Sister gave my 10 month old sips of non-alcoholic mojito

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I'm really not happy that my sister (21) has given my 10 month old DS sips of her non-alcoholic mojito. What's made me quite upset is that she said it's not the first time she's given him this! She makes it with syrup and a mojito can just for context on how sugary and sweet this is.
I've explained countless times that I only give him water or breastmilk for fluids throughout the day. I have never offered him fruit juice, cordial/squash or any other drinks loaded with sweetners. It's actually bothered me and makes me feel like my parenting is undermined when I have to justify my decision not to offer certain foods or drinks.
Some weeks ago she said I was going to give him issues with food as he grows up as I didn't want him having ice cream, especially just before his dinner.
Just feeling quite bothered by this.

Stop her being alone with him is the only way to solve this.

She's an idiot and I wouldn't be explaining my reasons to her. Do not leave your ds alone with her.

Your sister needs to stop looking after him / being left alone for long enough so she can feed him unsupervised.

A 10 month old shouldn't have doesn't need mojitos or ice creams before dinner. He's not going to have issues with food due to following a healthy diet as a baby.

Of course you are not being unreasonable to be bothered. If this was me, I wouldn’t leave her with the baby when I wasn’t there again.

My MIL took my dd into the basement of her house when dd was 15 month old to give her a can of coke as she said it was ‘cruel’ that she hasn’t had any.

We pretty much never gave them fizzy drinks apart from at parties or when we were in restaurants.

She’s 17 now and has never had any food issues or problems in any way with regards to what she eats or her health.

stop your sister having access to your child

I couldn’t get too upset about this, there are much worse things to feed a little one. Chili prawns for one!!

Don't leave your DC alone with her from now on!

It had never ever crossed my mind she would even offer her mojito to him. I was at my mums house (she lives at home) and as we have had guests over, I was washing dishes and generally tidying away in the kitchen whilst my DS was in the dining room with her. I just feel so annoyed and worried for his baby teeth. I'm especially angry this isn't the first time.

Well you can't trust her. Don't leave your baby with her.

I couldn’t get too upset about this, there are much worse things to feed a little one. Chili prawns for one!!

Alcoholic mojito??

I certainly won't be leaving him alone in a room with her again after this.

She shouldn't have gone against your wishes but its not the worst thing.
He's unlikely to guzzle it.

non-alcoholic mojito.

Is what op said.
Irritating
But won't kill him

Don't worry too much about him - he'll be fine.

Do worry about him being with your sister alone in the future, because she doesn't sound too concerned about what she has done. You're the parent and she should respect your boundaries and not challenge them, unless unreasonable. Which they are not - completely normal to not want your child to have sugar he doesn't need at 10 months old.

Well obviously not great as she should follow your wishes. But I think people are overreacting a bit over a few sips of (basically) squash/cordial. Lots of people give their babies some cake, ice cream etc around 1 yr old don't they. Not all the time, but as an occasional thing?

Non alcoholic mojito vs chilli prawns? I’d prefer a child got the non alcoholic mojito.

She essentially gave him a sip of a sweet fizzy drink. I couldn't get too mad. Its not gonna rot his teeth and give him diabetes

Don't worry about him now, he'll be fine.

Speak to her about the boundaries you have regarding what he's given to eat and drink and inform her she won't be allowed to look after him by herself if she doesn't agree to it.

Where did chilli prawns come from?!

Be irritated that she ignored your wishes but it's ridiculous to be worried about his teeth over a few sips of drink.

@irregularegular

Well obviously not great as she should follow your wishes. But I think people are overreacting a bit over a few sips of (basically) squash/cordial. Lots of people give their babies some cake, ice cream etc around 1 yr old don't they. Not all the time, but as an occasional thing?

Some parents do, some don't. Some will not want to give their children anything they consider unhealthy, others will have a more relaxed approach. Neither are wrong.

The point is, this is not going to kill OP's baby, but the sister needs to respect OP's wishes like you said.

@Sometimeswinning

I couldn’t get too upset about this, there are much worse things to feed a little one. Chili prawns for one!!

Alcoholic mojito??

It was NON alcoholic mojito.

OP - your sister can make mistakes as she's not your baby's mother - she doesn't have to care that much. What did your mom say?
Time to tell sister she cannot be trusted and needs to be babysat too.

@EileenGC

Your sister needs to stop looking after him / being left alone for long enough so she can feed him unsupervised.

A 10 month old shouldn't have doesn't need mojitos or ice creams before dinner. He's not going to have issues with food due to following a healthy diet as a baby.

This. What a stupid woman I’d go mad

Genuinely what’s wrong with chilli prawns? My kids loved curry and spicy food at that age. You do realise this is what kids in other countries are literally weaned on?

I genuinely wouldn't care if my child had had a few sips of a non-alcoholic drink. It's a tad overly precious to say that you wouldn't leave the baby with her again. So it's got a bit of sugar in it, big deal. He probably dribbled most of it down his front.