When did you let your DC have fizzy juice?

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I'm just wondering when roughly people let their kids have fizzy juice. I don't mean every day but when it's their birthday/friends are over etc?

The use of juice for any soft drink (still or fizzy but not water) is very standard in Scotland.

Fizzy drinks- about 5/6?

Juice is a fairly universal euphemism for "drink that isn't water or milk" for young kids, isn't it?? Why is this a confusing term?

Juice is squash or fresh from a fruit here (eg pineapple juice)

In my mind fizzy juice could be juice diluted with fizzy water or something like Orangeade rather than coke as the orange flavour is a sort of juice.

I haven’t given him any at all and he just turned five. His birth mother used to give him coke in his bottle, I’m avoiding it for as long as possible as in my mind him having it so young makes me think he’ll like it. His teeth are already damaged enough, they don’t need more of a battering.

I think it's one of those words that must vary regionally.

I was assuming fruit juice with sparkling water! We've done that before.

Juice would mean either fruit juice or fruit squash here!

I wouldnt give fizzy drinks like coke to a child. Not because its fuzzy but all the sugar etc. I'd probably be oaky with a teen having it or a tween having lemonade occasionally at a meal out.

Same as netflix - obviously not universal term!

@BertieBotts

All doesn't the school have any taps??

They were at a community hall for it. Sorry didn’t want to get into details. So no the kids themselves could access taps or coolers as normal as kitchen in separate area. He should have asked an adult I explained that to him but he was 6 and shy so didn’t though he did politely say he didn’t like juice when offered. No one bothered. My point I suppose is in this day and ages why wouldn’t water ALWAYS be an option along side juice if needed. Actually now I think about it it’s common at a lot of parties. Big jugs dilly ring juice but no water. I’ve had to Buy him water at softplay party before.

DS2 first tried a fizzy drink on holiday at 18m. It was all inclusive so there wasn't much choice. His facial expression was amazing He then guzzled it with delight.

Our main drink is water.
We keep cans in the house, but not for daily use. They are particularly useful for DS1 as the combination of liquid, sugar and sensory stimulation can help him avoid a meltdown or shift him out of one. He is prone to letting himself get dehydrated which is common with sensory issues, and often doesn't think to drink at school.

While I can count every vertibrae and rib in his torso, I'm not going to stress about that.

Per gramme, yoghurt has a similar level of sugar as coke. I'm not into demonising food/ drink, just providing a balance.

From about seven but very, very rarely. Parties where there was no option without being fussy and the odd lemonade on holiday.
Sadly, my husband is a Diet Coke addict and allowed them to drthe stuff in teenage years despite the risks to teeth and bones.

Our DCs were allowed a sip of our fizzy drink if they asked from around 3yo, although we don't have it that often ourselves. Mostly it's if we're in a restaurant. They are 4yo and 6yo now and might have a small glass for a special occasion eg their birthday, NYE etc or the odd one on holiday. I can't get too worked up about it TBH as they often go several weeks without even a glass of squash, and drink fruit juice nearly as rarely as fizzy stuff. The occasional glass of fizz is fine.
4yo isn't particularly keen on it, but will drink it if she's given a glass. 6yo loves the stuff but understands it's a special treat.

I know that juice is juice as in the juice of a fruit or vegetable, but I've also definitely heard it used to mean pretty much any drink (usually squash) when talking to children. And I'm not Scottish, I'm from the Midlands.

Juice is just as sugary and acidic as fizzy drinks, so I find it bizarre people object to those but happily give their DC neat apple juice or orange juice! Or fruit shoots! God the wars on here about those years ago!

As fair point :) Yes water ought to be available, I suppose people think kids don't like it/won't be likely to drink it.

I imagine fizzy juice would be fresh fruit juice diluted with sparkling water, is that right? If so I was giving this to dd from probably about age 5 or 6. Shes 9 now and has this quite regularly. Things like Fanta, Coke etc are very limited and allowed very rarely. Too much sugar/sweetener/caffeine

DD age 3 is allowed one small cup (ikea plastic cup) of weak squash per day - otherwise its water or occasionally milk. We have a soda stream so sometimes she has squash made with carbonated water. I have to put in some flat water as well so its not too fizzy. She has that maybe once or twice a week.

Sorry, in Scotland we call soft drinks juice/fizzy juice (at least in this house ). So like Coke/Diet Coke/ lemonade/ irn bru etc.

I'm probably lucky that neither of mine like anything fizzy or even squash, they both just drink water.

I've never had to restrict as neither like it. To be fair, both tried some of my soda and lime when we were out one day and decided "they don't like fizzy" and so neither drink it, although I would let them have some if they wanted. Maybe it's reverse psychology for mine - it's not forbidden and they are therefore not bothered. Or I'm just lucky that neither like the flavour of anything other than water or plain milk.. they even turn their noses up at milkshake or smoothies 🤷🏻‍♀️

Actually, only my 3 year old calls it that, sorry, I'm tired soft drinks.

“Fizzy juice” is Scottish for soda/pop/fizzy soft drinks.

It’s just a regional phrase. The OP must be Scottish.

Haha op I knew the first twenty posts on this would be 'what's fizzy juice'. Kudos for flinging an Irn Bru into the mix too

Just tried coke for first time recently at 4.5. Has had fruit juice diluted with fizzy water over last year, and loves bubbles.

Juice is just as sugary and acidic as fizzy drinks, so I find it bizarre people object to those but happily give their DC neat apple juice or orange juice!
Bizarre? Really? Freshly squeezed fruit juice contains significant levels of vitamin A, folate, vitamin C, calcium, fibre, magnesium and potassium. Do you really think you get this from a can of coke or iron bru?

@LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett

Fizzy juice/fizzy drink here in the North West!
Think DS tried when was about 2-3 (can't exactly remember). He has some sometimes at home. Don't think it's a big deal so long as it's not all day everyday. We're quite a healthy & fit household too.
Waiting until they're 6 or 7 seems extreme!

My son has had a little fizzy diet Fanta/lemonade on holiday abroad since the age of 5 probably. At 6 I let him have a can of diet Fanta on Christmas Day!

He's nearly 7 now and it occasionally has a lemonade. His favourite is actually sparkling water, so could be a good alternative to try.

Mine are 8&9 and they still haven’t had it. Or McDonald’s.

DD only drinks water or milk the vast vast majority of the time.

She had a shot glass size drink of elderflower presse at a family party at just turned 3 and that’ll be it until a similar sort of event crops up again.

She has fresh orange juice on Sundays when we’re with my parents as that’s their Sunday breakfast tradition.

I’m not into fizzy drinks really apart from sparkling water and sparkling alcohol so DD never sees me drinking things like coke/lemonade.

Always buy Zero versions as I low carb so I am not worried about the sugar, but I let them have coke very occasionally like when out for dinner, as I dont like them having caffeine. Lemondade is fine as no colourings, Fanta etc, somewhere in between because I am a bit concerned about the colourings....not really sure why except I was bringing up the youngest ones during Blue Smartie-gate and I think it may have stuck!

This is up until about 12/13 then all bets are off as they will buy it for themselves anyway so there is no point trying to control it.