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Lemonade at six year old's party?

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Smithagain · 22/07/2008 13:10

Yes or no?

DD1 would love to have lemonade at her birthday party this week. She regards it as a huge treat.

I reckon some of her friends have probably been drinking fizzy drinks on special occasions for a while. But a few most definitely haven't. Of the latter, some only drink water anyway - but we have one younger sibling coming who I'm pretty confident has never had a fizzy drink and will most certainly love it!

So do I go for it? Or put my health-conscious foot down in the interests of harmony with my mummy friends? Your votes please, mumsnet food police.

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NormaSnorks · 22/07/2008 13:18

Most of it will probably end up on the floor anyway.... hope your party is not at home... lemonade and carpets - not a good mix.

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Gateau · 22/07/2008 13:18

You know I really pity some kids these days. Food and drink is a great part of life and there to be enjoyed Variety is the spice... and all that. A little bit of what you like does you no harm....
(well, apart from drugs and alcohol)

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TheFallenMadonna · 22/07/2008 13:18

If the lemonade is the only thing providing the sugar rush, then it's already a bit of an odd party surely?

Crisps and icing are pretty much all DD's friends eat at these things...

VictorianSqualor · 22/07/2008 13:19

Buy it.
At DD's halloween parties we always have lemonade with green food colouring in and reptile haribos.

You can always have an alternative if the parents are miserable bastards don't like it.

Gateau · 22/07/2008 13:20

Agree with TheFallen and Victorian

mumblechum · 22/07/2008 13:20

I wouldn't have thought twice about it tbh, but I'm old and out of touch.

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Remotew · 22/07/2008 13:23

I also pity kids nowadays. My baby was born in 1994 so not that long ago and we had non of these food phobias even amongst the earth mother types. How times change so quickly too.

Gateau · 22/07/2008 13:26

I actaull y ahev a friend who loves her chocolate cake - and I mean LOVES it. She sits and gorges on it while her little DS (nearly 15m) looks on and drools.
And her answer for the cruelty??
"I don't want him to get a sweet tooth."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????????

Gateau · 22/07/2008 13:26

Excuse the typos.

Morloth · 22/07/2008 13:26

Its a party! I am a shocking food Nazi, but the rules are relaxed for parties!

Just have some nice big jugs of iced water and also lemonade with stacks of ice and if you want to be posh you could even put sliced lemons in it...ooooh drooling now.

Can you get Cottees cordial here? Cottees Lemon Cordial made with lots of water and ice.......

This coming from someone obsessed with nutrition, its a PARTY! Personally I like to drink too many frozen margeritas at parties, so I find lemonade a bit soft - to help them stay calm could you add a shot of vodka or something?

Doodle2U · 22/07/2008 13:27

Red Bull, squirted directly in to each child's gob via a Super Soaker is the Ultimate party wish for 6 year olds.

TheFallenMadonna · 22/07/2008 13:27

Remotew · 22/07/2008 13:27

Also, if kids are this restricted in their diets by parents my guess is that as soon as they have money and a bit of freedom they will be down the sweets shop buying fizzy drinks, sweets etc.

soph28 · 22/07/2008 13:28

Have the lemonade. It's up to the parents whether they let their children have it or not. If we tried to please everyone our kids would have parties where there was only water to drink (no milk in case of intolerances) and fruit and veg sticks to eat.

My 3yo ds has got a taste for fizzy drinks which he is now allowed sometimes when we are out as a treat. We have a bottle of coke in the house atm (which is unusual) and he keeps asking for some and I keep saying no!

My 2yo dd will only dink water- her choice!

Guadalupe · 22/07/2008 13:29

we used to have coke floats, remember those? They were actually quite rank where it curdled a sort of foamy scum but we loved them.

Morloth · 22/07/2008 13:30

Oh yum Guadalupe, we call them spiders.

Vanilla Ice cream and Ginger Ale make the best ones.

Gateau · 22/07/2008 13:30

My thinking exactly abouteve.

AbbeyA · 22/07/2008 13:34

It is a party-have lemonade if you want to; you can have juice, water or milk for those that don't want it. I wouldn't ask the parents, if they send their DC to a party they have to give up some of the rigid control.They can't hover around their DC for ever being the food police!

wannaBe · 22/07/2008 13:38

I would have lemonade, blackcurrent/orange squash and water. but..

"but we have one younger sibling coming who I'm pretty confident has never had a fizzy drink and will most certainly love
it!" I don't actually think it's your place to introduce other people's children to fizzy drinks. Whether it's precious or not is irelevant, some parents feel very strongly about fizzy drinks (lemonade is def harmless by comparison though) and if you are giving fizzy drinks I think the parents should have the right to not want their children having them.

wannaBe · 22/07/2008 13:40

have never heard of milk at a party though. I'd never have milk at a party because if it gets spilt it's far more of a bitch to clean than squash ime.

mumfor1standmaybe2ndtime · 22/07/2008 13:43

yes! Go for it! Ds has lemonade every now and again and he is 3.5 shock horror!

Boco · 22/07/2008 13:44

I heard two boys talking behind me in a queue at a festival this weekend, they looked about 13, one said 'so, have you ever tried coke?' and the other one said, 'yeah, once, have you?' and I was , but then the first one said, 'have you ever tried fanta?' and the other one said 'no, my mum says that one is the worst'.

And the world was lentilly once more.

Egg · 22/07/2008 13:44

I have to take milk for DS1 sometimes. He is a milk monster and always wants some. I had to take a carton of milk with me to his sports day for the party afterwards so he could have some (he is 2.5).

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