Circe wrote:

ted wrote:

From what point can babies be given regular "adult" fruit juices? Are
there any additives in these I need to be avoid? What brands and what
kinds (apple, pear etc) do you give your babies?

You can start giving juice any time after introducing the corresponding
whole fruits (so you wouldn't want to give juice of allergenic fruits like
oranges or strawberries until after age one). That said, fruit juice is
little more than vitamin-fortified sugar water, it's *very* bad for teeth
(the acids in fruit juice can really do a number!), and the whole fruit is
considerably more nutritious. Given that, there's really no good reason to
introduce juice at all--it's better to give them water so they get used to
drinking that when they are thirsty and give them whole fruits to eat
instead.

Ditto.

Mine are almost 2 yo and have never had juice.

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Brigitte aa #2145
edd #3 February 15, 2004
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/

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