Any ideas ???

ste-ste

I was wondering if anyone could help me my 14 month old daughter loves juice she wont drink milk whatsoever no matter how hard i try, the only juice she drinks is the heinz baby juice which costs me bout £1.45 for a 750ml bottle i water this down to make it last longer but shes going thru at least 3 bottles of this a day and its costing me a fortune, i've tried giving her some normal sugar free squash but she somehow knows theres no sugar and throws the bottle on the floor, if anyone has got any suggestions i would be more than grateful

Thanx:o

JillD_2

water it down more and more gradually so after a few weeks you are putting a tiny drop in her bottle.

Or else just go cold turkey and after a few days she'll get used ti just drinking water (and she will drink if she's thirsty).
My preference would be cold turkey but I am a hard mummy

ste-ste

i'll try 2 she can b a little madam at times tho if she carrys on drinkin juice by the gallon shes not gonna have no teeth plus i gotta change her nappy more cuz she obviously pee's alot more :T

pounds_and_pensive

What about a 50/50 mix, graduating to 75/25 and then 100% once she's got the taste for it? To be truthful, I've never given any of my four sugar-free squash. I'd far rather they had standard squash with sugar in (which is at least a natural substance) than sugar-free squash complete with the horrendous chemicals that are added to replace the sugar. Good luck

JillD_2

they can all be right so and sos cant they
You may have to do the watering down really really gradually.
the extra nappies must be costing you too

skintchick

I'd go hardline too - she'll drink when she's thirsty, and giving her sugary drinks isn;t good for her, as you say.

Mind you, I don;t have children so what do I know?! (works for cats though )

ste-ste

the amount i spend on her juice a week i could go down the pub and get wasted:beer: lol or be sensible and use it 2 pay off all the rubbish i owe

save-a-lot

Try changing over to ribena or vimto, most kids like the taste of blackcurrent drinks, other alternatives could be to water down pure fruit juices. The advantage of pure fruit juices is the taste is usually quite strong so you could use less juice when watering it down and still get a decent taste.

recovering_spendaholic

I find that Tesco value apple juice (35p a litre) can be let down at least 50% with water and still tastes really sweet. It has no added sugar and my kids drink gallons of it - they don't mind it diluted and my kids like sweet stuff!! They also do an orange juice for the same price but that doesn't IMHO dilute so well and is also a bit acidic.

sophiesmum_2

I would tend to be a cruel mummy and give her water to drink. i'm sure there was a recent post by a dentist on here or the dfw board which was against giving fruit juices to littlies because the acid in it can affect developing teeth.
If i remember rightly he recommended water or milk to drink.
at the end of the day she is a baby, she can only drink what you give her. If there is nothing else she will soon drink water if she is thirsty.I think the posters name was toothsmith, he has put some very informative posts on the boards.
sophiesmum:D

save-a-lot

One word of warning do not do what we did, never let a <2 year old have a full cup of pure orange juice. The result = messy... their little digestive systems just let it all out :shocked: