Watering down apple juice

For those of you that water down apple juice- How many oz of water do you add per oz of juice?

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I give DD the baby apple juice either the Gerber or 100 % Juicy Juice I tasted the juicy juice one and it already tastes watery so I do not add water

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I really didn't start the juice until they turned 1 y/o. At that point I would just put the juice in the sippy cup and added maybe 1-2 oz. water. They do get nutrition from the juice and my twins are thin enough, so I didn't add too much. Plus they don't drink too much each day. Now at 17 m/o, I just add the juice and a few ice cubes to the cups. It waters it down, but they love the sound of the ice cubes.
I only used Gerber juices briefly. Once I realized that Motts Apple juice is 100% juice, I gave them that, as well as, Juicy Juice Harvest Request (fruit & veg. juice). I would never do fake juices, but I am very comfortable with what I give them. Plus they are cheaper than the little Gerber bottles.

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DD#1 can't drink milk so her ped lets her drink apple juice. She drinks from those 10 ounce munchkin straw cups. I use those 4 ounce individual gerber organic apple juice bottles. One of those bottles is 3 drinks for my DD. So i would say she gets about 1.5 ounces of apple w/ 8 or so ounces of water per drink. Basically just enough to lightly flavor the water but not to be downing the juice.

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with DS i give him half juice and half water.

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I use 4 oz bottle with 3 oz water and 1 juice. DD is only 6 1/2 months though. When she is a little older, I will do half and half.

Message edited 8/19/2009 11:15:39 AM.

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I either do 1/2 and 1/2 or I buy Motts for Tots which has much less sugar.

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we do about 2-3oz juice and about 5oz water.

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It's different for every cup, so based on the cup, I do about 1/3 juice and 2/3 water. Soemtimes I'm really stingy and I do 1/4 juice and 3/4 water. I don't think he cares...he never complains. As long as it has a hint of juice in it, he's fine.

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I usually just do 1/2 100% juice (DD prefers white Grape) and 1/2 water. If she wants a juice box I get the motts for tots. I recently discovered CapriSun flavored water and its signifiantly less sugar than juice and she loves them! I try to limit juice to once a day, but in the summer with all the BBQ's and such I started bringing the CapriSun flavored water.

Message edited 8/19/2009 12:26:42 PM.

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I usually just pour some in and then add water if we are home.

If we are out, I don't bother.

Motts for Tots is good though.

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He only gets a touch of juice - usually 1/3 juice and 2/3 water.

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Okay.. SOunds good.. Thanks. I was doing 1/2 & 1/2 but, still that seemed a bit sweet to me. I'm going to start doing 1/4 juice/ - 3/4 water.