Anyone's child drunk nothing but water at 5?

[SleepingStandingUp]

DS doesn't have a great relationship with food. NG fed from birth, took bottles briefly but fully tube fed by 4 month. Weaned on solids at 6 months but had series of big ops at 10 months that utterly ruined his interest and tolerance for food.
At 5 he still needs tube top ups and his diet is limited but of we go to the pub say we can now feed him - pizza, sausages, beans, peas, chips, buns etc. So if he's like this as an adult he'd not have a great diet but could probably pass for just a bit picky"

However since 4 months he's not drank anything but water bar 1 sit of my iced latte when he was about 3 and a sip of DHs coke at 4. One sip, funny face, back to water. I worry that this will make his stand out more as he gets older.

So the teenagers all go to Macdonald's or when they go to parties and at best are drinking coke, or older when they're at the pub etc. I just can't see it ever changing and I worry he'll get picked on and ostracized.

So has anyone's liquid diet been that extreme and got over it? How?

DD is 7 and has only ever had water or milk to drink. She doesn’t have a sweet tooth and says that juice is too sweet
(She doesn’t get it from me, I flipping love sweet stuff )

Hi @SleepingStandingUp DS 13 has never drunk anything other than water. He won't even entertain any other drinks! It was an issue sometimes when he was younger (5-10) and he went to a party (not in someone's home or village hall) as often all that is on offer is squash. I just got used to making sure he took a bottle of water with him. I am sure that one day he will find something else he likes to drink!
I cannot think of even one time when he's been picked on for only drinking water.
It's healthy and it's cheap - enjoy it while it lasts!

Also @SleepingStandingUp he stopped drinking milk when he weaned and will not touch anything like yoghurt. He does eat cheese once or twice a week - calcium is in many other food sources though as well as in tablet form if need be

@nancy75

Dd would have a milkshake at a push, would go without rather than have a fizzy drink or fruit juice. She is quite a fussy eater but has got a bit better with age (probably started trying a bit more around age 11/12 I think)

Similar here too.

DS will sometimes try other drinks, but never likes them. We did find that when he started school and had play dates and went to parties that at least a third of the other children will only drink water too.

He has also had a very limited diet, and would completely refuse to try new foods, which we really worried about. We also found though that he has gotten a lot better as he's gotten older. He's 10, and recently ate (and loved!) salmon sushi!!

@JamieFrasersSassenach

Hi *@SleepingStandingUp* DS 13 has never drunk anything other than water. He won't even entertain any other drinks! It was an issue sometimes when he was younger (5-10) and he went to a party (not in someone's home or village hall) as often all that is on offer is squash. I just got used to making sure he took a bottle of water with him. I am sure that one day he will find something else he likes to drink! I cannot think of even one time when he's been picked on for only drinking water. It's healthy and it's cheap - enjoy it while it lasts!

Thank you x

@JamieFrasersSassenach

Also *@SleepingStandingUp* he stopped drinking milk when he weaned and will not touch anything like yoghurt. He does eat cheese once or twice a week - calcium is in many other food sources though as well as in tablet form if need be

Thankfully one of our massively safe foods is yellow cheese (I once gave him orange cheese. Not a chance!) so he has that at least one meal a day. So Xmas lunch was pigs in blankets and cheese and cheese biscuits with water. It's the only dairy he does but he does have a fair bit

I'm loving all the reassurances that once he discovers alcohol at 18 hours tastes will rapidly broaden 😂😂

My DD is 10 and only drinks water or milk. She has tried the odd sip of other drinks I think, though I couldn't tell you what or when. She just knows she doesn't like anything other than water or milk.

I don't worry about it. She'll either start trying/liking other drinks or she won't. I just focus on teaching her how to ask for water when party hosts etc only offer juice or fizzy drinks. So far it's taught her to ask politely for what she needs rather than held her back in any way.

My 19 year old student DD has a ridiculously narrow food range that is tolerable.
She pretty much only drinks water - never has drank milk or fizzy stuff, dislikes fruit juice and will have very diluted squash once a month if that. No tea, coffee or hot choc.
She does however love tequila, gin and advocaat

I only drink water and (black) tea and I’m in my mid 30s.

My 4 year old gets juice in a restaurant but never at home. Day to day it’s just water. He’s never had coke or anything but I was under the impression that virtually no 4/5 year old would ever have had fizzy drinks. Why would you want to introduce them young anyway?

As a child I only ever drank water or orange juice. I’ve never drunk coke or Pepsi because they don’t appeal to me. The thought makes me feel sick actually. It’s never really affected me other than some adults make such a big deal over giving you water instead of a fizzy drink. Other children didn’t seem to care - I don’t remember it being an issue with them. I would say just support your son and let them say what they want. They have a right to only drink what they feel comfortable with.

^ Excuse me mixing up the pronouns above in the last sentence! Should say he / him rather than they!

What a strange thing to worry about. Stealth boast ?
My ds only drinks water or milk , hes nearly 7. This is the way I've brought him up because this culture of bottles of endless " juice " puts my teeth on edge . Its usually blackcurrant squash which can inhibit toddlers being dry at night .
I offer him to try different drinks now if he would like to but he hasnt got the taste for it , he does like hot chocolate though. Coke , tango , lemonade no way, so damaging for teeth and health

Stealth boast ?

Don't be ridiculous!

My DC is 17 and only ever drank water by choice. Never been an issue. For parties I just had a water bottle in my bag as most only had squash available.

I only drank water as a kid, still is my beverage of choice! I will occasionally drink fruit juice, peppermint tea or hot chocolate now (as in once a month or so) and do drink white wine very occasionally. But have never drunk milky drinks, fizzy drinks or tea/coffee and don’t like them. Not really an issue - means I don’t have to join in coffee rounds at work!

@zigaziga

I only drink water and (black) tea and I’m in my mid 30s.

My 4 year old gets juice in a restaurant but never at home. Day to day it’s just water. He’s never had coke or anything but I was under the impression that virtually no 4/5 year old would ever have had fizzy drinks. Why would you want to introduce them young anyway?

Where have I said I want the 5 yo to drink foxy drinks? I said the teenagers go to Macdonald's.... as an example re fizzy drinks. I don't think it's unusual for 14/15 yos to drink fizzy drinks.

@Dontforgetyourbrolly

What a strange thing to worry about. Stealth boast ? My ds only drinks water or milk , hes nearly 7. This is the way I've brought him up because this culture of bottles of endless " juice " puts my teeth on edge . Its usually blackcurrant squash which can inhibit toddlers being dry at night . I offer him to try different drinks now if he would like to but he hasnt got the taste for it , he does like hot chocolate though. Coke , tango , lemonade no way, so damaging for teeth and health

Your son drinks milk so it isn't the same. If DS drink milk I wouldn't be posting. And I'd be frigging ecstatic if he touched hot chocolate

@SoupDragon

Stealth boast ?

Don't be ridiculous!

Thank you

I only drank winter until I was in my early 20s. My mates always thought I was a bit odd when I went to their houses and would ask for a glass of water when asked if I wanted a drink

There really isn't anything wrong with drinking only water, it's far healthier than a lot if the shite out there.

Dd1 hasn't really touched anything but water since she was 5 and had a talk at school by a dietician about sugar....she refused everything but water. When she was 10 she asked to try pop at a party and she likes to have it once in a blue moon in a restaurant. She got curious don't worry. I'm v proud of her perfect white teeth though!! 😀