When can I give my baby juice?

Question

She is six months old.

She is on solid food and is able to hold her own bottle. I was thinking of putting 1/2 juice (100%) and 1/2 water in a sippy cup that she would be able to hold herself.

Answer 1

As soon as your baby starts the corresponding solids, he/she can also start drinking juice. When you're offering applesauce, you can also offer apple juice. Always use at least a 1:1 dilution with water. Avoid citrus-y fruits; they can irritate a baby's stomach

Answer 2

At 7 months you can start giving a little juice when introducing a sippy cup. Never put juice in a bottle, it can cause decay in your baby's teeth, even if they haven't popped up yet, because of the way the sugar is collected at the bottle's nipple. It's actually better to wait until a child is 12 months though, and just give water in a sippy cup until then. Juice is not good for a baby, not even the 100% juice, and also the baby will want the sweet taste and may not drink as much water. Whatever you decide to do no more than 4oz of juice should be given to any baby or toddler. I only recommend to parents to give a little jiice when the baby is refusing the sippy cup with water in it. The juice can make the sippy cup more appealing. My daughter didn't get any juice until she was 12 months old. Now at 22 months, she only gets a little 1x a day.

Answer 3

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that fruit juice not be given to all infants under 6 mths. After 6 mths, parents should avoid giving any juice at bedtime, and only in small amounts during the day (no more than 4 to 6 ounces daily for children up to the age of 6). White grape juice is supposed to be easier on the tummy than good old apple. You should also avoid all citrus juices until the last few months of the first year.

Answer 4

Your baby really doesn't need any liquids other than formula or breastmilk until she is a year old. Before then, you will probably need to gie her just a little bit of water when she starts eating a lot of solids (around 9 months probably). Even then she is really only getting it to make sure she can still make dirty diapers without it hurting.

When you do start giving her juice, it should be very watered down. It should be more like juice flavored water than watered down juice. You don't even have to give juice. Juice is actually not that nutritious, and it's a big appettite killer. Just use it to flavor the water if your girl doesn't like the taste of water alone.

Answer 5

I'd wait until she's about a year old. Also dilute the juice 1/2 and 1/2 with water. I was just reading on the net that it's best to give your kid 100% juice.

Answer 6

now, start her with apple or white grape juice no orange juice until shes 1 or any citrus juice for that mater, other wise its fine. give it to her in a sippy cup you will have to help her hold it though. my son wont drink anything but formula out of a bottle. also give her some water in the cup to. but don't let the juice replace the formula just give her a sip or two here and there and don't let it sit out over 2 hrs unless its just water. but be sure not to use the spill proof sippy cups they have cheap crappy ones at walmart they have pooh on the or Elmo. but you want to use them ones because its harder for them to get it out of the no spill and they will give up and think its a chew toy. once she gets the hang of it then switch if you want to. also use the Gerber juice made for baby's

Answer 7

Expert Pediatrics Q&A
Q. When can I start giving my baby juice?

A. The American Academy of Pediatrics, in their policy statement on The Use and Misuse of Fruit Juice in Pediatrics makes it clear that 'there is no nutritional indication to feed juice to infants younger than 6 months.'

They also recommend that juice be given only in a cup, not in a bottle, and that if you do give your older infant juice, then 4-6 ounces of juice would be more than enough for the entire day.

Keep in mind that this is really a daily limit though and not necessarily an endorsement for drinking juice. Since most kids drink too much juice and drinking juice can be associated with having cavities, diarrhea, not eating well, and being overweight, you would be better off giving your older infant fruit instead of fruit juice.

If you do give your child juice, do follow these tips from the AAP:

* when you give your child juice, it should be 100% pasteurized fruit juice and not fruit drinks and you should offer it to your infant in a cup only and not a bottle
* infants under 6 months of age should not be given juice, although many Pediatricians do recommend small amounts of juice for children that are constipated
* younger children aged 1 to 6 years should have only 4-6 ounces of juice a day.
* older children should be limited to 8-12 ounces of juice a day
* instead of juice, children should be encouraged to eat whole fruits

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Answer 8

When she can drink from a sippy cup - and only 100% juice. We, however, don't give juice to babies in this house. It's just concentrated sugar with little nutritional value - unless you're juicing it yourself at home. Stick to fruits and veggies in their natural state and give WATER or MILK to drink!

Answer 9

I think it is up to you and your child's doc but I didn't give my son juice until he was 18 months and that is because I waited until he was only drinking from a cup and was okay with drinking water and milk first. I didn't want him to think he was going to get juice all the time.

Answer 10

I give my neice some juice in a bottle at lunch time. Shes about 6 months old. The earlier you start, the more they love it. So when they do get older soft drinks will be out of the question. LOL