Do you give your child juice?

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I'm working on weaning my one year old and he's not a huge fan of cow's milk. He eats enough yogurt and cheese that I'm not concerned about him missing out on any vitamins from dairy but am worried about him getting dehydrated. He used to get OJ once a day with an iron supplement and I might start that again but I've heard young children shouldn't have juice. What are your thoughts?

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Why not just give him water?

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I would just give water... and keep offering it if you are worried about him drinking enough. Food also contains water so I wouldn’t stress about him getting enough unless he is unwell

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I won’t give my son any juice for awhile, but when I do I have juicer and will end up just making my own. Store bought juice is just sugar and additives.

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We do a splash of juice in water at breakfast, really just enough to add color. Then for the rest of the day we just have water. 
You could try something like almond milk if he’s not loving cows milk. They have unsweetened vanilla, and also oat milk and coconut milk are naturally sweeter. My little guy drinks hemp milk most of the time but we do soy/oat/almond/coconut/flax when it’s all I have one hand!

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I’ve done water with a splash of juice in it just when he’s sick because I️ have trouble getting him to drink anything. Otherwise nope.

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You can get dehydrated even if he's drinking juice, kids need water, they don't need juice. wayy too much sugar

Do you give your child juice?

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