The other night I was tired and wasn’t feeling well. I had to run into town to cash my child support check so it was easy to get talked into McDonald’s for dinner. While Andrew usually chooses chocolate milk with his Happy Meal, this particular night he chose apple juice.
I can only guess that they’ve been teaching him about reading labels at school because he lets me know that label says it has 0% fat. He then embarks on a 10 minute discussion on how that means it’s good for you.
As he continues reading the label and letting me know what the rest of the percentages are, he suddenly exclaims, “Mom! This apple juice is what makes me bounce off the walls at night! It has sugar in it!”
He cracks me up. The really funny thing is he hardly ever has apple juice, or juice of any kind for that matter. He actually drinks mostly water with the occasional glass of milk (especially chocolate milk) and maybe a soda once in a great while when we do resort to the fast food thing.
So let’s pretend he has apple juice roughly once a month. That leaves 353 days he is not drinking apple juice. If you have any idea what is making him bounce off the walls those nights, I’m all ears. For now, I’m cutting out the apple juice. :)
LOL – too cute. Although I’m assuming choco milk has added sugar too????? :-)
I miss that little stinker so much!
But I seriously doubt its the apple juice…
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True. In theory chocolate milk does have sugar. So one could assume that if the sugar in apple juice causes him to bounce off the walls, the sugar in chocolate milk might also. But alas, six year olds function on a different logic system. Chocolate milk is equal to oxygen for him. There is no way he is going to concede that it might be causing him to bounce off the walls.
For example: Last night he poured himself a glass of store-bought, already chocolaty, chocolate milk. What did he do next? Retrieved the bottle of chocolate syrup and inform me he was going to add that to his milk. (He said this while his eyes were lit up like Christmas.) I think I have met my match in the chocolate addiction arena. :)
Andrew’s label-reading skills are impressive! It’s funny how kids can make those connections. Cutting out apple juice might help, but with his energy, it sounds like he’s just a naturally active kid. Good luck with the mystery!