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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Liz342
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Babies drinking soda?!
Liz342
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I saw this on the 3-6 board. They were talking about giving juice to LOs and some said they drank soda as babies. A couple people said they drank soda at 9 months old and their parents would give them several cups of soda a day. That is nuts!!
Do you know anyone that gives their LO soda at this age?
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Re: Babies drinking soda?!
Natalie Kate - October 4, 2011
Blighted ovum, d&c at 9w, July 2012
Blighted ovum, d&c at 10w, September 2013
BFP May 28, EDD February 4, 2015
I too see NO reason to do this. heck- DS pretty much only drinks milk and water. I've tried juice and he won't drink it! So, sure as heck not going to try soda w/ him.
We have never given soda to either of our boys (ages 1 and 2) and don't plan on it anytime soon. I really, really don't see the point of introducing something so unhealthy when they are perfectly happy with milk or water.
Honestly, I wish my parents would have done the same. I have no idea what age they started allowing us to have soda, but I know we did drink it as kids. I see it all the time when we go out to eat too.
Logan David 03.27.08
Jacob Riley 05.18.09
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I told DH that there would be no soda for DD until she is 5 years old. He thinks I'm nuts, but he is totally addicted to soda...it's the ONLY thing he drinks and it drives me nuts. If I hadn't "laid down the law" I'm sure he would be giving DD soda every day, too.
I see no reason to give kids that age soda...definitely not before 2 years old. After that, I might not have a problem with it once in a while for special occasions, but if I give in once DH will give it to her whenever she asks (which is every time she sees him drinking it) so for us it's completely out.
I remember my mom putting a little Dr. Pepper in my baby sister's bottle when we went out to eat once when Sis was 5 months old. I don't know WHAT Mom was thinking; she was normally such a health nut! But Sis was extreeeemely hyper after that and did not sleep well that night!
My boys have never tasted soda. They have, however, each had a sip of my iced coffee once. I was once drinking it and they were both going nuts wanting to drink out of my cup. I broke down and let them each have a sip figuring they'd hate it for the bitterness and stop freaking out to try it ... and they both loved it! Oops. Won't try that again!
DH offered DS some iced coffee when we were shopping at albertson's and DS was so hyper he did not nap that afternoon and I wanted to take a nap. I told DH to not to give him anything with caffeine because that is more work for me and DS will never sleep.
too funny! my mom won't admit it now, that she made me iced coffees as a kid. she's also sort of a health nut. she did instant coffee mixed into milk, over ice (with sugar of course) and it was delicious!
dh is going to have to curb his soda habit, or hide it and just have sprite which looks like water. i'm not big on giving soda to kids, in general.
I have never seen this IRL, but I know when I was growing up parents gave their kids soda from a very young age. We always had soda in our house when I was younger and I am a total Coke addict -- I have at least 3 cans a day, including one every morning when I sit down at work the check my e-mail (some people have a morning cup o'coffee, I have a morning soda) BUT -- my oldest is 4.5 and has NEVER had soda.
She never asks for it and tells people she isn't allowed to drink it when its offered to her. She watches DH and I drink soda constantly and understands that it's a grown-ups drink (just like coffee, wine, iced tea, alcohol, etc).
I don't know when we will "allow" our kids to have it, but I figure the later I wait, the better it will be for them. They eat enough junk as it is, they don't need to drink junk, too.
My oldest had her first sip pretty young, I think it was right before her firs birthday. It was not that I gave it to her though. I had a drink in my hand from a food place with a straw. I was carrying her and when I turned my head to talk to my mom she started sucking away at the straw lol.
I rarely even give it to my older 2 kids and they are about to turn 8 and 6. My parents let us drink it whenever we wanted and however much we wanted. Now I drink it too much and really need to cut it out all together. If we are out to eat (we eat out less than once a month) then they can have some sprite or root beer or something that has no caffeine. My husband will give it to them sometimes at home, a small glass only though and that is once a month or less.
I know one person who gave it to her very young child (I think she was about 6 months) and she also gave her chocolate milk. Then wondered why her baby spit up ALL the time.
YES! I used to work with a girl who gave both her kids (ages 1 1/2 and 3) Coca Cola in their bottles several times a day!! (She had not even tried to ween either one from their bottles.)
I let DS have sips of soda. We don't drink it often but I don't see the big deal with a sip. I don't think I let him have any sips before he was a year old though. I would be one of those people who lets their kid have a sip of coke at a restaurant. That is pretty much the only time I drink it and I order DS a water.
I did see a 1 year old drink 2 cans of Sprite from his sippy on a 4 hour airplane ride once. I thought it was a little excessive, but maybe his stomach was upset from the plane ride? I don't know.
my Dh's cousin lets her 2 year old have soda (and whatever else he wants) and then yells at him for being hyper and screamy and wonders why he and his 6 year old sister are chunky. um...i wonder what it could be ::eyeroll::
DD has never had soda, but we don't drink it either so it's not something she's around anyway. I don't think it's healthy for me so I won't give it to my kid. No need. Soda in bottles puts the image of trailer parks and babies with mullets in my head.
My hillbilly parents put sweetened iced tea in my bottles once I was off formula after 1 yr. I asked my mom why, she said I didn't like milk or juice very much. I asked what about water?? She said, "just water all the time?" Crazy. I wonder why I'm such a caffeine addict now?
My little guy drinks only water and milk and we will keep it that way as long as humanly possible, he loves both so it shouldn't be too difficult. And what I usually have around is Diet Coke, NO WAY would I give him that, though I see parents letting their kids have diet drinks.
i almost peed in my pants. thats the best