Help All Bri|tish Texans Sos!!!
 

We are in Texas (houston at the mo) but we'll be travelling around for the next couple of weeks and the baby has drank all her Ribena YIKES!!!:scared: We have tried with just water, but she doesn't drink half quarter what she should ( I could kill my mother for flavouring her water now!!!), we found some Robinsons Apple and Blackcurrant at an outrageous price in Publix supermarket chain in Florida but I cant seem find any in Texas!!! AGGGHHHH!! Any suggestions for replacement drinks or sightings of ribena or robinsons blackcurrant in texan supermarkets would be greatly appreciated to quench the thirst of a soon to be dehydrated 18 month old scumbag!!!At the mo we are trying her with hawaiian punch the kiwi and strawberry flavour she seems to like it but it is very green and I am worried about additives and hyperactivity for an already hyperactive child!!!
Cheers

LAL and Nellie the ribena guzzler XXXX

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You should be more worried about what the pruit juices are doing to her teeth.

Take this opportunity to get her on plain water. It will be the best thing in the end.

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Obviously you have been in the USA a long time or have immersed yourself deep in their culture and have taken up one of their favourite obssessions of teeth...

I am not so stupid as to give my child pure ribena, we always use toothkind and just colour the water slightly, she brushes her teeth (well eats the toothpaste - I bet you are gonna criticize about that now) twice a day.

That was the reason I didnt buy ribena in florida the sugar content was too high, but the last thing I want to do in this heat is fight with my 18 month old daughter over drinking water, I mean sure I could probably get her back on water but at what cost??? She is as stubborn as me, and when she says no she means no!!
I don't want 2 days of her refusing water to get her to drink some. After all she could be in hospital by then totally dehydrated....
It may seem like the easy option to you, but for me finding something to colour her water that she will drink, that I can trust is a priority, before forcing her to drink water, we have tried bottled water, but this is the child that says no to her favourite sweets, oh please no lectures she only gets sweets about 3 times a week and a little more on holiday, she is so stubborn it is unbelieveable.

So dont criticize before you know the facts, and dont judge me about the parenting of my child, i would like her to drink more plain water but my mother thought (in her infinitisemal wisdom) that giving my daughter very watered down ribena would boost her vitamin C intake, after she kept getting sick.

If you have nothing but critical comments to make and nothing helpful to say, gan and boil your heed and divint tell ya grannie how suck eggs reet...

Lal

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Wow, who pissed on your parade?????

I gave a simple piece of advice from someone who has seen first hand the damage that Ribena Toothkind can do to children's teeth. I don't see where that amounts to major critisism. It was simple advice. Advice which I still stand by. Water is better for kids than Ribena. No doubt about that.

Of course, you know best. Its nice to see responsible parents getting their kids used to Aspartame and Acesulfame K at such an early age.

So far you have produced a child who is addicted to Ribena and Weetabix. Good job. ;) and with regard to your last comment I would refer you to the reply given earlier by my honourable friend the Vice President of the United States.

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Try Fiesta Mart http://www.fiestamart.com/

They have international aisles at the big one on Blalock. There is a small British foods section there.

Kroger signature stores often have ribena in the British section but not toothkind. They do have the low sugar blackcurrant but only every now and again, my local ones don't have it at the moment. Just the orange and barley.

I had the same problem when I moved over here last year. My boys have a gentic condition which makes their teeth very brittle and susceptible to sugar. If only it were as simple as making them drink water instead :D

Unfortunately I haven't found anything sugar free that compares in taste to ribena.

We had the most success with the Country Time or Crystal Light powdered drinks that you mix up with water. None of those however taste like blackcurrant. The lemonade and strawberry lemonade flavours in particular our children found acceptible. Thankfully they will now drink water but it took for ever to make the transition.

Good Luck!!!

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Check Central Market out, I get Ribena at our local one. There is one in Houston on 3815 Westheimer.

http://www.centralmarket.com/cm/cmLocation.jsp

If you make it up to the DFW area then there is a great little Indian grocery store in Arlington - near the Texas Rangers Ballpark and Six Flags over Texas. It has a shedload of Brit foods including Ribena and Robinsons Barley Water.

Also, there is a British Food Store in Grapevine (which I haven't been to yet).
http://www.british-emporium.com/

If you're coming up to Grapevine there is a fantastic Outlet Mall nearby.

I have also found Ribena in a British store in downtown Fort Worth, at the Rail Market.

http://www.fortworthpublicmarket.com/index2.cfm

It is very hard to get a little one to drink only water (I must have had the only child in the free world who would drink just plain water - strange child) Anyway we did start giving her juice while we lived in the UK, but we gave her this stuff called Roo Juice (something Disney - hence the name Roo) Not sure who made it, but it was bloody expensive. Anyway, the one reason I continued using it was because it had absolutely NO SUGAR. I think even if you look at Ribena's Toothkind you'll find it has some unsavoury stuff in it. The best stuff you can buy over here (in my opinion) is Juicy Juice. Its 100% juice and of course you can water the stuff down, which is even better. The other great alternative is watered down apple juice. The absolute greatest is stuff you can find is juice that's not from concentrate, but pretty much that would be you buying a juicer and doing it yourself. All in all, don't waste your time or money looking for Ribena, you can find a good alternate here. Believe me, your child will drink what you give her, it may take a bit of encourgement, but hey, who's the parent? ;)

Good luck.

Lisa

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nothing like a good rumble early on is there?


:D

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:D :D :D

Cran-grape juice tastes very similar to Ribena. Use the 100% juice (not from concentrate though)- my grandkids love that, well watered down of course. Although my grandson is addicted to Lemon barley-my fault. Thankfully we can always get it in the supermarkets here..and I just colour the water with it. Both drink plenty of water though- when they're playing outside or at the pool, they'll drink anything that's wet in this Florida heat.

so far this post has made me laugh :D

First of all, the baby is just...well a baby, its not like its been knocking back a gallon of Ribeana a week for 20 years has it?

Most all drinks (except for water) has a sugar content in it, so I wouldn't worry too much whilst on hoilday, maybe try
- Mott's apple juice (my daughter loves that), or Capri sun. If your daughter looks like she is dehydrated, there is a pedriatric liquid you can buy (walmart) that is plain water with nutrients, or you can buy flavoured pedriatic(black current I think).

maybe try, cranberry juice, pineapple juice, or Jack Daniels (alsong as it with Coke C2, less carbs, less cals;) ).

We were having a hard time trying to get our daughter to drink water (we tried all ways and means) anyhow we give her Gerber baby fruit juice and water mixed together. At our local store it is in the baby aisle not the drinks aisle... worth a try.

Ash :)

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My little 2yr old g/son will only drink plain water. He does not like any kind of candy or ice cream, he does not even like the happy meals at mikkey Ds, strange kid. It is not like we kept any of this stuff from him, he just will not go for it, he loves fruit and veggies etc.

I think that is the crux of the issue. God, I hate to see baby when she's 15...

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I can remember a night that my sons favourite bottle cracked. I couldn't convice him to try a different one, his whole world fell apart. ;)

If you can't find Ribena I'd suggest diluted grape. But I do feel for you... when they want something unusual there's not much you can do but wait it out.
;)

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:rolleyes: What did your parents put in your bottle?

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I'm 49 and still have all my own teeth, so it's a fair bet that it wasn't Ribena. :)

robinson fruit cordial
 

I think I saw robinson brand in Randalls store.
Hope this helps :)

If you are in Houston see if you can find Rice Village. There is a Brit Store there called The British Isles and you will find Ribena and all other supplies you may need, it will probably be more expencive than you imagined but to have a content child on your travels is probably more important than cost, hope this helps.

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Glad to hear you haven't lost those, shame you never developed social skills though isn't it!

Ribena
 

Thanks for all of your suggestions they have helped greatly, we are kicking ourselves about the Westheimer store as we were staying beside there.....
We are in Corpus Christi for a couple of days then we are heading to San Antonio, so we will keep our eyes peeled (Ouch!!) for one of these stores and hopefully find something to increase what she is drinking, it's not like she won't drink water it's just she will only drink the bare minimum and 200 mls a day just isn't enough for my liking.

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I think I'm right in saying that I've never been abusive to anyone who wasn't abusive to me first.

If someone throws crap at me, I throw it back. That's life in the city I'm afraid.

Have a nice day. :)

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LAL,

There is a British shop in San Antonio called "British Sensations" and I know I have seen Ribena there before. The shop is located in the northeast side of S.A. at 4169 Naco-Perrin.

Hope this helps!

Sara

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What he said may not be PC but its damn well true....

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Who on earth do you think you are to accuse anyone of not being a responsible parent?

Don't try to act innocent with me... it is plain and obvious what you meant here! Act all clueless till the cows come home if you like, this was rude and I'm calling you on it!

There are parents doing a lot worse in this world than going to the extreme of asking for a little help on our board. To me LAL is evidently a very caring and loving Mum!

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Her child is addicted to Ribena and Weetabix?
:rolleyes:

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Is that good then...
http://www.which.net/media/pr/mar00/which/drinks.html

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Perhaps this is why you don't find parents, or anyone else for that matter, that want to ask just a normal "help" question. After reading a lot of the replies I think most people would be worried they'd get flamed big time.

Personally I've asked a few questions on this forum and had a few decent replies. I appreciate it. But, for the most part this is all pretty non helpful stuff. On the other side of the coin, a lot of its funny and I usually get a big laugh reading a lot of the messages. :) :) :)

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I didn't start throwing insults. I just retaliated.

I stand by my first comment. If you can't get Ribena then it is a good time to get the kid back onto drinking plain water.

It was never meant to be critical. I actually thought I was being helpful, but all I got in reply was a torent of abuse.

And I know that I'm short on social skills. That's why I moved to Texas. :cool:

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I have! I was there a week ago, it was fantastic, my daughter and I were in heaven there! They had everything we wanted, and more besides. I would definitely go back.

Debbie :)

PS I liked it so much, I took a photo:-

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OMG they have Aunt Bessie!!! Why oh why is this only in the Godforsaken State of Texas??? http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung...smiley-055.gif

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Well something decent had to happen to them sooner or later.

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True. But, this is the State I told my husband I wouldn't move to for anything. Well I'm still pretty serious about that. I've lived in Texas, its like living on another planet. http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung...smiley-008.gif

Ah bollocks to all you State-snobs :)

We're here in Texas, and we love it!

Sure, you have to avoid the churches and dodge the bullets, but it's a great, cheap place to live.

Here,here, :D :D

....and you forgot to mention how everything is BIGGER here as well:cool:

Been there done that and got the damn t-shirt. The only thing I could find BIGGER were the narrow minds and the bugs. :rolleyes: :D :D

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Hi you can check Fiesta supermarket stores around houston they have an international food section and often have Ribena. If not the British Isles shop on Rice blvd in the Village sells all types of British products including Ribena. There is also a store in old town spring called the Little Dutch Girl they sell a number of Dutch versions of drinking syrup which our little monkies seem to like

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Thanks for the pic that'll be a useful navigational aid when we finally go. We were half thinking of going last week as we were over at a title company in Southlake closing on our house. Once we got the keys we were too excited to go shopping!