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fizzy drinks & 3 yr old

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alicemama · 07/03/2006 22:18

do you let your little ones have fizzy drinks?

my mil can't seem to get it into her head that I don't let dd1 have fizzy drinks. whenever mil makes dd1 a drink of orange squah she puts lemonade in altho I'll have said 5secs earlier put water in please!!!!!!!!

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moondog · 07/03/2006 22:19

I wouldn't even let her have the squash let alone the other.
Bloody cheeky not to respect your wishes.

singyswife · 07/03/2006 22:20

I hate when people do this. They are your children why do people feel the need to ignore how you want to bring them up. Rant over now, sorry. I only let my DD have fizzy drinks on special occassions. If we go ten pin bowling for instance then the treat is a glass of lemonade but I certainly dont make a habi of it. Start taking a bottle of diluted juice to MIL with you. Then your child wont have to ask nan for a drink and you wont be faced with the problem.

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alicemama · 07/03/2006 22:22

Oh thats nothing...on sunday fil got out a bar of choc at 3.30pm for dd1 and I said she had to wait til after tea.
he completely ignored me saying oh a ;little bit won't hurt and proceeded to give her the entire bar.
If he wasn't in his late 60's I'd have swung for him!
Its a good job I only give her choc/sweets at weekend

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handlemecarefully · 07/03/2006 22:23

I let mine have a sip of my fizzy drink if I happen to be having a diet coke, but their tipple of choice is apple juice or milk. That said, I wouldn't totally ban fizzy drinks - they are discouraged, but on a (very) infrequent basis is okay. I simply don't believe in complete embargo...

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alicemama · 07/03/2006 22:24

tried taking her own juice..that doesn't work. Even took a nice big tub of strawberries and grapes for her on sunday and I ended up eating them on way home as she was full on choc!

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mojomummy · 07/03/2006 22:34

why don't you take it off her then if you are in the room with them ?

You're her mother, take charge. If my MIL or Mother did this, I'd go absolutely bonkers & I wouldn't let them come round until they understood that what we (DH & I ) say goes.

What a cheek & how disrespectful.

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alicemama · 07/03/2006 22:37

they take offense soooooo easily!
We moved away 18months ago...only 40 miles and we go up every fortnight but they still haven't forgiven us. Never and I do mean never ring dh which really upsets him.
I don't want to cause a confrontation in front of dd1

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handlemecarefully · 07/03/2006 22:37

I think give your MIL a break....don't forget she's a different generation and in her day they wouldn't have batted an eyelid at such dietary niceties. You have said to her "Oh no water please", but does she truly understand why fizzy drinks aren't good for lo's? It probably doesn't compute. I honestly doubt that she is maliciously ignoring your wishes. Probably just needs re-education and perhaps your dh is best placed to do this....

kid · 07/03/2006 22:38

I refuse to let my kids have fizzy drinks. Once when we were out for dinner, I let DD have some pepsi as a treat. Well on the way home she threw up everywhere and I blamed the pepsi, she didn't want to drink anymore after that. As for DS, he can be hyper so I tell him fizzy drink makes him bounce off the ceiling, he believes me and doesn't touch it I'm sure one day he will want to check if it really does make him bounce off the ceiling!

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alicemama · 07/03/2006 22:39

Oh i know its not malicious at all. I love my in-laws just as much as dh does....I just don't get them at all.
why do they do things with grandchildren that they would never have done with their own?

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cod · 07/03/2006 22:40

i ahte these threads
s go d loosen up a bit

rarrie · 07/03/2006 23:23

Someone on here once came up with the idea of "White coke" (Sparkling water) - They are a genius! My 2 1/2 year old has it as a treat and she thinks she's big and clever for drinking it. As we all say its only a treat, she really likes it... We've also brainwashed her into thinking that brown coke is yucky yuck, and white coke is yummy. She buys that!

DD has never had squash or fizzy, although she does have watered down pure fruit juice (either apple or orange) at meal times. I think my mum / MIL also think I'm being a bit strict - but I don't really care, she's my daughter, so it gets done my way and I would refuse to allow my DD to drink any crap. But then I always keep a mini bottle of plain water on me,(which DD thinks she is very grown up for drinking, as I use them!) so if ever I have a problem, I just give her one of my bottles.

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