Feeding a 10 Month Old - Reston,VA

Juice is debatable...Ask mom and dad what their take is on it. I think around 7-8 months I started giving my children juice - maybe 4 oz a day, water down 2 oz water, 2 oz juice. I do give them V8 fusion now to enhance their fruit/veggie intake.

She can get a little bit of water if she wants something other than formula.

As far as food, I think it depends on how many teeth she has but she should be able to start having table foods - as long as they are cut up and sized no bigger than a pea.

Still the same as when you were a mother - nothing that she could choke on (hotdogs, peanuts, etc). Also, honey is a no no until they are 1 year old. I think she can have the yellow of the eggs, but not the whites until age 1, also.

It depends on the parents and the doctor, but we started giving our daughter 100% juice (with no sugar added and all natural/organic) at 6 months per her doctor's suggestion. We also mix half juice/half water because we don't want her to have all that sugar (even natural sugar).

My son is 2 and he has yet to have juice, he only drinks milk and water. Our doctor says there is really no reason to give them juice, it is just added calories. Good luck!

no juices for children unless it's fresh squeezed. The juice that sits on the shelf in a bottle, even with no added sugar is not the best option. Water is the best option. You can get a great nutritional explanation of this by going to Mercola.com. He is a naturpathic physician. I just went to a conference about family wellness; and he gave a whole explanation about juices given to children and the link to diabetes in this country.
Check it out. If you want your grandaughter to get fruit,applesauce or other whole fruits and especially veggies are the best options.
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i believe it's UP TO 4 ounces a day.

My doctor said no juice. My daughter is 2 and has never had anything but water and milk (minus a few sips of lemonade once and iced tea another time). There's no point to giving juice except calories and sugar says the pediatrician. I'd prefer she eat her "sugar" in fruit.

no, I would not give a 10 month old juice. There is absolutely no need for juice.

With my two kids (now 4 and 2) we held off on the juice. We gave formula, probably 8 ounces at breakfast/lunch/dinner. We fed them three meals a day, more to get them adjusted to family mealtime than to provide the bulk of the nutrients for the day. Say, some Cheerios or cooled scrambed eggs in the morning; carrots, boiled super-soft and mashed up for lunch; and then a tiny serving, like 4 bites, of whatever we, the adults, were eating for dinner, blended up. Maybe two snacks a day: for example, a banana in the mid-morning, and some crackers in the mid-to-late afternoon. I don't know if that helps but maybe it will give you some ideas. Both my kids are very healthy, not under- or over-weight, and now eat a wide variety of foods.

My 14 month old only gets water. I am still breastfeeding so he doesn't get milk either, he doesn't need it. Juice is just sugar really, it's not necessary, plus it's better to give him a taste for water rather than sweet juice. He should get his fruit nutrients from fruit itself.
This is as per my ped's advice.

She can have apple juice-diluted-but the formula is the most important-what does the Dr. say-and the mom?

Milk is fine for a 10Month old. Even the dentists and pediatricians are discouraging giving juice. I would also ask her Mom, maybe she has decided not to give her any or only certain kids, 100% juice. Best of luck

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Of course when I said milk I am referring to the babies formula, not cows milk