Having Problems Getting Your Little Ones to Drink Water?

Good news for you! Parent Hacks has an article up to give you some tips on encourage children to drink water:

Here’s what we do. We use a normal cup and a straw (cut it if it’s too long). We let our son use the straw to drink from the cup. If he still refuses, I’ll make the “ahhhh” sound to indicate the satisfaction of drinking water. My son will drink and make the sound to imitate me. The result? He drinks without making the fuss.

Thankfully, we haven’t had any problems with Matthew drinking water. He’ll gladly requests for his water bottles (and that’s not a typo). He has like 3 different water bottles (Bob the Builder, Barney and Elmo) and he chooses them according to his mood. Or he might also want to use Mummy’s or Daddy’s water bottle or cup.

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