Date: 12/12/2003 7:44:00 AM
From Authorid: 11341
Yes it can, but so can fruit juice if thats all they drink.  |
Date: 12/12/2003 7:55:00 AM
From Authorid: 15228
I would think as long as they brush there teeth it shouldn't be a problem, but why would you want to give a kid that much soda?  |
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Date: 12/12/2003 8:01:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 51725
he keeps taking cans of pop and beer out of the fridge and begging me to open them. of course i am not going to give him the beer. there's milk but he doesn't want that. |
Date: 12/12/2003 9:56:00 AM
From Authorid: 53284
I don't think that is a good idea.  |
Date: 12/12/2003 12:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 62408
I don't think that's a good idea. When I was little, soda pop was saved for special occasions only: when going to the movies, holidays, when the babysitter came over for a night, etc. So I learned to appreciate it as a treat. Now of course, I drink it alot, but I drink the diet stuff (have to, can't have the sugar). I drank a lot of Kool-Aid as a kid, but that has a good bit of sugar too, but if you buy the packets that you add your own sugar too, you don't have to add the full cup, and it tastes just about the same. Too much fruit juice is also high in sugar. Try to increase water intake...a trick to this is to slightly water down fruit juices. I've seen my cousins do that with their kids, they were none the wiser. As for milk, would he drink chocolate milk? Not talking about that pre-bought stuff at the store...but mixing in a little bit of Hershey's syrup or something on your own. Just enough to give it a little flavor. Then again, I was never a big fan of chocolate milk myself. My dentist told me once when I got my first cavity at age 23 (when I was in tears) LOL, that it really wasn't my fault..some people are just more prone to them, regardless of what they do, how they eat, brush, etc. In my case, it was due to medications I was taking. You may want to also ask your child's dentist if taking flouride tablets (chewable) before bedtime would be benefitial in cavity prevention. I did for years, until my adult teeth grew in. --Christine  |
Date: 12/12/2003 12:50:00 PM
From Authorid: 18527
I'd make Kook Aid with Splenda...  |
Date: 12/12/2003 12:52:00 PM
From Authorid: 62367
I would not give any child even 1 can of soda a day. One once a week as a treat is more like it. This is what I grew up with.  |
Date: 12/12/2003 1:36:00 PM
From Authorid: 58334
anythign can cause cavities, but I wouldn't recomend giving a young child caffine either  |
Date: 12/12/2003 3:46:00 PM
From Authorid: 54968
I don't think they should be given soda. They will learn to want it all the time and like you said, probably get more cavaties.  |
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Date: 12/12/2003 4:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 62410
Not only does the sugar content cause cavities, it also produces hyperactivity in children - not to mention, children already have enough natural energy -- they don't need all that sugar or caffine to stimulate them even more. And we wonder why we have so many ADD/ADHD children... Scall |
Date: 12/12/2003 5:06:00 PM
From Authorid: 53054
well i would try and give em milk...maybe chocolate milk or something...but cooldrink lolz....i wasnt allowed to drink cooldrink or eat chewies for a long time, becuase i had a lot of work done on my teeth when i was younger....sooooo i was told NOT to touch them...i still dont get chewies that much because i never really had them as a child....lolz....but i dont really like coke either (maybe its because i didnt have em when i was a kid) oh well...i like cordil and i drank that heaps as a child and that is bad for your teeth as well! *hugz* i dont htink anything except milk is good for kids lolz...but they are not always going to drink that! HEHE!  |
Date: 12/15/2003 3:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 52489
sounds like his parents are keeping him on a sugar-free diet, and he's just discovered pop! Limit him to one a day. Also, carbonated drinks in large leads to softer bones, which children don't need! Neither do any of us, really.   |
Date: 12/23/2003 8:55:00 AM
From Authorid: 40145
I always give my son caffiene free pop, it helps alot, also he has those soda pops that called kid connection and its good.   |
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Date: 12/23/2003 8:55:00 AM
From Authorid: 40145
I always give my son caffiene free pop, it helps alot, also he has those soda pops that called kid connection and its good. |
