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naturelle25
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would you give your child soda?
naturelle25
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Last night at work (I waitress), these parents let their kid (2 maybe 3 years old) have two kids cups of Coke at like 9:30 pm with their dinner! To me, this is insane!!! I would never let my young child have soda especially so late at night.
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Re: would you give your child soda?
Where's Cajun with that FUBAR "give your baby Coke" ad from the 50's?
Sarah - 12/23/2008
Alex - 9/30/2011
"I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool." - Shirley Manson, Garbage
No I would not!
I would MAYBE give a kid that age a very small amount of sprite in the middle of the day. Kids do not need the sugar and certainly not the caffeine.
did you see my ad the other night?
Ha, yeah I saw that.
love the new sig pic:) Looks like your little man is wreaking havoc in your household, lol!
Annelise 3.22.2007 Norah 10.24.2009 Amelia 8.7.2011
this!!!
My 3 year old drinks soda.
We stick to sprite zero and diet coke.
We don't let him have diet coke at night, because of the caffeine.
I pick my battles with that kid. Flame me if you must.
We don't drink soda, so there ain't no way I'm going to serve it to my child!! I understand that he'll have soda eventually (at a friend's, etc), but I'm not going to be the one to give it to him.
I can't believe any parent would give Coke to their child!! There is nothing 'good' about that drink - it's full of sugar, caffiene, it's bad for your teeth... I don't get it.
This exactly....
Like there's a need for it with adults? I'm just saying...
Jen, I won't flame you. Like you said, you pick your battles. I would probably do the same thing in your shoes.
Sarah - 12/23/2008
Alex - 9/30/2011
"I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool." - Shirley Manson, Garbage
WOW? Really?!?! Guess I will never win. Damn it.
Our 3 1/2 & 6 year old have probably had soda 5-10 times in their life, only on special occasions. And when we do let them have it, it's a very small amount (4-6oz) and it's caffeine free- always.
For the most part, anything is OK in moderation, in terms of food, IMO.
That's a big fat no.
While I wouldn't judge other parents for doing it, I would never ever give my children pop - whether at 2 or 14. They will not be drinking it in my house.
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I can't say never. I will admit it, I love an occasional can of Coke. It know it has no nutritional value, but damn it, it tastes good. And it got me through many a rough morning when I was pregnant (apparently, I have already given DD Coke, at least in utero. hmmm).
So I will try my hardest to avoid giving my children soda (which means avoiding it myself), and certainly try to avoid it at 9:30 at night, but I'm a firm believer in never saying never.
DD #1 passed away in January 2011 at 14 days old due to congenital heart disease
DD#2 lost in January 2012 at 23 weeks due to anhydramnios caused by a placental abruption
Not until she's at least 2, and even then it will be stuff like sprite and root beer. I won't judge other people UNLESS they are doing it under 1 year old and for dumb reasons...but I've posted about that already today haha.
Oh, and not at 9:30 at night either
I used to drink soda when I was little. There is a pic of me at about a year "stealing" a drink of my Dad's RC. I also used to drink soda late at night. However, my bedtime used to be midnight, since my dad worked nights and my mom worked days (and they still do). It is the only way everyone can eat together.
Since DH is a chef and works nights, DS has dinner around 9 or 10 and goes to bed at around 11:30 after his dad comes home. People have criticized us for being at Walmart or a restaurant with a baby so late at night and it is getting really irritating. (sorry, had to vent)
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Yikes. Some kids are flexible and can be out late. DH works nights and at times, we have kept a late schedule so we can spend more family time together. . Right now, we're usually in bed at 8, but for most of their lives, they've been night owls/late sleepers, and it would not be weird for us to be out at 9:30 at all.
I can't say never. If we are out DSS will have a Sprite or Root Beer. He gets one glass/no refills and only once per day. He is 6 1/2. I love me some Coke. I can't drink diet (aspertame gives me migraines). We also are night owls. I generally don't have my baby in Wal-Mart at 11:00 at night but we have eaten at 8:00 before. He's fine.
However, I did judge the father, sitting next to us last night, that was giving his maybe 4 month DD Mountain Dew out of his straw.
We keep coke in the house, but we usually keep it for his dad who loves coke.
I will also drink it if I get a migraine because it helps with the meds and stuff.
Right now our DD who is 2.5 drinks either water or milk. If we go out to eat we usually get unsweetend ice tea or water. I am okay with her drink a couple of sips of the tea.
She has also had a couple of sips of my lemonade or sometimes if I am bad a sweet tea from McDee's. I don't make it a habit though, but sometimes she finds my cup no matter where I hide it.
If you ask her what she wants to drink - she always says either water or milk.
Or I rarely if ever give her juice either. I just recently buying apple juice for her, but it is so watered down I don't even know if she tastes the apple.
Of course if a parent wants to give their kids soda or sugar or whatever that is their business not mine.
DD is almost 4 and (as far as I know) has only tried soad (Sprite) once in her life -- that was this past summer and she HATED it... I was so happy!
DH and I do not have the best eating habbits and we are trying very hard to keep our girls in line... that means no soda in the house for anyone. We are leading by example. DD drinks water, 2% milk or flavored water Capri Suns.
I'm anti-soda for her because (unlike GHM) we are not health nuts and I know she is getting enough junk in her regular diet, no need for her to drink junk, too.