DS is 5.7yrs old and still has just water and milk (rice milk is his fav), occaisionally since he was about 2yrs, he has a weak milo/hot choc and 100% fruit juice watered down. And he is allowed (since he was about 4.5yrs) to have a flav. milk if he gets a happy meal or out at a cafe etc. lol - sound like meanies, dont we?!
Recently he has asked to try beer or fizzy drinks if we have some, but he dosent like them, so I think YIPPEEE - thats good! Hopefully the depriving is responsible for that
The coffee thing is funny, when DS was 2.5yrs, DH misunderstood my instructions to make DS a 'coffee', meaning a warm milk with bit of spice and honey in it like what my mum had recently given DS to pretend he was like us grown ups.
DH made DS a drink and DS drank it all up. 5 mins later DS just went NUTS, crazy, silly,hyper....it took me a moment and then I realised and DH confirmed when I asked him, he had actually made DS a milky coffee!!!!
Water, BM and cows milk here I'm a dental nurse so absolutely paranoid about him having any sugary drinks, as they are lethal for little kids teeth! Well they're bad for all of us, but particularly kids. No juice, no cordial, no soft drink, there's simply no need at this age. As he gets older and goes to parties etc he will be allowed soft drinks as a treat, but we will not have them at home. I was deprived of lollies and yummy drinks as a kid, pretty much anything that wasn't super healthy, and it did nothing for me except make me want them more LOL, even as an adult. Nearly all things are good in moderation
Dd has ... milk, water, diluted juices (apple, litchi, punch, mango, guava) she does not like fruit on it's own, only peaches, sips of DH's coke (thinking that I don't see him), Rooibos tea - black and with milk, Vanilla milkshake, Hot Chocolate sips, Oros coolaid ... actually she takes sips from anything me or DH, or anyone else for that matters, has
No coffee yet
That sounds bad but, really I don't sit her down with a bottle of vanilla shake and let her drink the whole lot. She gets half a kid's serving when we go out into the city as a treat. And the other stuff is only sips and taste-test as we grow older. She has her milk as "food" and that's about it.
Annabelle only has water. Sometimes when I have a herbal tea she'll have a sip. Buts thats all. Mum says to me "Juice is good for them."
I then hand over the sheet of info my MCHN gave me on juice and kids. Dilated is fine but my problem is She'll turn off water and I'll find it to hard to get her back on it.
We have spent $5000 on Dps teeth because of his mother being incapable of monitoring or giving a rats a$$ what her son ate or drank, that we are VERY careful what we give Annabelle to drink and EAT
We dont completely leave sweets and bad food out of her diet as I'm to scared she'll go crazy for the day she tries them if we deprive her. She probably gets junk food or sweets once a fortnight, maybe less.....depends
DS1 only has water or milk most of the time and he's nearly 3! As a treat he will ask for "lemon" which is water with some frsh lemon juice squeezed in. He has had straight juice or even soft drink when we're out, but really is just as happy with his version of "juice".
Oh - and he loves cinos - just frothed milk, sometimes with a marshmellow in it as a treat!
DD drinks h20 during the day and only 1 cup formula at night.
So not abnormal at all
Occasionally i make her a milkshake or fruit smoothie - i figure this is better than fruit juice
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I'm a dental nurse so absolutely paranoid about him having any sugary drinks, as they are lethal for little kids teeth! Well they're bad for all of us, but particularly kids. No juice, no cordial, no soft drink, there's simply no need at this age. As he gets older and goes to parties etc he will be allowed soft drinks as a treat, but we will not have them at home. I was deprived of lollies and yummy drinks as a kid, pretty much anything that wasn't super healthy, and it did nothing for me except make me want them more LOL, even as an adult. Nearly all things are good in moderation 
(thinking that I don't see him), Rooibos tea - black and with milk, Vanilla milkshake, Hot Chocolate sips, Oros coolaid ... actually she takes sips from anything me or DH, or anyone else for that matters, has
but, really I don't sit her down with a bottle of vanilla shake and let her drink the whole lot. She gets half a kid's serving when we go out into the city as a treat. And the other stuff is only sips and taste-test as we grow older. She has her milk as "food" and that's about it.
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