Soda and Babies
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I’m a relatively liberal mom, but there was one thing I was never willing to do: allow my baby to try soda. It’s probably easier because I don’t really drink soda at all, so it wasn’t much of an issue. I will admit, though, that there were plenty of times when I was horrified watching a friend share soda with babies who hadn’t even hit a year old yet.
It wasn’t just soda that horrified me, but pretty much anything caffeinated was left out of my baby’s drink repertoire. I remember going out to eat with one of the Grandmas who reached over to offer my baby a sip of caffeinated iced tea, and I leaped into action so quickly you would think Grandma had offered her poison.
I guess I’m just afraid my babies would get one taste of that stuff and then relentlessly demand it forevermore. My daughter was over two years old when she finally got a taste of soda, and if I remember right it was decaffeinated root beer. She’s four now, and I think she has had her own soda once. My son is two and still has never had his own soda before.
I don’t know…something about giving babies soda really creeps me out.
It’s not like I tell my kids, “No sodas!” but instead we just don’t really have these drinks available in our house. I hope this doesn’t eventually backfire on me and when my kids head to school they go a little crazy with soda consumption. I just don’t want them to think that every time we sit down to eat it merits a drink of soda.
How do the rest of you deal with this issue?
Science-mom says...
My boys turn 5 in 3 weeks and they still have to drink their first soda. But the pressure is definitely on because most of their friends and classmates at preschool are soda drinkers.
What is weird is that a friend had a 6-year old boy who have carries. The dentist told her that instead of ice tea (too much sugar), she should give him diet coke instead!!! Boys was I shocked. What`s wrong with unsweetened fruit juice and plain old water?