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LO's who drink water

kendra223kendra223
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I've tried giving LO water, but she hates it. It would be nice to give to her after she's ate something but still doesn't need a bottle. How did you introduce water to your LO?
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  • WestCoastMommyWestCoastMommy member
    I put it in a sippy straw cup and she loved it. I also let her suck it out of a straw from my cup and she thinks that's the coolest thing ever!
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  • Mrs.EmmaLouiseMrs.EmmaLouise member
    Straw cup, room temp water.  Practice in the bath.  She doesn't drink much, but I offer with all meals and snacks and she will take a few sips.
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  • MiamiMergersMiamiMergers
    My DD first started taking sips from my cups of water. (I'd obviously hold it for her). I think she just liked doing what I was doing at first. Now she drinks from a straw and swallows a lot more.
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  • catycatecatycate member
    Try playing around with the temp. DS will gulp down some ice cold water, but doesn't care for room temp!
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  • sw_in_kcsw_in_kc

    imageWestCoastMommy:
    I put it in a sippy straw cup and she loved it. I also let her suck it out of a straw from my cup and she thinks that's the coolest thing ever!

    This, but we use regular sippy cups. We occasionally hold a regular cup up to her, but she's not quite getting that concept.

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  • valeivegasvaleivegas member
    Just keep offering it to her in a sippy cup - it may take awhile but she'll eventually start drinking it.  We got a sippy cup that's easy for DS to pick up - but he sucks so much out & then spits a bunch of it out.
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  • HenHen25HenHen25 member
    I would drink out of the sippy in front of him. He always wants whatever I'm eating/drinking so he caught on quickly. Also. I offered it at every meal every day.
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  • Nechie122Nechie122 member
    My LO will drink water from my glass.  She watches me fill it up from the refrigerator door (which she thinks is pretty cool), watches me take a sip, and then wants to chug the whole thing herself.  
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  • kendra223kendra223
    Thanks for the suggestions. I think I will try a straw sippy cup, haven't tried that yet. Also like the bath suggestion. And I do need to start offering it more often. I guess my mind-set is still in "She's a little baby" mode, but she's not a little baby anymore.
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  • shanplushanplu
    I started by adding about an ounce of juice to 4 oz of water and then little by little took the juice out completely.  Now he just drinks water.  Took about a week of doing that. 
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