Vitamin C

[5 Little Monkeys]

I serve juice but water it down so that it is really just more like flavoured water. I don't serve it often and a 1L of juice will last a month or longer here. In the winter, I serve OJ only (when it's a juice choice) but I don't water it down as much. I know all my dck's get juice at home and at every centre I have worked in they got juice so I have never really been an "anti-juice" person anyways. The only reason I don't serve it often is because I think milk is a better choice and water is cheaper lol.

My dck's have always loved oranges, especially Christmas oranges. Other foods that are high in vitamin C that I use are peppers,broccoli(but I boil it so it probably looses some?),kiwi and strawberries.

[Artsand crafts]

I don't serve juice here, only water and milk. I serve different kinds of fruits 2 times per day (during morning and afternoon snacks) and veggies during lunch time every day. They get vitamins from there (including C). When kids got colds it usually it is not that bad. I found that usually the ones that get ear infections and worst colds are the kids that eat the least amount of fruits when they are infants. The older they get the colds aren't as bad, even if they are not eating that much fruit.

[AmandaKDT]

Chech this website out, it has very useful info. The amount of vitamin c that a young child needs is actually very little.

http://www.babycenter.com/0_vitamin-...et_10324695.bc