Half adult juice/ half water for 2yr old. Would you?

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My dd was recently introduced to apple juice (off the shelf carton version) by Grandma. She used to only have water, or milk.
The thing is she liked it so much I started to think "why not?". It certainly means she drinks more than she would normally. I have thought of watering it down half and half.

Any reason why this is a bad idea? The juice, I mean, not the watering down.

Well juice is full of sugar and you would be better getting the not from concerntrate stuff but apart from that i wont harm her to have it now and again especially if its watered down.

my ds has been drinking apple juice all day everyday for 4 years, he is purely addicted and as healthy as anything so it aint done him any harm!

as long as she wasnt having it all the time it should be ok. I would offer it with a meal rather than between meals though as that minimises the impact on her teeth

I know a 2 year old who loves apple juice in a carton with a straw. It's a 100% natural product so no real health concerns - it's certainly far better than certain Juice Drinks shall we say.

One thing though, drink through a straw as then it has less contact with the teeth.

Also don't have it exclusively - 2 year olds will often drink water, milk, and natural juices.

A balanced diet is what you want to achieve.

DD is 18 mo and for ages now has been drinking diluted juice- probably just a quarter of juice to three quarters water. Sometimes it's plain juice, sometimes just water or milk.

As long as she doesn't drink undiluted juice to the exclusion of water, she'll be fine.

What's an 'adult' juice- what's the difference?

I think juice as a treat is fine (esp watered down) but would be loathe to replace water or milk with it. Perhaps once a day?

Sorry adult juice is just my way of saying not one made exclusively for children.

I don't think it makes any difference, same stuff, just marketed differently.

By Adult Juice perhaps you mean not a Juice Drink.

When buying apple/orange juice cartons, you do sometimes need to check that it's not Juice Drink. Amazes me they can put them next to real juice.

I do for dd (18 months) and she seems fine.

She's always refused water- yes I know if I let her get thirsty enough she'd drink it, but life's too short and she barely drinks enough as it is.

Yes, I give juice to DS (usually try to water it down if at home but not if we're out) and occasionally to 11mo DD (she;s maybve had it 3 times in her life, very heavily diluted)

No problem but I have a rule that it's heavily diluted and only with meals. Fruit juices with meals can help iron absorption because they're high in vitamin C. I'd sooner give a carton of fruit juice than a Fruit Shoot when out and about

DS sometimes has watered down orange juice, or very diluted squash (a high juice variety with no aspartame)

Too much juice is not good for teeth, or for nappies...There's tons of sugar in apple juice too, even if it is natural sugar.

Tesco do one in a carton diluted with water. Convenient and watered down and with a straw to bypass the teeth.

I do, it's no problem.

its absolutely fine in moderation - I have checked loads with our dentist as mine love it. we restrict it to mealtimes as the dentist said its best to have sugary stuff when a lot of saliva is produced eg at meal times