I’m a recovering anti-juice mom. I now let them have juice at breakfast and occasionally at other times as a treat or when they’re sick. I still draw the line at kool aid, though.
I always thought one glass a day (about 4- 6 oz for a 2 yr old) was fine. More if I was worried about dehydration…
You may be cruella but you are not alone.
Try flavored water, water with cucumber, lime or lemon floating in it and stop buying juice altogether if it is a fight.
We drink juice, but we water it down.
If your Hubby can get in the habit of diluting it, she’ll have several drinks worth but the total volume of juice she drinks will be much less.
We like about 1/3 juice with 2/3 water added to it.
Or you can just dilute what’s in the container he pours from and it will all be taken care of!
I have to disagree that juice has NO nutrtional value as it does have some. But it is higher in calories and sometime contains added sugar. I think you are right by keeping it at one or two. You can find a lot of research to back yo up so maybe google it and show him.
Our daughter always drank water at that age, or milk. She’s 7 now and has juice maybe once a week?? Not big juice drinkers in our house. Wasted calories, IMO.
Umm… not Cruella, but maybe a tiny bit misinformed. Juice does have nutritional value - vitamins, some natural some fortified. And then there are the juice veggie blends, etc.
That said, several cups of juice is just plain nuts! One small serving of watered down juice is plenty at that age. A nice change from just water and milk. I used to do 3 oz juice 1 oz water, but the ratio is up to you.
Good luck with this… Oh, it may help to show your husband how many calories are actually in the juice vs.your daughter’s nutrional requirements…
I always mixed the juice with water. Compromise and mix half a cup of juice with half a cup of water. Otherwise, don’t buy it and the problem will be solved.
Well I agree with you if that makes you feel better! My daughter was never one to be that interested in juice but when my son was about 2 he discovered it and would not leave me alone about it! I stopped buying bottles of juice and just went to juice box (which I kinda hate b/c they are so wasteful in terms of packaging) and I keep them in the garage where he can’t see them and we only take them on picnics or to the pool, and we don’t even do that every time!
I would say on average, my kids (2,4) get juice once to twice a week, and that is average b/c there are some weeks they don’t get it at all and then sometimes if we’re on vacation or around big groups of friends, parties, etc., it might happen a couple times in a week. So I’d say keep up the good fight!
I just wanted to add that although I do understand the theory of mixing juice with water, I personally think if you’re going to give juice, you should just give straight up juice and teach your child that b/c it’s sweet they only get one cup a day, not 2-3 cups of watered down stuff, but that’s just me, I know people who do the other way and I’m still friends with them! haha. And yes there is some nutritional value, but as you said fruit is better!
I totally agree with you!!! I was a stay-at-home mom so I never really had to battle my hubby on this. We almost always just had water and milk; juice usually was reserved for snack time once a day.
And now that my kids are in high school, since we didn’t make a big deal about it when they were little, they’re fine with just water and milk.
I guess it’s because of the different ways we were raised - my Mom allowed us to have juice or Kool-Aid once in a blue moon; my husband’s mom apparently allowed them to have juice (& junk food) all the time - still does!! Hence, he’s overweight; I am not! And my kids aren’t either!!!
Maybe take your hubby with you on the next child check-ups and have the doctor explain the downfalls of juice!!! If he’s anything like my husband, maybe he’ll believe it if he hears it from a doctor!!!
Neither of our kids EVER drank juice. Not even diluted. They had milk or water. Period.
And they were completely happy with it. In fact, I think it has a lot to do with the reasons THEY did not like sodas for so long. My son wouldn’t drink any kind of sodas until he was maybe 5 or 6. He didn’t like them. My daughter STILL doesn’t like them, and she just turned 11. She WILL sometimes drink part of a grape soda, but that’s about it. She does like some gatorade, but not a lot of it.
There is no point and the kids won’t care, so why give it to them. It’s empty calories. What does he think about them having jell-o? I’m just curious. It is empty calories too.
I give my son (2) a cup of watered down juice everyday. He likes a bit of apple juice with his lunch and I personally see nothing wrong with it. Empty calories or not. He drinks water or milk the rest of the day.
nope, if you are, i am too. we don’t keep juice in the house. i rate it as 1/2 step above koolaid. he might have it at grandma’s or at a party or something but that’s it…and until recently (he will be 6 in sept) i would try to intercept and water it down if possible lol.
he drank some punch my aunt made (don’t know why she made punch for 4th of july but it tasted REALLY good lol) that had ginger ale in it and freaked out because of the bubbles. he didn’t like it much lol. this kid has only had one or two sips of soda. i do think prohibition breeds rebellion, BUT i let him know that some things aren’t good for him. i try to teach moderation for most things. as he gets older i will allow it more but i don’t drink it myself so i’m pretty anti-sweet drinks in general.
I didn’t read your prior posts as I need to go get dinner ready…however, I’m sure I’m in the minority because my kids have NEVER had juice. I don’t really know why, I guess because my husband and I never drank it so we just never gave it to the kids. They only drank milk and water. Still do and they are 12 and 9. If we eat out, they occasionally get soda if it comes with their meal, and just recently this summer I’m letting them have one on occasion with lunch. Other than that, they drink water, flavored water, lemonade or milk (only with meals). The kids never ask for it either.
I say everything in moderation. If you try to keep something from kids, they will search it out in earnest when they can and then likely over-do it. Just my opinion. Good luck!
I give juice, I’m a juice lover myself. But yep, I read that too, that its completely OK to not give any juice just as long as they eat the daily allowance for fruit at that age.
Does your husband understand that juice is basically the same thing as giving her soda, in terms of sugar content? (And actually, if you drink diet soda, then juice is way worse!)
I’m with you. Sometimes we have juice in our house, but we keep a pretty tight rein on how much the kids get. Have your husband watch Supersize Me if he needs to be convinced any further. A year’s worth of calories from juice is a LOT of empty calories, especially for a very young child.
ETA: Riley, have you ever been to a dairy? If so, you’d change your opinion of milk being healthier than water! The cows stand and lay on their own feces all day. The smell is so bad it makes your eyes water. Even Organic farms are like this! I grew up in farm country, and I have no idea how anyone thinks milk is “healthy.” Those cows are beyond filthy and are under constant physical stress because of it. How would your breast milk have been if you’d been forced to live in a sewer with a gazillion other women? That’s how dairy cows live. (And no, I’m not a PETA nut, I just think dairy is gross!) I wonder, do you not have your family bathe, either? That’s the same “disgusting” water that comes out of your kitchen tap, after all! And let’s not even get into commercial juice production operations… I’ve been in restaurant construction for a long time, and some conditions that exist in food prep facilities (that have passed a recent health inspection, even), are beyond disgusting. No doubt, water is BY FAR the lesser of those evils.
haha. And yes there is some nutritional value, but as you said fruit is better!
And let’s not even get into commercial juice production operations… I’ve been in restaurant construction for a long time, and some conditions that exist in food prep facilities (that have passed a recent health inspection, even), are beyond disgusting. No doubt, water is BY FAR the lesser of those evils.