It's so hot here and I'm having trouble getting my toddler to drink enough water. We offer water all day and with a straw because he seems to drink more that way but sometimes he just flat out refuses. The only thing that has been working when we're really desperate is juice but that's not my preferred solution. So tell me your tricks! How do you get your toddler to drink more water?
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She will always drink water from my open glass.
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She wants anything that's mine. If it's my water, she wants it and will drink it. Also any new cup, which obviously you can't always buy new cups but when we go to restaurants I ask for a kid cup with a straw and she loves those.
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Same as the previous posters- LO is has actually gotten pretty good about drinking it on his own, but it's always easier to get him to drink from my water bottle or cup.
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I gave it to my son in a water bottle, don't know why, but he drinks it out of there.
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Is he dehydrated? I used to worry a lot about water consumption, because my LO doesn't drink nearly as much or as often as I sometimes think he should, but he doesn't get dehydrated (I check his urine color and occasionally use the skin-depression technique).
The only tricks I've used that sort of work are a straw cup and one of those drink dispensers filled with water in an easily-accessible place for him. Be careful with the latter: LO has left the spigot open on occasion! Also, 80% of the time he just fills up his glass to watch the water come out and leaves the full glass there...
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LO drinks more water if it's from my cup or if we put fruit in it. She LOVES cucumber water.
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My LO loves ice. She will drink a lot more water if we put ice in it. Sometimes I even give her a bowl of crushed ice and she picks at that.
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@honeybear: yeah, he's potty trained so i can see his pee has been yellow...If I let him pour himself he just starts playing with the water so that's pretty much out.
@Weagle: that is a GREAT idea! I'll give it a try.
@T.H.O.U.: Ice is good- thanks for reminding me. I haven't giving him any since we've been in the AC but I'm going to start again!
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@Weagle: Thats what we do also. She will always drain the cup if it has a little bit of flavor.
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@artbee: So I thought about your advice and decided to let him choose his own cup for lunch. I opened the cabinet and he chose a yellow measuring cup...haha! But at least he drank the water so win-win!
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Ice cubes in the sippy. A toy and drink all in one !
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@Baby Boy Mom: lol, too funny!
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Adding ice works for us too!
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Ice!
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