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EchoMom 07:19 PM 04-10-2013
I provide two nutritious snacks (A.M. and P.M.) along with lunch. The cost of food is included in the price of childcare. I do ask that parents provide juice once a month, as I do not put a limit on a child's thirst.
I just thought this was such an odd request I had to laugh and shake my head. Seriously? She'll provide snacks and lunch but not juice? Why not just include the juice? So does she provide milk?
But the funny part to me was that she says she needs a lot of juice provided because she won't put a limit in a child's thirst.... Ummmmmmm, water???? :P
I just thought this was such an odd request I had to laugh and shake my head. Seriously? She'll provide snacks and lunch but not juice? Why not just include the juice? So does she provide milk?
But the funny part to me was that she says she needs a lot of juice provided because she won't put a limit in a child's thirst.... Ummmmmmm, water???? :P
blandino 07:28 PM 04-10-2013
Originally Posted by EchoMom:
I provide two nutritious snacks (A.M. and P.M.) along with lunch. The cost of food is included in the price of childcare. I do ask that parents provide juice once a month, as I do not put a limit on a child's thirst.
I just thought this was such an odd request I had to laugh and shake my head. Seriously? She'll provide snacks and lunch but not juice? Why not just include the juice? So does she provide milk?
But the funny part to me was that she says she needs a lot of juice provided because she won't put a limit in a child's thirst.... Ummmmmmm, water???? :P
So bizarre. I had DCP do that a month ago. DCB had an upset stomach, so they limited his milk intake (DCB is a milk addict). So they asked if they could bring apple juice for him to drink instead... Why not just water ?!?I provide two nutritious snacks (A.M. and P.M.) along with lunch. The cost of food is included in the price of childcare. I do ask that parents provide juice once a month, as I do not put a limit on a child's thirst.
I just thought this was such an odd request I had to laugh and shake my head. Seriously? She'll provide snacks and lunch but not juice? Why not just include the juice? So does she provide milk?
But the funny part to me was that she says she needs a lot of juice provided because she won't put a limit in a child's thirst.... Ummmmmmm, water???? :P
Meeko 05:18 AM 04-11-2013
I have had parents act like me giving their child water is a punishment and act as if I am cheap.
I give milk with lunch and either milk or juice with our scheduled snack times...but water throughout the day. It amazes me that parents think water is a bad thing! My daycare kids drink gallons of water!
The CL provider must think there's something wrong with water too!
I give milk with lunch and either milk or juice with our scheduled snack times...but water throughout the day. It amazes me that parents think water is a bad thing! My daycare kids drink gallons of water!
The CL provider must think there's something wrong with water too!
canadiancare 05:31 AM 04-11-2013
My daycare kids only get juice on special occasions (and I dilute it then). We don't drink juice in my family and I have adult and teen children.
Daycare kids get milk at breakfast and lunch and water at all other times.
500 mls of milk daily is the recommended limit for my age group.
They eat enough fruit and veggies that they don't need juice to drink.
Daycare kids get milk at breakfast and lunch and water at all other times.
500 mls of milk daily is the recommended limit for my age group.
They eat enough fruit and veggies that they don't need juice to drink.
rmc20021 06:29 AM 04-11-2013
I rarely serve juices as well...and when I do it's diluted. I learned this when I had a couple very poorly behaved foster children. There are dyes in fruit juices which can cause behavioral issues. At that time I eliminated anything with dyes in it and have continued to follow that rule even though I no longer have those children.
Not to mention all the sugar. So it's either milk or water here. MAYBE once a month I'll serve apple juice.
Not to mention all the sugar. So it's either milk or water here. MAYBE once a month I'll serve apple juice.
jenn 06:53 AM 04-11-2013
I agree that some parents act as if water is a punishment. They need water! We have milk with meals, water during the day and water at pm snack. Juice is served very rarely.
Meyou 07:03 AM 04-11-2013
Some people really think water is a punishment. Alot are shocked that I don't even have juice in the house.
allsmiles 07:53 AM 04-11-2013
when some adults dont even drink water often, you know they are not giving it to their kids.. i know some ppl that only drink it when there is no other choice, and will run out to the store to keep from drinking it!
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i loooooove water..i am always trying to encourage drinking it esp with my dck's..so they wont grow up hating it like their parents LOL
..i loooooove water..i am always trying to encourage drinking it esp with my dck's..so they wont grow up hating it like their parents LOL
wdmmom 08:00 AM 04-11-2013
If breakfast doesn't include a fruit, I give juice. Same for snack. Otherwise it's milk with breakfast and lunch and water with snack.
AmyKidsCo 08:21 AM 04-11-2013
I stopped serving juice a little over a year ago. We have milk for breakfast and lunch, and water for snack. The only time we do juice is at "parties" for a treat. 
MarinaVanessa 09:22 AM 04-11-2013
Yep totally weird. I wouldn't take my child to her. I rarely serve juice and if I do it's on special occasions and even then it's diluted at least to 50/50. Non-stop juice would scare me . Do you know how much sugar is in that juice?!!?!
Kinda makes me wonder what her definition of "nutritious" is
. Do you know how much sugar is in that juice?!!?! Kinda makes me wonder what her definition of "nutritious" is
Leigh 04:37 PM 04-24-2013
Originally Posted by EchoMom:
I provide two nutritious snacks (A.M. and P.M.) along with lunch. The cost of food is included in the price of childcare. I do ask that parents provide juice once a month, as I do not put a limit on a child's thirst.
I just thought this was such an odd request I had to laugh and shake my head. Seriously? She'll provide snacks and lunch but not juice? Why not just include the juice? So does she provide milk?
But the funny part to me was that she says she needs a lot of juice provided because she won't put a limit in a child's thirst.... Ummmmmmm, water???? :P
I agree with it being odd, and it would turn parents off in my opinion. I wouldn't put a limit on a child's thirst, but I would (and do) put a limit on juice intake. 8 ounces per day. The older kids get a choice of taking it straight or half water/half juice so as to have 2 servings per day, but since the food program tells me to limit juice to 8 ounces (and my pediatrician recommends it as an occasional treat, not a daily thing), I do limit it (and I use only 100% juice). Kids can have all the water they want, along with their milk at meals.I provide two nutritious snacks (A.M. and P.M.) along with lunch. The cost of food is included in the price of childcare. I do ask that parents provide juice once a month, as I do not put a limit on a child's thirst.
I just thought this was such an odd request I had to laugh and shake my head. Seriously? She'll provide snacks and lunch but not juice? Why not just include the juice? So does she provide milk?
But the funny part to me was that she says she needs a lot of juice provided because she won't put a limit in a child's thirst.... Ummmmmmm, water???? :P
EntropyControlSpecialist 05:17 PM 04-24-2013
That grosses me out to think about how much sugar is being pumped into her current/potential daycare children.
I drink 1 ounce of orange juice a day diluted in 8 ounces of sparkling water. It's my fake wine while I'm pregnant.
When I'm not pregnant, I don't drink any juice.
I drink 1 ounce of orange juice a day diluted in 8 ounces of sparkling water. It's my fake wine while I'm pregnant.
When I'm not pregnant, I don't drink any juice.
TheGoodLife 07:50 PM 04-24-2013
Originally Posted by EntropyControlSpecialist:
I drink 1 ounce of orange juice a day diluted in 8 ounces of sparkling water. It's my fake wine while I'm pregnant. When I'm not pregnant, I don't drink any juice.
I drink 1 ounce of orange juice a day diluted in 8 ounces of sparkling water. It's my fake wine while I'm pregnant.
When I'm not pregnant, I don't drink any juice.
littlemissmuffet 12:43 PM 04-25-2013
Juice AND milk are loaded with sugar. No juice in my daycare EVER, and milk only at lunch. Water, water, water!
Cradle2crayons 12:45 PM 04-25-2013
My kids get milk with breakfast, water with am snack. Milk or tea with lunch. Water with snack. Bt my youngest dcg gets diluted warm juice once a day to help with constipation. Then other than that they get water. They love water here but parents of course say they won't drink it at home lol
Solandia 12:58 PM 04-25-2013
We used to do juice once/WEEK. Then my almost 3yo decided to starting not pooping on purpose....so now we have juice daily for his Miralax. It needs to be taken within a certain time limit & to make sure that happens, its either juice or chocolate almond milk. He needs to keep his liquid intake up (or his stool is not loose enough to force him to go), so I give him diluted juice most of the day or he doesn't drink enough. He USED to be perfectly happy with water, lots of water.
He had to give up all his dairy (he loves cheese, and yogurt was his wake up routine at 5:30am). So, I am giving him a pass on the juice.
He had to give up all his dairy (he loves cheese, and yogurt was his wake up routine at 5:30am). So, I am giving him a pass on the juice.
littlemissmuffet 01:35 PM 04-25-2013
Originally Posted by Solandia:
We used to do juice once/WEEK. Then my almost 3yo decided to starting not pooping on purpose....so now we have juice daily for his Miralax. It needs to be taken within a certain time limit & to make sure that happens, its either juice or chocolate almond milk. He needs to keep his liquid intake up (or his stool is not loose enough to force him to go), so I give him diluted juice most of the day or he doesn't drink enough. He USED to be perfectly happy with water, lots of water.
He had to give up all his dairy (he loves cheese, and yogurt was his wake up routine at 5:30am). So, I am giving him a pass on the juice.
See, this sounds entirely reasonable.We used to do juice once/WEEK. Then my almost 3yo decided to starting not pooping on purpose....so now we have juice daily for his Miralax. It needs to be taken within a certain time limit & to make sure that happens, its either juice or chocolate almond milk. He needs to keep his liquid intake up (or his stool is not loose enough to force him to go), so I give him diluted juice most of the day or he doesn't drink enough. He USED to be perfectly happy with water, lots of water.
He had to give up all his dairy (he loves cheese, and yogurt was his wake up routine at 5:30am). So, I am giving him a pass on the juice.
What I cannot stand is people who think juice is a necessity for a child. I have had daycare parents tell me their child NEEDS juice - perfectly fine children who eat lots of fresh fruits and veggies, drink plenty of water, etc.
It's absurd.
Leigh 02:48 PM 05-01-2013
Originally Posted by littlemissmuffet:
See, this sounds entirely reasonable.
What I cannot stand is people who think juice is a necessity for a child. I have had daycare parents tell me their child NEEDS juice - perfectly fine children who eat lots of fresh fruits and veggies, drink plenty of water, etc.
It's absurd.
I feel the same way about parents who think it is a necessity...and ALL of them around here do feel that way. I believe it's because SO many of these parents use WIC, and WIC gives them juice (for all the GOOD products WIC does not provide, they are training parents to give kids juice!). See, this sounds entirely reasonable.
What I cannot stand is people who think juice is a necessity for a child. I have had daycare parents tell me their child NEEDS juice - perfectly fine children who eat lots of fresh fruits and veggies, drink plenty of water, etc.
It's absurd.
We use only 100% juice, with NO added sugar. This juice has NATURALLY occurring sugars, not processed sugars. While kids do NOT need juice, I don't worry about the sugar in the juice, I worry about fostering a sweet tooth at such a young age.
canadiancare 04:51 AM 05-02-2013
it is also about kids who end up thinking that in order to be refreshing, thirst quenching it needs to have flavour (especially sweet)
I grew up in a household that always had cases of gingerale and pepsi but I still preferred water. Now I drink (hot)tea in the morning and afternoon and water the rest of the day. I like the occasional can of Coke (I had a brief period where I was really chugging it) but for a fizzy treat I just run tap water through my soda stream- that over ice with a slice of lime is really nice.
I grew up in a household that always had cases of gingerale and pepsi but I still preferred water. Now I drink (hot)tea in the morning and afternoon and water the rest of the day. I like the occasional can of Coke (I had a brief period where I was really chugging it) but for a fizzy treat I just run tap water through my soda stream- that over ice with a slice of lime is really nice.