Guest guest Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Will he drink " bubble " water (mineral-type)? Kristy From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of moniquedias26 Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:57 PM Subject: drinks Hello everyone, Just wondering, what do you all give your kids to drink? I'm trying to cut as much sugar as I can and all my son will drink is juice. He currently drinks hemp milk too, which I've just heard is against the diet. I've tried giving him plain water, but he'll just refuse to drink at all and then ends up constipating himself. Anyone have any suggestions or tips? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 My kids just drink water (w/a rare treat of Gatoraide when they're nauseas or had a stomach virus), but I've seen other people add crystal light (sp?) to get their kids to drink water... I don't know if it's against the nids diet or if you can find sugar free, but just wondered if that was an option. Then there's mocha powder we discussed recently - I bet that could be added to water... Do you put ice in it? ________________________________ From: Kristy Nardini <knardini@...> Sent: Sat, February 19, 2011 9:55:24 PM Subject: RE: drinks  Will he drink " bubble " water (mineral-type)? Kristy From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of moniquedias26 Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:57 PM Subject: drinks Hello everyone, Just wondering, what do you all give your kids to drink? I'm trying to cut as much sugar as I can and all my son will drink is juice. He currently drinks hemp milk too, which I've just heard is against the diet. I've tried giving him plain water, but he'll just refuse to drink at all and then ends up constipating himself. Anyone have any suggestions or tips? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Crystal Light is sugar-free, and, at least the last time I checked, it was Dr. G-approved. My son absolutely HATES water and hates anything carbonated. He will only drink juice, so I give him Crystal Light or diluted juice(1 part juice, 3 parts water). HTH, Donna > > My kids just drink water (w/a rare treat of Gatoraide when they're nauseas or > had a stomach virus), but I've seen other people add crystal light (sp?) to get > their kids to drink water... I don't know if it's against the nids diet or if > you can find sugar free, but just wondered if that was an option. Then there's > mocha powder we discussed recently - I bet that could be added to water... > Do you put ice in it? > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Kristy Nardini <knardini@...> > > Sent: Sat, February 19, 2011 9:55:24 PM > Subject: RE: drinks > >  > Will he drink " bubble " water (mineral-type)? > > Kristy > > From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of > moniquedias26 > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:57 PM > > Subject: drinks > > Hello everyone, > Just wondering, what do you all give your kids to drink? I'm trying to cut > as much sugar as I can and all my son will drink is juice. He currently > drinks hemp milk too, which I've just heard is against the diet. I've > tried giving him plain water, but he'll just refuse to drink at all and then > ends up constipating himself. Anyone have any suggestions or tips? > > Thanks! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Try juice that is mostly water. Juice is too sweet and feeds yeast. My kid drinks mostly water. Diet soda is okay too. Marcia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 My son likes to drink goat milk. It does have a " goaty " taste to it however that he does not like. To hide this, we add just 1 tsp of Vanilla Nesquik to it. (The container says the regular serving is 3 heaping tsp which would make it a very sweet drink.) My daughter loves Minute Maid Light Lemonade. Of course they both drink a pretty good amount of water too. My daughter especially loves sucking on ice or eating snowcone ice. I bought a snowcone maker for this at Target for under $20. No syrup. Sometimes I'll pour a little bit of juice on top, but it's mostly just ice. Good luck. April On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:56 PM, moniquedias26 <moniquedias26@...>wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > Just wondering, what do you all give your kids to drink? I'm trying to cut > as much sugar as I can and all my son will drink is juice. He currently > drinks hemp milk too, which I've just heard is against the diet. I've > tried giving him plain water, but he'll just refuse to drink at all and then > ends up constipating himself. Anyone have any suggestions or tips? > > Thanks! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hi , Marcia's advice is bang on regarding diluting the juice with water. You may have to do it gradually over the course of a week or so and start by just adding a bit of water and each time add more water to his juice. You will know you added too much water if he wont drink it. Remember many kids are very sensitive and can tell if we tamper with anything they consume. If he gets constipated, add a teaspoon of mineral oil to the juice, water mix and serve it cold. Over time, you will develop a water drinking child and be able to save the precious 2 servings of fruit a day for actual pieces of fruit where real fibre will also help the constipation. Keep the fruit choices, whether for juice or eating, to non tropical fruit such as apple or pear, if your child can tolerate them. Also try and make water itself fun to drink by using a straw (silly ones are extra fun if you can find them then make it a big deal to use ONLY with water) or a super fun squirty type of bottle. Adding ice to it can also make it more interesting to hear the rattling sound it makes as it is being used. Best of luck. It takes time but will definitely be worth it in the long run. Lori _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of moniquedias26 Sent: February-17-11 9:57 PM Subject: drinks Hello everyone, Just wondering, what do you all give your kids to drink? I'm trying to cut as much sugar as I can and all my son will drink is juice. He currently drinks hemp milk too, which I've just heard is against the diet. I've tried giving him plain water, but he'll just refuse to drink at all and then ends up constipating himself. Anyone have any suggestions or tips? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 So Dr. Goldberg is okay with goat milk? Also I typically do dilute his juice but if I go any more diluted than half water/half juice he'll refuse to drink. The crystal light sounds like a great idea but my son has issues with citrus fruits. Anyone else's kids sensitive to citrus, but can still drink crystal light? What about caffeine-free teas sweetened with saccharin or similar? Is something like that okay on the diet? Thank you for all of your ideas. ________________________________ From: April Jagnow <april@...> Sent: Sun, February 20, 2011 6:08:14 AM Subject: Re: drinks My son likes to drink goat milk. It does have a " goaty " taste to it however that he does not like. To hide this, we add just 1 tsp of Vanilla Nesquik to it. (The container says the regular serving is 3 heaping tsp which would make it a very sweet drink.) My daughter loves Minute Maid Light Lemonade. Of course they both drink a pretty good amount of water too. My daughter especially loves sucking on ice or eating snowcone ice. I bought a snowcone maker for this at Target for under $20. No syrup. Sometimes I'll pour a little bit of juice on top, but it's mostly just ice. Good luck. April On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:56 PM, moniquedias26 <moniquedias26@...>wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > Just wondering, what do you all give your kids to drink? I'm trying to cut > as much sugar as I can and all my son will drink is juice. He currently > drinks hemp milk too, which I've just heard is against the diet. I've > tried giving him plain water, but he'll just refuse to drink at all and then > ends up constipating himself. Anyone have any suggestions or tips? > > Thanks! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Just my own opinion..but I would use 100% pure fruit juice (not from concentrate) and dilute it as much as you can with water. Betty www.gogojuice.com pure organic peeled pear juice - the best juice you can find in the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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