I'm not a pop nazi or anything, my DD can and has had pop. What I have a problem with is ordering a 2 year old her very own pop to drink when we go out. And we rarely drink pop at home.
The other day we went to McDonald's with my mom, and I ordered DD a happy meal with a milk to drink. My mom was all annoyed, saying "why don't you just order her her own pop? You know that's what she wants!" I said she can have sips of mine if she really wants... Just rubbed me the wrong way.
Part of this stems from my SIL, who has 3 boys, the youngest being the same age as my DD, orders her boys pop to drink when they go out. So since she gets them pop, my mom thinks I should get DD pop too. Just like when her youngest moved to a bed at 18 months, I should have moved DD to a big bed too (I just moved her last week).
Maybe by #3 I'll be more easy going about these things... But I'm far from uptight as it is! Arg.
Re: Does your toddler drink pop?
I guess I'm a pop nazi.
Lily hasn't had any, ever. I kind of figure, "If she doesn't know what it is and doesn't ask for it, why enter it into the equation?" I know someday she will see her friends having soda and she will ask for it, then fine. But for now, why give her all that crap? It's just not for me.
But then again, I've never given her ice cream for the same reason. I'm not against it (my parents have given her some), I just don't see the point in giving her ice cream when frozen apple juice makes her happy, KWIM?
No soda drinking in my house either. I also still dilute DS's juice a lot and limit his juice intake. I grew up having soda as a Friday night treat with pizza or popcorn so I am not one that drinks it often anyway. A couple cans a week at most.
I just don't see the point of giving it to a 2.5 year old that is happy with his apple flavored water. He gets snacks and can have soda when he is older.
No, my boys have never had it, and I don't plan on allowing them to have it anytime soon. As pp mentioned, they are perfectly happy and content with the occasional diluted apple juice, so I have no plans to add sugary drinks into their diet that they don't even know they're missing.
DH and I drink it though. Hmm yeah, I guess we'll have to do something about that soon.
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ds has had a few sips way back when, but i never order him his own. i still water down all of his juices that he gets
my dad gets mad when i tell him that i don't want ds drinking crystal lite type drinks or pop; that he's fine with juice/water/milk....also about cookies/junk food my dad thinks it's alright for ds to have, and i don't want him to have it
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Well I'll happily say that I AM a pop nazi. My kids will not have pop for as long as I can keep them from having it, and they certainly will not be allowed to have it with me until they are much older. I'd like to keep it from them until they are in junior high even though I know that that is unrealistic (outside of my house...say at friends bday parties).
At home they will be allowed milk, water, lemonade and juice. Although currently, my DD does not get juice and I don't plan on giving it to her in the near future.
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Absolutely not. DS drinks milk and water and sometimes watered-down juice. I am not a pop drinker at all, and neither is DH, so we don't have it in the house. Also, I do not order it when we are out. And we won't have it in the house because out kids "want" it later on. When they are much older I am fine with it in moderation, though.
I feel like yoru MIL is saying what your kid really wants is sugar, so why not go ahead and give her a bowl of it, you know? Her "argument' is ridiculous.
Milk and water for Kate. Empty useless calories that rot teeth and cause obesity. Why in the world would I give that to my kid? Don't get me started on diet soda - holy hell.
Occasionally as a dessert treat I'll make fruit smoothies with milk, ice and whatever fruit we have on hand.
FWIW - I haven't had soda in 6 years and DH has maybe 1 soda a month if that.
Soda for kids is my absolute hot button. Everyone in my family knows it. Juice is a close second but I'm less "judgy" about it.
I will not be letting DD have soda for a long time. She rarely even gets juice. I figure if she's happy with water & milk, I'll keep her drinking it as long as I can! Plus, I think I am seriously addicted to soda. I have one nearly every day & on the day's I don't I am craving one. My Mom saiid she gave it to me as a young toddler, not every day, but if we were having pizza or something she said I got a Pepsi in my bottle. Yep, in a bottle!
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No, she doesn't. Although I did catch her the other day sipping on the straw to the soda I had in the front seat, while I was buckling DD2 into her car seat (DD1 likes to climb into the front seat and pretend she's driving). So I guess she's had her first taste.
I don't really consider much "off-limits" for DD1, so if DH or I are having ice cream, cake, cookies or other treats, she's allowed to share with us and have a little bit. But candy is rare (except the occasional M&M or gummy bear) and we've never given her soda.
A juice box is a treat for her, frankly, because she gets water like 95% of the time. Soda just isn't something I want to start with at this age.
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my friend gives her DD coke (I can't say pop...I'm from the South) and I can't imagine. A coke gives me a high...>i don't want my DS on a caffeine rush.
I might give him sprite when he turns 4 or 5 but nothing with caffeine. He has had a few sips of tea, but not much. DS gets juice, milk, or water.
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I've given DD a sip of my diet coke here & there. If we are out I order her water if anything. I usually bring her sippy with water in it though. If it's fast food I get her a juice. I water her juice down at home though. I would never order or give her her own soda to drink though.
I'm not a big soda drinker myself. If I do have soda it's diet. I mainly drink water. I didn't even want to give DD juice but DH insisted so I said, fine but it's 1/2 juice 1/2 water. She also gets milk in her sippy.
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nope no soda here either, not even a taste. She drinks a TON of milk, she prefers that to anything so its milk at every meal and water with most snacks. She can have up to one toddler size juice box of 100% juice a day, if we are home I usually but it in her straw cup and fill it the rest of the way with water but if we are out she will drink it straight. If we are at a restaurant or even drive through she still will get milk. She orders white milk now because the order taker is usually so shocked she is drinking milk she has to specifiy that I don't need to put chocolate in it make her drink it. we tease that she is our little calf.
we drink soda at home (DH & I) but I have no issue with saying its ok for us to drink it and not for her.
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