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Original poster

Has anyone else found that Fruit Shoots seems to = sky-high child??!!!

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Fluffybubble · 30/06/2006 12:20

Not technically food but...

I have given my 2 1/2 year old a tropical fruit version and he has been sky-high ever since...!! Has anyone else found this?

The reaction was almost immediate and he was flying around the shops singing at the top of his voice (Teletubbies theme, bad Mummy lets him watch too much cbeebies ).

He has also been up since 6.30am and would usually sleep at about 11.00am for a couple of hours. Instead, he is crashing around his room, yelling...

Has anyone else had similar or is this just a bad day???!!!

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GeorginaA · 30/06/2006 12:51

FlameBoo - funny about your reaction to piriton. I can't actually take ANY antihistamine after about 7pm in the evening, because otherwise I'll be awake all night with my thoughts racing.

The ONLY antihistamine I've been able to take and still get decent sleep is the Tesco one a day (and even then I take it in the morning just to be absolutely sure). It's a real pain, as my hayfever has been much worse this year

prettybird · 30/06/2006 13:38

Jampots, ds is normally highly charged, but the fruit shoots (or anything else) don't seem to increase that at all.

He's 5 now and has been having fruit shoots since he was about 2. Not many, but they are a treat for him. We try to encourage hm to have fruit juice cartons instead. He also gets diluting juice (Sainsbury's Tropical Juice and/or Lidl Blackcurrant Hi-juice - which he calls "Black wine", copying the wine we drink )

Reece · 30/06/2006 13:54

I gave DS a blackcurrant Fruit Shoot yesterday afternoon and after reading this thread I realise that he too wanted out of the trolly straight away and ran around the supermarket like a lunatic.

Going to google them now and see what I can find out.

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Fluffybubble · 30/06/2006 14:00

"Like the idea of using drugs to counteract the "noxious chemicals" though"

beckybrastraps - it worked (!), anything was worth a try as DS distressed...

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Reece · 30/06/2006 14:04

Contains E211 Sodium Benzoate. Apparently one of the worst e numbers that makes kids hyper.

Still going to buy?

Reece · 30/06/2006 14:05

Any recommendations on healthy packed lunch drinks?

prettybird · 30/06/2006 14:32

My view is "all things in moderation".

Although I can understand why you wouldn't want to give them to kids who react.

Ds probably has on average less than one day.

He also now occasionally has cheese strings - gave in to the pressure from him and bought some. He's been askign for a while!

beckybrastraps · 30/06/2006 14:35

I'm sure it did work. Uppers and downers. Very Churchill. I always feel a hamster wheel would be useful in these situations. I usually just open the back door and retreat.

cutekids · 30/06/2006 14:41

I noticed my youngest dd had one and was singing all afternoon and giggling and bouncing off walls etc.much like me after a couple of glasses of wine! other two don't seem to be affected in the same way though.s'pose it's the same with adults and alcohol really isn't it? my mates all seem to stay pretty sober after cans and cans of beer/bottles of wine etc.i only need one glass and i'm talking crap! (and no, i haven't had one yet!)

Olihan · 30/06/2006 14:57

Fruit shoots have no effects on my ds but Marks and Spencers Percy Pigs are a whole other story. Hyperactive city. A friend bought a pack for him, he only had maybe 6 and he just went loopy. Bouncing off the walls, screaming, charging round, being defiant. Needless to say, we're not EVER having them in the house again .

zippitippitoes · 30/06/2006 14:58

we also had this with chinese cow shaped biscuits with words printed on them

prettybird · 30/06/2006 14:58

Reece - posted too quickly.

Ds gets little apple juice or multi-vitamin mixed fruit juice cartons from Lidl's for his day time snacks at school. 89p for a pack of 6 100% apple juice or £1.28 for the muilt-vit fruit juice (64p last week).

MrsBadger · 30/06/2006 15:00

weird - Percy Pigs are our staple alternative to the very wall-bouncing Starmix...

MrBacchus · 30/06/2006 15:05

We try to steer clear of the 'sudo natural/healthy' products.

They're normally advertised in quite a deceptive manner.

saltire · 30/06/2006 17:31

They affect DS2 as well, in fact Robinson's squash does, we have Tesco or Asda squash in this house, which has no effect whatsoever on him.

divamummy · 30/06/2006 18:21

havent noticed much dd has odd fruitshoots , she loves it

trefusis · 30/06/2006 18:43

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hulababy · 30/06/2006 18:45

Yes, fruit shoots affect DD. They send her a bit hyper. Noticed it when she had them around the age of 2ish, at parties. She's 4 now and it is very very rare she has one now. I hate them and was amazed at how quickly they seem to kick in. I haven't noticed anything else affect DD in this way.

cataloguequeen · 30/06/2006 18:47

my dds drink mostly water and they are never still!!

have'nt really seen much of a difference with fruit shoots to be honest but maybe thats because I usually water them down, too sweet imo

serenity · 01/07/2006 18:04

They don't make any difference to my Dcs behaviour, but they don't seem to react to anything else either. However I have noticed that I have a reaction to Starburst sweets (and that's definitely a new thing) I now buy them instead of Proplus if I need a 'boost' at work.

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