Your little one is just getting onto puree food and you want to give them the best start in life. You want to ensure they get all the vitamins and minerals and that it is fresh with no nasty added ingredients. So juicing fruits and giving it to them is a good idea you might think. Wrong!
You might be surprised but babies under 6 months don't need the nutrition that fruit juice provides. Your baby is already receiving vitamin c through the foods you are feeding him already and if you are breast feeding him or her then be aware that breast milk contains vitamin C.
Fruit juice is far too concentrated for a baby. It is high in natural sugars (fructose), this can lead to your baby developing diarrhea, it should also be noted that feeding sweet fruit juice to a baby at such a young age can lead to a preference to sweet tasting foods. Which is not a good start for any baby.
Babies will get all the nourishment, vitamins and minerals from a well balanced and advised diet. Always check with your doctor before taking any form of advice concerning what foods to feed your baby. Also never take the advice off the Internet, you never know where the information was sourced.
Returning to juice if you do decide at some point to start feeding your baby juice, firstly as mentioned above, check with your doctor. If he agrees (I doubt he will) then dilute it. Undiluted juice has a cleansing affect on adults and in large quantities can have an adverse affect. Where a baby is concerned you really don't want to risk it's health and any adverse affects will be far more serious than suffered by an adult.
However why not go ahead and juice for yourself, babies can run you down, what with sleepless nights and basically being on call 24hrs a day. Supplying your body with freshly squeezed juice and veg is a great way to help keep your energy and mood up. It's great for adults, just not so great for babies.
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