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Juice vs Water

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I'm confused about the postings on giving LO water only.  I called my LO's pediatrician and they recommend juice for her age.  It can be replaced with water at 1yr.

Now I'm lost.  Confused

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  • jennybeamsjennybeams member
    Our Pedi said no juice until 1 YO.  If we do, only 4 oz/day.  I give one sippy w/4 oz juice and 4 oz of water mixed in.  She loves it.  She also will not drink plain water.  Milk is still her fav.
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  • beacbabebeacbabe
    imagearte79:

    I'm confused about the postings on giving LO water only.  I called my LO's pediatrician and they recommend juice for her age.  It can be replaced with water at 1yr.

    Now I'm lost.  Confused

    my Ped said the same... that its ok to give juice... however I dilute it... there is more water than juice.. maybe 2.5 oz of juice and 4 oz water...

    I also Give LO water.. he loves it

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  • TeamReyTeamRey
    I've never been told that juice was recommended.  Why did they say they recommend it??  I was told there was no nutritional value to juice at all.
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  • arte79arte79
    LO gets diluted juice with her solid food. She like water too when I tried it. But we're sticking with diluted juice since ped recommends juice.
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  • TeamReyTeamRey
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    imagearte79:

    I'm confused about the postings on giving LO water only.  I called my LO's pediatrician and they recommend juice for her age.  It can be replaced with water at 1yr.

    Now I'm lost.  Confused

    my Ped said the same... that its ok to give juice... however I dilute it... there is more water than juice.. maybe 2.5 oz of juice and 4 oz water...

    I also Give LO water.. he loves it

    We do the same.  Our daugther gets 1-2 oz of juice mixed with 3 oz of water at dinner.  The rest of the day she drinks milk or water.

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  • Vuja_deVuja_de
    Just because it is OK, doesn't mean I have to do it KWIM? I would rather DS get his calories from something more nutritonal than sugar laden juice.
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  • Luv-a-BugLuv-a-Bug

    My DS drinks water fine, but that is probably because I have not given him Juice.  Why would someone choose water over juice if all they understand is taste?

    Our pedi said that the juice has no nutritional value and is the #1 cause of malnutrition in children, so why would I want to give it to my son?  We'll stick with water and milk if we can help it.

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  • NiniJ55NiniJ55 member

    Most of the time we give water -- about 3 oz a day.

    If we give juice we mix 2oz of juice with 2oz of water.

     

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  • arte79arte79
    I have not checked sugar content but we've been giving diluted unsweetened juice. Ped recommended unsweetened juice.
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  • Ivana_StolichnayaIvana_Stolichnaya member
    My pediatrician said juice was okay, she didn't mention anything about sugar content or calories, although I'm totally aware of watching those numbers.  My daughter actually doesn't like juice or water and only likes whole milk and Enfagrow.
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  • arte79arte79

    imageTeamRey:
    I've never been told that juice was recommended.  Why did they say they recommend it??  I was told there was no nutritional value to juice at all.

    I guess it depends what kind of juice it is.  There's definitely junk juices out there that is probably pure sugar.

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  • Liss_37Liss_37 member

    imageTeamRey:
    I've never been told that juice was recommended.  Why did they say they recommend it??  I was told there was no nutritional value to juice at all.

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    my dr doesn't recommend juice until after 2 years of age, and even then he said it's not necessary. it's basically liquid sugar. he can get his fruit inake by actually eating it, and it's more filling that way as well. water or milk/formula is all my dr recommends

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  • aocain02@yahoo.comaocain02@yahoo.com member
    Our pedi recommended diluted juice in the sippy cup to encourage DS to drink from it.
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  • arte79arte79
    We don't use juice to replace or supplement fruits.
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  • jalaiaajalaiaa
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    My DS drinks water fine, but that is probably because I have not given him Juice.  Why would someone choose water over juice if all they understand is taste?

    Our pedi said that the juice has no nutritional value and is the #1 cause of malnutrition in children, so why would I want to give it to my son?  We'll stick with water and milk if we can help it.

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