yikes; Pedialyte "substitute"

So I know this very nice woman who wants the best for her daughter,
but is rather uneducated as to what that might be. Her DD is two
months younger than DS, so that makes her about 15 months old.

The mama does a lot of things I wouldn't be terribly comfortable
doing, like feeding her DD Froot Loops and Pez for snacks. She
smokes, which means she ends up smoking around the baby when they are
playing outside and that she goes outside of her house to smoke when
they are at home. And so forth. (Of course, Murphy's Law applies;
she had the perfectly normal spontaneous vaginal delivery I was
planning.)

She initially breastfed for a few weeks and then switched to formula.
When her daughter was about 6 months old, she started to give her
Pedialyte in her bottle routinely. I thought this was a bit odd, but
we *do* live in a desert, and it was reasonable to think the baby
might need a lot to drink since they didn't have a/c in the car and
that she might not like the taste of our tap water (as many local
babies do not; the official recommendation is that you use filtered or
bottled water for formula in a few of the local cities because they've
had so many dehydrated children at the ER). I wrote it off to just
being a different judgment call than the one I would have made.

Yesterday she told me that she was now giving her DD sno-cone syrup in
the bottle because it was cheaper than Pedialyte.

boggle

--
C, mama to seventeen month old nursling

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So I know this very nice woman who wants the best for her daughter,
but is rather uneducated as to what that might be. Her DD is two
months younger than DS, so that makes her about 15 months old.

The mama does a lot of things I wouldn't be terribly comfortable
doing, like feeding her DD Froot Loops and Pez for snacks. She
smokes, which means she ends up smoking around the baby when they are
playing outside and that she goes outside of her house to smoke when
they are at home. And so forth. (Of course, Murphy's Law applies;
she had the perfectly normal spontaneous vaginal delivery I was
planning.)

She initially breastfed for a few weeks and then switched to formula.
When her daughter was about 6 months old, she started to give her
Pedialyte in her bottle routinely. I thought this was a bit odd, but
we *do* live in a desert, and it was reasonable to think the baby
might need a lot to drink since they didn't have a/c in the car and
that she might not like the taste of our tap water (as many local
babies do not; the official recommendation is that you use filtered or
bottled water for formula in a few of the local cities because they've
had so many dehydrated children at the ER). I wrote it off to just
being a different judgment call than the one I would have made.

Yesterday she told me that she was now giving her DD sno-cone syrup in
the bottle because it was cheaper than Pedialyte.

boggle

*sigh*
My stepsons gf gave her 5 month old grits and eggs and wondered why he
barfed for hours afterwards.

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Yesterday she told me that she was now giving her DD sno-cone syrup in
the bottle because it was cheaper than Pedialyte.

boggle

That's bizzare.

Just wondering, do people in your area tend to routinely use Pedialyte for
hydration? Her daughter is 15 months, wouldn't water be just as good?
Certainly better than *sno-cone* syrup. Yuck!
--
JennP.

mom to Matthew 10/11/00
EDD #2 10/24/04
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Yesterday she told me that she was now giving her DD
sno-cone syrup in the bottle because it was cheaper than
Pedialyte.

boggle

Ho. ly. cow.

boggle is right. She brings to mind that saying, "you need a license
to drive, but they'll let anyone be a parent".
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 3, and Jaden, 7 months

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Yesterday she told me that she was now giving her DD sno-cone syrup in
the bottle because it was cheaper than Pedialyte.

boggle

That's bizzare.

Just wondering, do people in your area tend to routinely use Pedialyte for
hydration? Her daughter is 15 months, wouldn't water be just as good?

She said the water in that area has a foul taste and its hard to get kids to
drink it.

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She said the water in that area has a foul taste and its hard to get kids
to
drink it.

I'd think bottled water would be cheaper than sno-cone syrup, lol!
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JennP.

mom to Matthew 10/11/00
EDD #2 10/24/04
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"nina" wrote in message
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She said the water in that area has a foul taste and its hard to get
kids
to
drink it.

I'd think bottled water would be cheaper than sno-cone syrup, lol!
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me too
I think the kid wants something flavored

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Yesterday she told me that she was now giving her DD sno-cone syrup in
the bottle because it was cheaper than Pedialyte.

A friend of DH's gave her babies Crystal Lite
lemonade because apple juice was giving them
cavities...

-- Anita --

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m...

Yesterday she told me that she was now giving her DD sno-cone syrup in
the bottle because it was cheaper than Pedialyte.

boggle

That's bizzare.

Just wondering, do people in your area tend to routinely use Pedialyte for
hydration? Her daughter is 15 months, wouldn't water be just as good?
Certainly better than *sno-cone* syrup. Yuck!

Water would be just fine, except she's now used to flavored drinks.
:-(

Oddly, I do know several moms who weaned at a year and then started
using Pedialyte frequently. I'm not sure if that's on the
recommendation of their peds, or if it's just their own initiative, or
if their kids have been recovering from sickness the last few times
I've seen them.

--
C, mama to seventeen month old nursling

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wrote:

Yesterday she told me that she was now giving her DD sno-cone syrup in
the bottle because it was cheaper than Pedialyte.

A friend of DH's gave her babies Crystal Lite
lemonade because apple juice was giving them
cavities...

-- Anita --



I'd rather Alena get the aspartame than sno-cone syrup, but diluting apple
juice might help with the cavities.

*boggle* at OP post...