cola for little one's

[stilletoe]

At what age can you give a 2 year old cola or is it a big no no?

[Doodlez]

I wouldn't. Leave that little treat for as looooooooooong as possible. 18 at the earliest.

[claricebeansmum]

Or H2O?

Why would you do this?

[ByThePowerOfGreyskull]

is the question " would you give a 2 year old cola?"

if so the answer is no

if the question is "when would you give a child cola" I would say that if you can get away with never that is great, there is no reason to ever have it.

[MaureenMLove]

You can give your lo's whatever you want, whenever you want. Your rules are the right rules for you.

[bigTillyMint]

Why would you want a toddler to have cola? Our DC's are 8 and 10 and only have it sometimes when we are out.

Avoid all fizzy drinks for as long as you can.

[4GHASTLYGHOULSandnotout]

You can give your child cola whenever you want.

[GrimmaTheNome]

Whenever you want

sugar, caffeine and extra wind.

Depends how hyper you like your toddler

[mathanxiety]

And phosphoric acid if you like the thought of dentist bills.

[Claire236]

ds is 4 & has never had coke or anything fizzy. In fact when he was about 18 months & wanted to try something fizzy I gave him Dr Pepper straight out of the can & the fridge knowing that the combination of cold & fizz would put him right off. He's refused to try anything fizzy ever since which can only be a good thing. Things like coke are full of crap, why would you want to give them to a 2 year old?

[JeMeSouviens]

It's a big no, no in our house. But in your house, you may do as you wish.

[Itsjustafleshwound]

As a real treat we sometimes allow our 4yo sa small glass of lemonade/Sprite ..

My mum always gave my brother and I a glass of flat Coke when we had upset tummies when we were kids ...

[LIZS]

dc never have and still don't drink many fizzy drinks. Given that it can clean your loo of calc, I wouldn't start what you may regret.

[colditz]

I wouldn't, I just wouldn't but as someone else has stated, it's your house, you do as you please.

My 6 year old gets it once in a blue moon. My 3 year old has tyo make do with lemonade!

[Doyouthinktheysaurus]

The Ds's are 7 and 5 and still don't like fizzy drinks, long may it last.

Both have had a sip but neither liked the bubbles.

[Marne]

Dd1 (5.6) has never tried a fizzy drink in her life (she doesn't know what they are) mainly because i don't drink them and because they are nasty.

Dd does have the odd fruit shoot though and at home she drinks squash and juice.

[Mamazonabroomstick]

flat coke is brilliant for diorhea.

other than that all it does is cause very hyper children and damaged teeth.
why would you want to give it to a 2 year old

[TheFallenMadonna]

I knew this would be a litany of "my DC have never had fizzy drink", "don't know what a fizzy drink is", "don't even like fizzy drinks" posts

My DC are 8 and 5 and drink lemonade on high days and holidays, and in restaurants. They will finish my can of yummy chemicals every now and again.

[TheFallenMadonna]

I didn't say people shouldn't have posted their comment.s Merely that they were easily predicted. What with this being MN and all...

[TheFallenMadonna]

A boy in my tutor group brings in a 2 litre bottle of coke every day. And drinks it.