Do you give your LO soda?

Temp856430000003146 · January 2010

I was a little shocked to hear my cousin tell me she occasionally gives her LO a drink of her Dr. Pepper. Call me uptight, but I don't plan on letting DS drink soda for a loooong time.
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tarebear9891 · January 2010

I have let him have sips on occasion. It won't kill him and it doesn't turn him into a fiend lol.

LizzieandGar · January 2010

No. He would explode, obviously.

KeepingItLowKey · January 2010

Neither DH or I ever drink soda (I've never had it...!) so it's never in the house. I always feel bad when we have guests or a party because I don't even know what to buy!

JessMil10 · January 2010

No, and I don't plan on it for awhile.

cbwm · January 2010

Funny you should ask this...

I gave DS a sip of my Squirt tonight and he spit it out and started gagging. LOL

But, he's kind of weird and only likes milk or water. We can't even get him to drink pear juice if he's constipated.

cmh06 · January 2010

I was shocked at Christmas when my FIL gave my 17 month old nephew soda. My SIL has asked him to stop, but he doesn't listen. He asked if he could give DD some and I was like NO!!!

JLKinnear · January 2010

No, and we don't plan to either. My future MIL has asked before and I refuse, then she rolls her eyes. Whatabitch!

punkfiction_v.3 · January 2010

sawyer? no. but she's stolen sips before.

aidan? sometimes. she orders her own at restaurants

7/04Bride · January 2010

DS had Sprite by accident when a waiter gave him my nephew's drink instead of his water. He made such a face! I also tried giving him ginger ale when he was sick and we were having a hard time getting fluids in him, but he had no interest in it.

TheNerdyKatie · January 2010

He always wants a sip of whatever I am drinking. So if I am drinking a soda he gets a sip so small that the soda more or less just slaps his tongue a little.

Now my BIL will give his kid orange soda and they call it his orange juice. I think that is odd.

LucyGoosey81 · January 2010

The other day I was in the car with my ILs sitting in the back seat with DS. He was screaming bloody murder, so to calm him down I gave him a couple sips of my coke. It was literally only a couple sips and while I felt terrible about it, it worked to calm him. I'm over it now.

ronnie day · January 2010

Lucy usually wants to drink what I am drinking, and after breakfast on Saturdays at Einsteins I always take my drink with me. We go walking around afterwards and she usually freaks out until she gets some.

I am not terribly concerned with it. I mean, its not like I am putting it in her sippy.

Mrs.tlcS · January 2010

If she asks for some of my soda, I give her a sip. She doesn't like it, but she forgets that she doesn't like it, I guess.

She always takes a sip, then it dribbles right back out and she gives me that "why would you give that to me?!" look.

Not allowing sips of soda is very low on my Things To Be Rigid About list

Stellasmom · January 2010

I occasionally let him sip from my straw if I have a fountain drink. He loves straws.

618mom22boys · January 2010

No. But my SIL gives her baby (3 days older than DS) soda all the time! I could not believe it when I saw him walking around with a can of MOUNTAIN DEW! I took it from him and gave it to her, she turned right around and gave it back to him. Than this weekend I saw her give him 4 pieces of gum at one time! Freaking gum! Yeah DS will not have gum for at least 4 more years. lol

Stellasmom · January 2010

618mom22boys:
not believe it when I saw him walking around with a can of MOUNTAIN DEW! I took it from him and gave it to her, she turned right around and gave it back to him.

I cannot believe you did that. It's SODA, not arsenic. I would be livid as a mother if someone undermined my choices for my child.

LucyGoosey81 · January 2010

Stellasmom:
618mom22boys:
not believe it when I saw him walking around with a can of MOUNTAIN DEW! I took it from him and gave it to her, she turned right around and gave it back to him.

I cannot believe you did that. It's SODA, not arsenic. I would be livid as a mother if someone undermined my choices for my child.

LOL- I'm with stellas on this one.

VinBert · January 2010

618mom22boys:
No. But my SIL gives her baby (3 days older than DS) soda all the time! I could not believe it when I saw him walking around with a can of MOUNTAIN DEW! I took it from him and gave it to her, she turned right around and gave it back to him. Than this weekend I saw her give him 4 pieces of gum at one time! Freaking gum! Yeah DS will not have gum for at least 4 more years. lol

I pray she has awesome dental coverage because if she keeps that up, her LO could be headed towards a mouth full of cavities!

618mom22boys · January 2010

LucyGoosey81:
Stellasmom:

618mom22boys:
not believe it when I saw him walking around with a can of MOUNTAIN DEW! I took it from him and gave it to her, she turned right around and gave it back to him.

I cannot believe you did that. It's SODA, not arsenic. I would be livid as a mother if someone undermined my choices for my child.

LOL- I'm with stellas on this one.

Your right I should just assume a 20 month old walking around with a Mountain Dew is cool. Lord knows I had no idea she knew he had it.

ETA: And those are some great choices as a mother.

Brookie-Cookie · January 2010

he's stolen sips but no one has ever given him his own or anything. I don't know when I would do that either...seems unneccessary when he loves water and milk so much.

Mrs.State746 · January 2010

No, I do not see the reason to. When he is older he can drink it if he wants to buy it. We don't have Soda in our house and don't plan to start having it. The only time I have it is if we go out to dinner.

He's only had Juice and Chocolate Milk and both of those are rarely. He doesn't like chocolate Milk and I keep forgetting to buy him more juice. So for him it's milk and water.

Stellasmom · January 2010

ETA: And those are some great choices as a mother.

Lmao. You clearly aren't getting it. I promise you that if your kid grows up to be healthier than her kid it won't be due to the decreased soda intake. Heck, her kid might end up being the healthier one! Stranger things have happened.

Jays-n-Shane · January 2010

every once in a while if we are at a restaurant and she is screaming for it, or on special occasions she has sips.

VinBert · January 2010

Stellasmom:

ETA: And those are some great choices as a mother.

Lmao. You clearly aren't getting it. I promise you that if your kid grows up to be healthier than her kid it won't be due to the decreased soda intake. Heck, her kid might end up being the healthier one! Stranger things have happened.

When their kids grow up, they will make healthy choices most likely based on what they were taught as a child. Starting your child off with a can of Mt Dew and four pieces of gum at once is probably not a great choice. Haven't you seen Talladega (sp?) Nights? haha

Mrs.State746 · January 2010

VinBert:
Stellasmom:

ETA: And those are some great choices as a mother.

Lmao. You clearly aren't getting it. I promise you that if your kid grows up to be healthier than her kid it won't be due to the decreased soda intake. Heck, her kid might end up being the healthier one! Stranger things have happened.
When their kids grow up, they will make healthy choices most likely based on what they were taught as a child. Starting your child off with a can of Mt Dew and four pieces of gum at once is probably not a great choice. Haven't you seen Talladega (sp?) Nights? haha

"I'm gonna come at you like a Spider monkey"

"I'm all hopped up on Moutain DeeeeWWW"

LOL

jenifairies · January 2010

I am the odd one out in my circle of family/friends, too.

I have never given it to her, nor has DH, but a friend of mine gave her a sip not even thinking about it. She has a 3 y.o. and a 9 y.o. and the thought didn't cross her mind that we could have a problem with it. I asked her not to again, and she apologized like crazy.

618mom22boys · January 2010

Stellasmom:

ETA: And those are some great choices as a mother.

Lmao. You clearly aren't getting it. I promise you that if your kid grows up to be healthier than her kid it won't be due to the decreased soda intake. Heck, her kid might end up being the healthier one! Stranger things have happened.

Your right I dont get giving a 20 month old a can of soda.

LucyGoosey81 · January 2010

618mom22boys:
LucyGoosey81:
Stellasmom:

618mom22boys:
not believe it when I saw him walking around with a can of MOUNTAIN DEW! I took it from him and gave it to her, she turned right around and gave it back to him.

I cannot believe you did that. It's SODA, not arsenic. I would be livid as a mother if someone undermined my choices for my child.

LOL- I'm with stellas on this one.

Your right I should just assume a 20 month old walking around with a Mountain Dew is cool. Lord knows I had no idea she knew he had it.

ETA: And those are some great choices as a mother.

Oh trust me- I agree that her choice to give her child mountain dew and gum are HORRID! I'm just saying that since she's the mom, she gets to make the rules for her kid. I didn't know that you took it away because you thought she didn't know he had it. THAT makes more sense.

jnksmom · January 2010

DD will take a sip of my coke if we are out somewhere...she likes drinking from a straw. We don't go out often and she doesnt do it every time. I don't think a sip of coke once in a while will hurt her(or DS but he doesn't like it) however I will not put it in her sippy and give it to her all the time. Well, okay so I put ginger ale(watered down) in her sippy when she was sick and we were trying to get fluids in her(and keep them in her) but only because she was sick.

clayswife · January 2010

I can count the times DS has had juice on one hand... so, ummm, yeah, no soda here.

J&A2008 · January 2010

Because moms are licensed to make all kinds of choices for their kids, like giving them drugs conveniently packaged in a sugary drink.

No, no sips of soda here. Soda without caffeine is not that much different than juice, which he rarely has, so I wouldn't be concerned too much about it, but Mt. Dew? Why not just give him some espresso?

KhloesMom · January 2010

When she was really sick with a high fever from an EI around New Year's, I gave her some Sprite just to get SOMETHING into her, which was a chore. She's also has very small quantities of flat Ginger Ale during tummy bugs,

Geekchick921 · January 2010

I picked the third option but it was only one time. I made punch for her birthday party that had sprite in it, and I let her have some. Other than that, she's never had it.

Echowysp · January 2010

VinBert:
Stellasmom:

ETA: And those are some great choices as a mother.

Lmao. You clearly aren't getting it. I promise you that if your kid grows up to be healthier than her kid it won't be due to the decreased soda intake. Heck, her kid might end up being the healthier one! Stranger things have happened.
When their kids grow up, they will make healthy choices most likely based on what they were taught as a child. Starting your child off with a can of Mt Dew and four pieces of gum at once is probably not a great choice. Haven't you seen Talladega (sp?) Nights? haha

I can't believe there are people defending a toddler drinking Mt. Dew, which has tons of caffeine in it. We don't even give that to our 11 year old.

I'm with you. I would've assumed that the kid took it from the mom, not that the mom gave it to them. So what if someone's offended by it... some decision should be judged.

Stellasmom · January 2010

Echowysp:
VinBert:
Stellasmom:

ETA: And those are some great choices as a mother.

Lmao. You clearly aren't getting it. I promise you that if your kid grows up to be healthier than her kid it won't be due to the decreased soda intake. Heck, her kid might end up being the healthier one! Stranger things have happened.

When their kids grow up, they will make healthy choices most likely based on what they were taught as a child. Starting your child off with a can of Mt Dew and four pieces of gum at once is probably not a great choice. Haven't you seen Talladega (sp?) Nights? haha

I can't believe there are people defending a toddler drinking Mt. Dew, which has tons of caffeine in it. We don't even give that to our 11 year old.

I'm with you. I would've assumed that the kid took it from the mom, not that the mom gave it to them. So what if someone's offended by it... some decision should be judged.

Oh lord. Y'all need to step back a bit and get some perspective.

I wouldn't give my kid mountain dew (or any more than a sip of any soda) either but thats not the point.

The whole "GASP! That child is being poisoned and I'm being forced to watch" attitude is over the top and sooooo mommy wars-esque its nauseating.

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