ARG people trying to give LO soda/Sweet Tea!

AliciaS1411 · November 2012

I went out to dinner with my dad last night and LO was sitting in his seat between us. I was eating my salad and I looked up just in time to see my dad about to stick a straw of soda in LO's mouth! I smacked it out of his hand so fast it scared all three of us and I said, "NO! Do not do that again!" and he laughed and was like, "it's just a little!" and I said, "Dad I'm seriously I'll kick your butt right here in this restaurant. Don't try that again."

Then later when I was telling my DH about it (which happened to be in front of my MIL) They were both like, "whats the big deal? Its just a little."

UGH. Do people not get it seriously? He doesn't need sugar or caffeine, and there's no reason to feed it to him. My MIL puts 2 cups of sugar in a gallon of sweet tea when she makes it and its like syrup! I can't drink the crap and I KNOW that this is going to be a battle with them wanting to give it to Elliot.

I'm going to freak out on the first person that feeds any of that crap (sweet tea or soda) to my son.. I need to get DH to understand how I feel about it but I'm not sure how. advice?

jamiah18 · November 2012

The only way I was able to get dh on the same page as me was to show him my nephew, lol. He's three and eats a solid diet of cupcakes and sour patch kids with the occasional pbj thrown in. Oh and yes he eats it anytime he wants because in laws are just thrilled he is eating. Which means the kid has no bed time and is sometimes up until after midnight! Tell your hubby that that's the monster he will be creating lol! GL!!

acbfreire · November 2012

I am terrified of that too, now that we started to give LO solids. You need to keep an eye on ppl and if they break your trust, they cannot babysit for you.

drbethc · November 2012

acbfreire:
I am terrified of that too, now that we started to give LO solids. You need to keep an eye on ppl and if they break your trust, they cannot babysit for you.

This!! That is why I'm waiting til 6 months and even then, I'm not letting my mother know that I'm giving him solids yet. I feel like its a green light to my mother and other people to give him stuff... Ugh...so frustrating!

Samiantha101 · November 2012

We don't buy soda and keep it in our fridge. I'm not worried about my child drinking a lot of it because it simply won't be available. However, with that said, I'm not going to be crazy about little tastes here and there. My husband gave baby A the tiniest of tastes of ice cream yesterday. I don't think her diet is going to consist of sourpatch kids and soda because of this. She'll eat what gets put on her plate, and that will be that. Grandma and grandpa's have the tendencies of giving out treats. It's likely going to happen in the future. I wouldn't sever a relationship over that. With that said, I don't think it's nutritional to give babies soda, and I haven't given mine any. Relax. It will be ok.

zinkyn14 · November 2012

I feel the exact same way. We're already considered health nuts, just because we hate McDonalds and don't have several packs of soda around the house. I don't want people feeding my baby crap. It ticks me off when other people say it's okay if it's not all the time or just a "little". Gross! When he's older I expect he'll come across it on his own. He doesn't need it when he's a baby.

layher08 · November 2012

I agree with PP you decide what you want your baby to eat/drink. Life long eating habits start when they are very young and if you want them to eat healthy then as a parent you have the right to say "NO" to certain foods. We are waiting to start solids until DD is 6 months and I can't believe how much aggravation it is causing between my family. I don't want to hear that DD should drink water or eat what we are eating because she is sick of Mommy's milk. All I say to them, as I am saying some other very choice words in my head, is that my baby is healthy and doesn't need anything but Mommy right now. I would do the same thing as you did Alicia and I have.

Meery82 · November 2012

I have seen many posts like this. I just don't get it. Why the hell would you give junk like that to a baby? They are growing fast and need all the real nutrition they can get. Why bother with just a taste when they don't even have a taste for it? They have their whole life to make their own food choices, right now they need someone who will make the right choices for them. Luckily, no one has tried to do that to my son. They would never give him anything without asking my husband or I first. And I'm pretty sure they know soda isn't going to happen!