Who says you have to be poor to get WIC?

Not judging anyone on WIC---- look, I tried to apply.... but I *am* curious......

Why would they give juice? Water is free and doesn't have the empty calories juice has. I have no trouble giving my toddlers a bit of juice because they seem to like it, it's a treat, but for regular thirst quenching I'd like them to get used to water now that I'm weaning them from formula/milk to more types of drinks in addition to milk.

Isn't that like giving ice cream? Sure, ice cream is yummy, and I eat it now and then, but why should every American be ENTITLED to get their ice cream as if it's supposed to be a staple? Can't we all get along fine without juice?

Eggs and milk and of course baby formula (lots of moms can't nurse for various reasons, myself included) make a lot of sense, but juice?

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crayon my son used to drink white grape juice diluted with water, but when I started getting all these cans of juice, I had to dos omething with it, so I substituted it instead of the grape juice,a nd now he's waaaaaaah so addicted.

twinsmommy, you get teh following on wic:

milk
eggs
juice
cheese
peanut butter
cereal

ask why...
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I think that the juice is for vitamin c

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You can get orange juice or tomato juice instead of apple juice...other people in the family can drink it. I get orange juice and DH is thrilled, b/c a carton of Tropicana costs a fortune!
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All of these things vary from place to place.

I remember when my mother had WIC for my two younger sisters, she used to choose food from a catalog and have it delivered! How times have changed Smile

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given it away - to? who wants canned juice? Cant think of anyone I couldve given it to.

Posted: Sat, Jan 26 2008, 10:17 pm Post subject:

yeah, you can get frozen.
Also, in the winter they give $5 for fruits and veggies for kids over 2. Not much, but hey, it's something.

You could really save several $100s. And your son's pinprick? it's for his own good. your pediatrician NEVER does blood tests??
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Posted: Sat, Jan 26 2008, 11:52 pm Post subject:

I think so. As long as it's food. But they can't use it for toilet paper. Interesting, no? I think they probably can't use it for foods that charge tax - like sodas?? Maybe I'm wrong.

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B/c I'm exclusively nursing, WIC gives me tuna, beans and carrots as well as the milk, cheese, eggs, cereal, peanut butter and juice. But since both me and DH are trying to loose weight, we don't drink the juice anymore. WIC makes a HUGE difference to our grocery bills. B"H!

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Mama Bear, sometimes I get tomato juice and make tomato soup with it.

I personally like the frozen tropicana better, I can water it down. Pure orange juice is too much for me.

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in my grocery you cant buy tomato juice with wic. only fruit juice.