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[quote=Anonymous]I read the first couple of pages then jumped to the end, so forgive me if this has been said.  Your child will drink less milk as you introduce solids because he doesn't need the extra calories/nutrition.   Unless you have reason to suspect dehydration, you should not be worried about liquid intake.  Your child should learn to drink water and introducing an alternative sweet solution before water may mean he will never want water.  I recommend that you keep introducing water and forget the juice until a water habit is established.  Use different kids of cups.  Try a sippy cup, a doidy cup or a straw cup (Playtex makes a nice handled one that you can apply pressure if you child doesn't yet know how to drink from a straw).  FYI, I am huge straw cup fan.  Neither of my kids ever were very successfull with sippy cups (and I hate all the valve parts!).

FYI, I am not anti-juice, but I only offered watered down juice until my kids were over 2 and then only after a water habit has been established.   [/quote]

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