Soft drinks may be easy to serve, but they are full of artificial colorings, flavorings and sugar. Water is the only thirst quencher. The use of frozen fruit pieces or frozen diluted fruit juice ice cubes may make water more appealing. There are many drinks you can make up in the blender in just a few minutes or have ready in the refrigerator, using natural ingredients like milk, yogurt, and fruit or fruit juices. Milk still offers the growing child much food value and should not be ignored.
Many children go off milk as a drink but happily eat it as cheese, yogurt, custard or on cereal.
Encourage your child to drink 5-6 glasses of water, milk, or diluted fruit juice each day. Sarah H. Day is a certified midwife, lactation consultant and a mother of 2 girls. She is on the All About Moms Ask A Midwife and Ask A Lactation Consultant expert panel. Courtesy of Babies Online. So you've got something to say.