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Do you give your kid soda?
Not judging if you do!
I was surprised at Reagan's check up on Friday when they asked me how much soda she drinks each week. For us it's none. The only time she has had any is if she has taken a sip of ours to taste what we are drinking. For the most part my kids drink milk or water only with occasional juice.
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Re: Do you give your kid soda?
nope... and i'm lucky she doesn't even like it.
she accidentally drank my sprite once, thinking it was water and she spit it out!
the girl doesn't like chocolate or vanilla milk, either... just plain.
like you, maddy usually gets milk or water. juice is allowed at parties, and sometimes when we eat out with friends/family.
Both have tried a sip from my cup. DD hates it. DS... he likes it. I was REALLY hoping that one sip would put him off it forever like it seems to have done.
I do not serve my kids soda. When we eat out they get lemonade, fruit punch or milk.
We do have a pretty strong juice addiction though. The only good news is that it's less than a quarter juice and mostly water. I wish she'd drink plain water more, but honestly I'm not really modelling that for her
I have to limit milk as DD will drink it to the exclusion of food, and at 4, that's just not good.
No way- but a lot of kids do, which is probably why the pedis ask.
My kids will not have soda til the last minute if I can help it. I drink it and I tell them it's for grown ups, like beer and wine. They are fine with that so until they push it, why would i want to offer it? I don't feel the need to introduce bad stuff (and soda is bad. for all of us. not judging those who drink it b/c i do, but i do it knowing it's bad for me) before they ask for it.
I went to lunch one day with a friend and her 3-1/2 yr old and she let him order a Dr. Pepper...I didn't think much about it until I got home and I was like "what?!?!" lol
Mason has had a sip of it from our drinks but I don't give it to him or anything, with the exception of some Sprite on occasion, but I really don't view that as soda, guess that's because it doesn't have caffeine but I'm sure the sugar content is not good.
It's mostly water, milk, or juice here.
Cooper is younger, but no. I don't plan on him getting it until he's much older. If he does, it will be something family members give him without me knowing.
I can't even get the kid to drink juice. Two weeks ago he needed the juice and refused. I tried a dozen different ways, he didn't want it.
DD does not drink soda. Juice is a different matter though. In our country - Colombia - juices are a staple. Most people, including children, drink juice with every meal and it's considered healthful.
We do give DD juice but only juice we have made from scratch (guava, soursop, mango, tangerine, strawberry, passion fruit, lulo, etc.) or Fruitables (90 calories) or Honest Kids (70 calories).
They steal our drinks every chance they get and I don't like it. They've had Sprite before and always want it, but you can't always get what you want. I buy flavored water and they think it is sprite. I always reiterate it is just water with lime.
My Mom has given them soda and it absolutely infuriates DH.
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I have not. DS is only 2, though, so it's probably just a matter of time before someone (read: my mom) will let him "try" it. I will try not to allow it for him at home as long as possible. It's hard, though, b/c we do drink Coke, and usually have that on hand - so I feel like a hypocrite drinking it and telling DS that he can't have any, but I guess that's a part of parenting! ;-)
He drinks milk and (100% apple, but watered down) juice. He rarely drinks water, but we water down the apple juice so much, that he is getting fluids from that.
I could have written this word for word! I drink a soda a day, but my kiddo knows it's for grown-ups only.
He drinks milk and water like a champ, thank goodness.
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K drinks very little....occassional sips of daddy's diet coke, and an occassional lemonade when dining out....generally her drinks of choice are water, milk, and juice (though at home juice is the V8 fruit & veggie kind).
There is only 1 time that I willing let her have a whole soda and that was at her 5th b-day party, where we served Frostie cream soda & strawberry Crush (both of which are caffeine free, at least).
No soda for DD either. She's only 7 months. I don't plan to give her any for a long time and if I do, it will be watered down.
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Nope. I think DH might have let Charlotte have a sip of his Dr. Pepper once, but that's it. I got her a cherry limeade once at Sonic, and she drank a few sips and declared it "too spicy", LOL. Even if she had liked it, it would be a VERY, very rare treat.
Like everyone else said, she drinks tons of milk and water, and when we go out places, she gets lemonade or fruit punch (diluted 1/4 juice and 3/4 water)). Of course, when we go to birthday parties and the like, she'll drink a juice box. I'm with bpaullo, though...everything in moderation, except soda. I didn't drink it regularly until I was in college, and I plan on keeping her away from it as long as possible. She knows that Diet Dr. Pepper is a mommy drink, like wine and beer, and she's content with that.
No sodas. Only water and milk.
And I'm still a little ticked over having to specifically explain that Crystal Light shaken in a bottle of water does not = water
no soda here either. I don't think I have a specific age in mind where it is ok, but she hasn't asked for it and I don't offer it. We've been able to avoid it with mostly no problem (although it was almost an issue at a b day party where the punch was soda mixed and someone poured it for her).
However one day I read the note from school and they gave them leprachaun Juice, (on st pats) which was sprite mixed with something green (the kids mixed it and got to watch the color change or something). I was shocked, the teachers don't usually do that sugary type stuff. And they usually get water with their snack. It really bugged me but the teacher said it was a one time thing so I let it go.
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No. C barely eats anything so I won't introduce bad things to him until he absolutely demands it. I can't see giving him candy or soda when he flat out refuses most food. I have to work on the good stuff first. Finding rewards for him is hard. I don't want to give him treats of candy, etc. for potty training or other events, when he won't eat. I'm afraid to get him hooked on something not as good as real food.
For what it's worth we got the candy/ soda question at C's 2yo appointment. I looked at her like she had three heads. Who gives that to a 2yo?
Nope. None.
Our oldest stole a sip of my drink once and was taken aback by the fizzy. He let it fall out of his mouth. This was when he was 2.5; I think he might like it now, but I am ignoring that possibility as long as I can.
In pre-school, they discussed healthy and unhealthy food. That has also helped us keep all kinds of things in balance with regards to sweets.
However, I recognize the issue...I see it. I always think that is probably a battle they just didn't want to fight in many cases. I can sympathize, even though I don't agree.