Giving baby OJ in a bottle - who is BU?

[willisurvive3under2]

Freshly squeezed! But still

10 month old twins. My DM is visiting from overseas. She did the twins tea and gave them a few orange segments after their main. Twin 1 is a more advanced eater and happily sucked/ate them. Twin 2 wouldn't touch them (she's not great at feeding herself still) so DM squeezed some orange juice into a bottle and she happily drunk it. It was 2 oz if that, roughly half an orange.

This seems bonkers and I was about to get annoyed but I tried hard to be rational and I can't see what she's done wrong. Both girls had some OJ one way or another. Everyone happy.

Would this bother you? Was she being unreasonable? I should add the girls have a cold and she was making a point about giving them vitamin C.

What’s the problem? I really can’t see the issue here.

I'm sure it's not the end of the world once, but I'd ask her not to to it again. She could put it in an open cup just as easily.

The difference with it being in a bottle is being delivered in a concentrated way to the front teeth. You’re supposed to dilute and fruit juice in a bottle with water to 1:8 juice:water ratio

I probably wouldn't make a habit of it but as a one off, can't see a problem at all.

Not good for her teeth but also nit the end of the world as a one off.

One whiff of juice and my dc's bums were red raw.....

Better in a cup than bottle but won't hurt occasionally.

I really don't know what your issue is it was some orange juice your mother did nothing wrong maybe get the babies some sippy cups but honestly nothing bad happened.

as others have said juice shouldn't go in bottles as its bad for teeth

Why one whiff of juice and your DCs bums were red raw? Am I missing something?

I did think teeth but she has none I agree that I have no rational reason to disagree with what DM did, but it doesn't seem right! They have sippy cups, I will suggest that.

What exactly is it your annoyed about? It’s orange juice not a rum punch!

If she does it again dilute the juice because it is better for them but put it down to an irrational irritation and forget about it

Can anyone explain how it's bad for teeth consider the teat goes past them? Surely the juice is delivered straight to the tongue?

Would be better in a cup than bottle, but fine and probably needed the vitamin c

I think she was just being nice, it was freshly squeezed a perfectly healthy, cannot see the issue? It won't hurt teeth as a one off.

My sister had whooping cough as a toddler, and couldn't keep milk down. She had orange juice in a bottle for a few weeks ,and it wrecked her baby teeth.

Not much better in a cup than a bottle, far better with a straw.

Good solution if they didn't want to eat the orange.

It is to do with the concentrated juice and saliva mix it can cause tooth decay especially if used extented periods out of a baby bottle.

So your DM gave the baby some OJ in a bottle, which you don't have a problem with? So what's the point of the thread? Am i missing something?

When mine were really small I’m sure we were told to avoid citrus fruit. Perhaps that has changed? Many babies and toddlers get upset tummies with orange juice though. I think she jumped in a bit.

Nappy rash to the bleeding stage in hours. Massive reaction.

Not good for teeth and no good for colds. Vit C for colds has been myth-busted a zillion times.

This is not an actual problem.

Am I missing something or are you purposefully trying to find an issue with this when you can't actually see one?