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I didn't offer it regularly until she was actually eating... So several weeks into solids. She didn't drink much until a couple of months later.

Water is an absolute essential for us to ward off constipation! LO was EBF before starting solids and from what I've read, EBF babies are more likely to have constipation issues when they start solids as their digestive systems just aren't used to processing anything other than breast milk, which is incredibly easy for them to digest.

We tried to get LO to drink a minimum of 100 ml per day and when we weren't successful, we paid the price for it with massive constipation issues. It was terrible and is still an ongoing battle now at 11 months. Fortunately, she likes water now and is much better about drinking it. We never found that water decreased the amount she BF or consumed in solids, so we kept pushing it. She also doesn't tend to drink whilst eating, but will afterwards and sporadically during her non-feeding times.

We started a few oz this week, week 2 of solids.

we started a couple of weeks after starting solids when we realised he was constipated already. we use a straw cup and at this point, he only drinks if there's a bit of apple juice mixed in the water It definitely helps ward off constipation for him

We've offered water since she was six months. Her doctor wanted us to start offering a sippy cup. Around 8.5-9 months was when she started to become more interested in it so we're going to try a straw cup in a week or two.

We've been offering her water in a zoli straw cup since we started solids at 6 months. It's only in the last week (8 months) that she's actually swallowing it. Before she was siping, then smiling and letting it run out if her mouth down her chest. Soaking wet all the time.

@Meggo5: we use a zoli straw cup. @coacheswife123: we do either room temp or with an ice cube if it's hot.