LO is 7 months. We've been feeding her purees for about 2 months. We usually give her water or (very) watered down prune juice with her meals. Lately, she absolutely refuses to drink the plain water. She screams and cries and pushes the cup away. It frustrates me so much. I don't want to give in and give her the watered down juice, but I feel like it's important for her to drink something because she tends to get constipated easily. Does anyone else have an LO that doesn't like water? How do you get them to drink it??
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I feel your pain. The only thing i could do was offer it to her throughout the day. Have you tried offering her plain water? She could be refusing it because she doesn't like prune juice. I found that LO was much more receptive to pureed prunes, until i gave it to her so often (3x a day) that she rejected it altogether! Now i just give her softened prunes as finger foods and will eat most of it.
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Maybe water down regular juice, just enough for the flavor?
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@caffeinated - its the plain water that she's refusing. She tends to drink the watered down prune juice just fine. But I want her to be able to drink regular water too, not just sweet stuff. Maybe in fighting a losing battle?
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@BeachMama: i also stressed out because i was giving LO pear juice, and worried that it would create a bad habit. Could you maybe dilute the prune juice every few days until there is barely any prune juice in the cup?
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Are you using the same cup for the water and the prune juice? Maybe she's expecting juice and disappointed when she gets plain water?
My LO loves smoothies and fruit/veggie juices but we offer them in completely different types of cups than what he gets water in. We also offer water throughout the whole day, not just at mealtimes. Maybe that will help?
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Maybe it's the temperature? Is it very cold? Or is it room temperature?
In the meantime, maybe continue feeding her foods that help with digestion to help with the constipation (i.e. prunes/pears).
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