The daily 20 minute long tantrums for apple juice. The sobbing & screaming requests for apple juice several times a day. The hurling of any cups that do not contain apple juice.
Adam has been in an apple juice withdrawal program for a few days now. He is having a difficult time with it. At least 10 times a day he asks for it. Some times he'll ask for another drink (such as chocolate milk -- yay! -- I make it with "no sugar added" Nestle Quik) and he'll say, before he takes a sip, "Apple juice at Grandma's House". And he's okay with it. Othertimes, he *FLIPS* out into complete meltdown mode, like when he woke up from his nap today. He must have screamed for apple juice for at least 20 minutes. I was so proud of myself for ignoring him, not getting upset and, most importantly, not giving in (not that we have any apple juice in the house, anyway). I kept telling him "water or chocolate milk". Finally he surrendered on me and asked for chocolate milk.
After the infamous Apple Juice Meltdown, we had a nice afternoon. The weather was just gorgeous so we headed out to the playground near Wegman's that he loved. We finished the day with mint ice-cream from Cold Stone Creamery. It was a really nice, apple-juice-free day. :o)
4 comments:
LOL, thanks for the warning!
careful! no-sugar nestle quik has artificial sweeteners...good for a child?
Yikes...that sounds tough. I remember my niece being addicted to apple juice too. It scared me, so we kept Teo off any juice until just recently (and we water it down a lot). Luckily he's been a great water and milk drinker.
We're having amazing weather here too!
We're not even going to start the whole juice thing at our house...it's water or milk for Claire..or so I say that now, right!?!? LOL. He's one tough little cookie...and cute as can be too!
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