longer I can keep juices and and other things away, the better.
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@Mrs. Bee: I've never heard about a kid liking coffee, that's funny!
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I would literally never give my daughter juice. My husband gives her pulpy orange juice that he buys when he's sick, and I'm just fine with that. He also shares his emergen-c with her when they're both sick.
Juice is the worst of both worlds, in my opinion. All the sugar of fruit, with none of the fiber or stomach filling bulk. The nutrients are great, but eating whole fruit is just light years better.
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@chopsuey119: I have been meaning to ask you if LO #1 was nursing again now that you have milk cuz I remember she was comfort nursing when you were pg!
My LO is 8.5 months (so she isn't a toddler) but she drinks water, breastmilk, and homemade juice (watered down). I usually just do carrots + pear. The only reason she has juice is because she refuses bottles and I want to get more calories in her when I'm at work.
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X drinks whole milk, water, and I add a splash of pear juice to his milk to help with constipation. When he has "juice" it's usually 1/3 pear juice and 2/3 water.
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: yep! I nurse her 2x a day. She loves it
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@chopsuey119: that's so awesome! I hope to tandem nurse one day!
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I agree that juice shouldn't be a staple in a kids life. Though our new rule is no water. He needs all the calories he can get so juice or milk in a sippy. In the long run those are easier to remove from his diet by replacing with water. Though my silly goose loves him some water
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He gets green juices and green smoothies because he refuses to eat green vegetables. He also drinks a ton of water, breastmilk and a little bit of whole milk.
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Bumping this thread.
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We mostly do water and milk, she does get juice occasionally, but that's usually when she's constipated or she's been battling a cold so we've been doing orange juice to help give her some vitamin C. If we go somewhere "fun" I usually get the Caprice Sun Flavored Water packages, she thinks it is juice, but it has about 1/2 the sugar of normal juice boxes.
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My almost 13 mo has breastmilk and water. He has not had juice and has not had cow milk yet either.
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Milk and water mainly. Occasionally as a treat he will have a glass of "Green Smoothie" juice from trader joes.
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My son drinks juice, there I said it! But he's 4 and I am totally fine with some apple juice once in a while.
Oh, I almost forgot he loves the Bolthouse C-something other juice, with mango. He gets it for breakfast on the weekends if he wants it.
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Mine drinks water, milk, and watered down juice every day. Smoothies are a treat!
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This is funny to me because at one of LO's well-checks we were asked "how much juice does she drink?" and when we said she doesn't drink juice, the dr. said "Good! Trick question. She shouldn't be, or very little/diluted."
My LO sticks with water and almond milk.
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Water and almond milk. He's 16 months.
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