My 5-month-old seems interested in trying new foods. I’d like to offer him juice, but I’m not sure if he's ready and, if he is, what type of juice drinks to give him. Any suggestions?
– Miranda
– Miranda
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It's best to wait until after a baby is 6 months old before offering juice. But even then, pediatricians don't recommend giving babies juice often. That's because it adds extra calories without the balanced nutrition in formula and breast milk. Drinking too much juice also may lead to excess weight and tooth decay, or cause diarrhea in infants and toddlers.
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Instead of juice, serve puréed whole fruits and vegetables. They have important nutrients not found in juice. If your baby seems thirsty, offer a little bit of water between feedings.
If you give your baby juice, follow these tips:
- Serve only 100% fruit juice, not juice drinks or powdered drink mixes (which are sweetened).
- Limit the juice to no more than 2–4 fl. oz. (60–120 ml.) per day.
- Offer juice in a cup, not in a bottle.
- Serve juice only at meal times.
Fruit Juice 2 4 177
Amount that counts as 1 cup of fruit | |
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Apple | 1 small or ½ large apple 1 cup, sliced or chopped, fresh ⅔ cup, baked ½ cup, dried |
Applesauce | 1 cup applesauce |
Banana | 1 large banana 1 cup, sliced ⅔ cup, mashed Hop-pie-pop mac os. |
Blueberries | 1 cup, fresh or frozen ⅓ cup, dried |
Cantaloupe | 1 cup, diced or melon balls |
Casaba melon | 1 cup, diced or melon balls |
Dates | 10 dates ½ cup, whole or cut-up |
Figs | 5 figs, fresh 10 figs, dried |
Grapes | 22 seedless grapes 1 cup, whole or cut-up |
Grapefruit | 1 medium grapefruit Whelm mac os. 1 cup, sections |
Guava | 3 guavas 1 cup, sliced or chopped |
Kiwi | 2 to 3 kiwis 1 cup, sliced or chopped |
Kumquats | 10 kumquats 1 cup |
Mango | 7 slices or chunks, fresh or frozen 1 cup, fresh or frozen ⅓ cup, dried |
Mixed fruit (fruit cocktail) | 1 cup, diced or sliced, fresh or canned, drained |
Orange | 1 large orange 1 cup, sections |
Orange, mandarin | 1 cup, canned, drained |
Papaya | 1 small papaya 1 cup, sliced or chopped |
Peach | 1 large peach 1 cup, sliced or diced, fresh, cooked, frozen or canned, drained 2 halves, canned |
Pear | 1 medium pear 1 cup, sliced or diced, fresh cooked, or canned, drained |
Pineapple | 1 cup, chunks, sliced or crushed, fresh, cooked or canned, drained |
Plum | 3 medium or 2 large plums 1 cup, sliced, fresh or cooked ½ cup, dried (prunes) |
Strawberries | About 8 large strawberries 1 cup, whole, halved, or sliced, fresh or frozen |
Watermelon | 1 small wedge or slice 1 cup, diced or melon balls |
Dried fruit (raisins, prunes, apricots, figs, etc.) | ½ cup dried fruit |
100% fruit juice (orange, apple, grape, grapefruit, etc.) | 1 cup |