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A is 9 wks and our pedi said he is fine with us starting her on fruit juices (no more than 4 oz a day though).....we want to try apple juice cut in half with water...
can we give her the regular pasteurized Mott's apple juice (i have juice boxes so she's not drinking from the same open bottle days at a time) or do we have to use special gerber baby juice?
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Re: apple juice for baby
Why would your pedi be fine with you giving your 9 week old juice? It has no nutritional value and is just full of sugar. Honestly, it seems a bit absurd to even want to give your 9 week old juice. Our pedi always said only formula or B-milk until 6 months and then we could give DS water occasionally in a sippy or something with his food meals. The ONLY exception he gave us was when DS was constipated and we had to mix 1oz of pear juice with like 4 oz of formula to help get things moving.
I wouldn't rush the juice thing. DS will be 16 months on Monday and he doesn't even drink juice. We've tried it several times and different ways and he doesn't really care for it, because of the sweetness.
Our pedi told us to hold off on juice as long as possible since it has absolutely no nutritional value. DD is 15 months old and has never had juice... we don't plan on giving it to her anytime soon either. She loves milk and water, so I don't see a point.
We didn't start fruits until 6 months old (before that it was only a combo of BM and formula). If we were planning to do juice, there is no way I would have done it before then. We were advised to give her fruit juice for constipation issues by a nurse, but chose to do other things instead, which worked (our pedi mentioned juice but gave other suggestions when we declined).
Sorry to be negative... I just don't quite understand why your pedi would be ok with juice so early on.
Ditto all the others.
Without a constipation issue I can't see the purpose or logic in adding juice.
My kids are 2 and 4 and still only drink anything other than water and milk only on special occasions. (because unfortunately it's served at every birthday party they go to.)
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Ditto this. Elizabeth had apple juice for the first time ever last month and it was at my niece's birthday party. She wanted some because all the older kids were drinking it.
Before that, she'd only had a few ounces of prune juice for constipation issues.
As for it being your pedi's recommendation, it's OK to listen to what they say and to do your own research and make your own decision on things like this.
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I have to agree with everyone else - and was totally shocked by the subject line.
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i actually so far really like my pedi - he is really laid back and answers all my questions...
i plan to start solids as soon as possible...i know I was eating solids way before the recommended 4 month start point however our pedi suggested we wait till 4 months simply because of the new guidelines regarding possible links to food allergies - you could tell he was skeptical though as am I....I'm not allergic to anything and there are very few foods I won't eat because I was exposed to a wide variety of flavors and textures very early on....on the other hand DH will put up a fuss about eating any cooked veggie except broccoli or spinach
i think the recommendations regarding solids and not giving babies juice is too strict...like seriously, I'm not handing my baby a bottle full of juice, but if a half ounce of juice+water will calm her down enough to eat formula when I am out of breastmilk then I will take it....