What should a baby be drinking?

100% organic freshly juiced fruit is healthy, but contains too much concentrated fruit sugar. It is better to eat the whole fruit. Mixing some juice with water is better and getting children use to drinking plain filtered water is best. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no more than 6 ounces of 100% fruit juice daily (can be divided into 3 ounces mixed with water X2). Lemonade has 6 teaspoons of Sugar per cup, and Sugar is not good for anyone. Many shelf stable fruit juices have sugar. Freshly juiced fruit is best. Introducing filtered water when a child is thirsty is a good way to get them use to drinking plain water. Carrying around a sippy cup with fruit juice never allows the child to be thirsty and constantly putting juice in their water or water in their juice will never get them use to drinking something that is not sweet. The sippy cup is best used just for transitioning from the bottle. When the child is older, let them self-serve by filling their glass with water any time they want. Using a jar of filtered water with a dispenser at a level they can reach makes it fun, and if it spills, it’s only water!

5 cups seedless watermelon

½ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons)

2 lemons zested

Place all ingredients in blender, blend well and refrigerate.

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4 cups filtered water

1 very ripe banana

Place all ingredients in blender, blend well and refrigerate.

Finnley will now take sips of my green juice (recipe in the last blog entry).





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