Spin-off: I gave dd Sprite at breakfast (in a bottle no less!)

[LynnS6]

This was triggered by the Pixie-sticks thread, where someone asked whether you would give pixie sticks for breakfast.

The morning after I posted on that thread, dd came down to the kitchen at breakfast time, opened the fridge, found a Sprite, and said "Can I have some of this?" I resisted my knee-jerk "no" and said, "yes, if you also eat some cereal or yogurt". She said sure. Then she went to the cupboard for a cup, spotted an old baby bottle that we still have in there, and said, "I want it in this." (note this was the child who never would eat from a baby bottle as an infant. I WOH, and she simply reverse cycled!)

So here I was at 8 am, pouring Sprite, into a baby bottle for my 3 1/2 year old. Dh's comment was: I think we need to quit buying pop again. (We only had some in the house because dh was on a liquid diet for 24 hours in prepartaion for his colonoscopy).

I don't know if this is a stellar moment in GD or simply a failure of will!

[elspethshimon]

I think this is hilarious and adorable.

Also, it reminds me of persistent nightmares that I have in which I come home with the baby and proceed to put either iced-coffee or diet pepsi into her bottle because no one will help me with breastfeeding.

[southernmommie]

Wait till she shakes that bottle!!!

[Kleine Hexe]

Ha! Too funny.

[mammal_mama]

So is letting kids choose their own foods a disciplinary issue? I just thought it was good ol' fashioned respect!

I'll admit, I used to feel guilty if I "let" dd1 have a brownie for breakfast. Now I just talk with my kids, and help them make informed food-choices.

[mammal_mama]

Originally Posted by southernmommie

Wait till she shakes that bottle!!!

[WuWei]

Pat

[Rebecca]

I think I would have done the same.

[octobermom]

Oh I also get a special gold sticker.. I took DD groccery shopping like always we stop at the deli area and have breakfast its out big monthly shopping trip tradition we ussualy split a breakfast dish of an english muffin scrambled eggs and a fruit cup and DD ussualy had some 2% milk... Today though she ended up choosing a glazed doughnut and shared a Sera Mist with me .. Needless to say she was like the rest of the morning.
Assuming your child can handle these things these ocasional totally out f the ordinary things can be fun she'll remember this day for a long time.

[Ruthla]

I'd rather give my kids Sprite than pixie sticks- no synthetic colors or flavors in sprite!

Sprites rule, Pixies drool.

[Marcee]

Oy! Kids! Lol....

[Jojo F.]

For us, eat a good breakfast, then have the sprite or pixie stick.

It's funny though, DS has been taking about sprite for about 2 weeks now, he lOVES sprite and it is considered a treat. So that wouldbe his one sugar for the day.

No matter if it is after breakfast, lunch or dinner, he can choose when he gets his treat. But he understands that he gets one "sugar" a day; it may be a doghnut or a tic tac, it is his choice.