DS didnt have juice until well after his second birthday and it has always been pure cranberry(not from concentrate, with nothing but water and straight cranberry juice, no added sugar, blah blah blah, ect). He loves cranberry juice and I always have as well. He usually gets 1 part juice 9 parts water. I even water down my own juice. He has had OJ and lemonade on occasion, and it too was watered down. I just water down everything for DS and myself. We drink lots of water.
We gave him a sippy at 5mo with some water in it to see what he did and he picked it right up and sucked on it. shocking... so we would give him one with water every now and then after that. The older he got the more water he drank, then we switched to those straw cups. He loves water(as do I! nothing like a ice cold glass of water and some crackers! ok that sounded weirder than it tastes ).
Anyway juice is not necessary and is more of a treat. Juicing your own is great, and watering it down. Id juice my own cranberries but i cant even find any fresh! let alone enough to get some juice out of lol! So we stick to the bottled stuff, but all the other fruit juices we juice ourselves unless the fruit isnt in season.
We gave him a sippy at 5mo with some water in it to see what he did and he picked it right up and sucked on it. shocking... so we would give him one with water every now and then after that. The older he got the more water he drank, then we switched to those straw cups. He loves water(as do I! nothing like a ice cold glass of water and some crackers! ok that sounded weirder than it tastes ).
Anyway juice is not necessary and is more of a treat. Juicing your own is great, and watering it down. Id juice my own cranberries but i cant even find any fresh! let alone enough to get some juice out of lol! So we stick to the bottled stuff, but all the other fruit juices we juice ourselves unless the fruit isnt in season.