To offer water only?

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Just turned 2 DD discovered juice a few months ago. Since then the amount he drinks has increased hugely to the point that this morning he had 3 300ml bottles of dilute squash all before lunch and a nappy was completely soaked through in 2 hours.

At the childminders 3 days a week he only ever has water. He drinks a normal amount and never asks for juice. At home he refuses to touch water and screams “orange” if not given it.

Do I need to just get tough and only offer water? The squash is only very weak but I am worried about the amount he is drinking and him drinking out of habit rather than thirst.

Hell have rotten teeth by the time he’s 5 if he keeps having squash washing around his teeth. Givecwater. Don’t buy squash.

Some people don't get on with artificial sweetners. If I've ended up having them by accident, I end up getting headachy and have a lingering cloying taste in my mouth for many hours afterwards. They increase my thirst, but water can't shift the taste and more sweetners makes it worse.

We drink the premium Belvoir type cordials now as well as water. The eye watering price encourages moderation, although we drank it weak and moderately anyway.
Oh I miss Ribena and Orange High-Juice.

Drinking water is good and by school age, often the only option in school. (It is dull to only ever drink water though; hate tea/ coffee, lactose intolerance, not many options out there!)

I don't understand the absolute disgust towards wanting to drink something that isn't water.

@MilkyCuppa it's one thing deciding what your child is and isn't allowed to drink but your husband?
Surely, as an adult, he's allowed to decide what he want to drink and when?
Bonkers.

I very rarely drink plain water and my teeth are in perfect condition nor am I in a bad state of health.
My DD adores juices and squash - the dentist has recently said her teeth are in beautiful condition.

A sweet drink really isn't going to hurt anyone in the grand scheme of things.

MilkyCuppa it's one thing deciding what your child is and isn't allowed to drink but your husband?

I don’t want to wake up one day and find I’m married to a toothless fatty with self-induced diabetes, so I don’t buy soft drinks, biscuits, crisps or sweets. If DH wants them he can go to the shop and buy them himself, except he probably won’t bother. If they aren’t readily available in the cupboard he won’t go out of his way to find them. I wouldn’t mind if he ate just one biscuit or soft drink etc but he’s greedy and will eat the whole lot at once. Buying them and making them easily available is just enabling his greed.