What age did you give your children squash?

[RedRobyn2021]

Just that really

Some days this summer my daughter hasn't drunk enough and we have had dry nappies

My mum thinks I'm overthinking it with squash, but she's only 18 months. I do t want to make a mistake.

I think this is the point my mum was making, I have excellent teeth and she gave me juice from a young age.

It's that whole "you turned out well, stop worrying about it"

Dunno probably from 2?
always have it in the house and it’s always an option but mine (now 9 and 6) seem to favour water
i don’t know anybody who has made it a banned item

Good idea. Yes I've tried giving her juicy fruit to help.

Never and DS is now 7. Squash it's a UPF so if you can avoid it then do.

This is the thing actually, she's always been ok drinking water. But the moment we got to summer she's been drinking a lot less, it doesn't make a great deal of sense.

Love these suggestions, thank you

Op is it over night that you are getting dry nappies?
Is she wetting them when she gets up?

Could she be ready to potty train?

Both my boys were waking with dry nappies before they potty trained it was one of the things that made me decide to train them. Both trained fairly quickly and were out of night nappies within about 3 weeks.

Don't bother. Plain water is the best, they don't miss what they never have. I aren't saying that she never will but my 3 year old only has water (loves it ice cold) and won't even touch apple or orange juice.

They aren't dry every night, but some nights, by the time we have done breakfast she'll have had a big wee. I don't think she's ready to potty train yet, she doesn't tell me when she needs poo or anything yet but if she doesn't have a nappy on she does grab her vulva and babble as though to say she needs to go, but then she usually wets herself, so I don't think the control is there yet.

But she's my first child so I don't know the signs if I'm honest.

Op if she is doing a big wee then she isn't dehydrated.

I'd get her a potty and start giving her a chance to use when you are doing nappy changes, before bed, when she gets up. At just 18mths she might not be ready to tell you, but she's holding overnight so the control is there.

My oldest was just over 2 when I trained him, and he was pooing in the potty from about 6 months. He was a pain in the bum, he'd wait for a clean nappy to poo in, 💩 it drove me daft doing two nappy changes in the space of 10mins. Result if I caught that poo in the potty.

Don't underestimate her, she might not be able to give you much warning but I'd be so so tempted to try. Keep the potty in the room you are in initially.

Hm if you think so then I will give it a try, it can't hurt. I assumed she was too young.

Mine has been offered since about 9 months, but that’s because she’s useless at drinking. She’s now 13 months and still the same. In fact today she’s constipated because she drinks so little.
i think sometimes offering a bit of variety can encourage them to drink more. Sometimes I do water, sometimes squash, sometimes watered down juice.
I d love for her to just drink water, but at this point I will settle for her drinking anything!

I wouldn’t especially so young. If she’s thirsty she’ll have water.

Ice lollies can be good and means she still drinks water as her normal drink once summer is over.

DS is 5 and only recently had squash for the first time.
I look after a little boy who is 13 months and his mum has been giving him squash for a few months now.

I’ve never bought it and don’t give it in the 11 years I’m a parent . If they are in someone else’s house and drink it fine. Our kids drink water or real fruit juice. I think squash is disgusting in taste and the ingredients are weird. If your child won’t drink anything else fair enough but why would you start a child on this ?

No problem @RedRobyn2021 :)

also sorry just seen it’s overnight nappies you’re concerned about? My eldest DC went through a stage of dry nappies overnight at a similar age, then back to ridiculously full overnight nappies. Consistently dry for a few months now but I’m too scared to ditch the nighttime nappy lol!

Very early under the advice of his SaLT and dietician, he wasn't taking anywhere near enough fluids (he wouldn't take squash or juice either) and his nappies were very dry day and night. It turned out the reason he wasn't taking water or diluted juice was because he has dysphagia and now that has been realised and his water is thickened he happily drinks enough.

Same for us.

It doesn't sound like dehydration, more like bladder control overnight? Mine was about the same age when she started being dry during the night.

We never introduced squash at home (she's now 6yo). She's had it very occasionally eg after church they offer squash for the children when the adults have coffee. She has some fruit juice at breakfast and sometimes a carton of fruit juice when we're out but otherwise just milk or water.

Age 2-3.

I can't really remember. You stress about these things when they are little and then you realise it's not that big a deal.

My 7 year old has only had it recently at parties and usually asks for water instead. She's had an occasional glass of real fruit juice with a meal since she was 5 (and sometimes diluted before that).

My daughter is 18 months. She has squash occasionally and even more so when it's a hot day and she needs more liquid but won't drink water. Same as she has chocolates, crisps but everybody has opinions on that too. Just do what you feel is best :)

DD 2 just has water but when shes poorly or out of sorts she has a very weak squash in her straw bottle. A little now and then with a good tooth brush is fine IMO - I dont believe in banning food and drink as it can make them binge on it when they are older.

My 3yo drinks it now and again and I think she was over 1 but can’t remember exact age when she started. I don’t see an issue, she has water mainly.

You could try coconut water. Generally I want ds to get into the habit of just drinking water but I did this during the heatwave to get more fluids into Ds (and DD has been having coconut water for years). It's delicious and healthy too.