More and more mothers have reported that whenever they want to give their baby water, the baby is extremely resistant, curling his mouth and pushing hard with his small hands, which is even more difficult than letting the baby take medicine and injections.
However, as the most important component of the human body, water accounts for 60 ~ 70% of the human body and is an indispensable substance for human physiological activities. Adults drink a lot of water every day, as do babies.
On this issue, even if mothers have to do all they can and do all they can, they must make their children fall in love with drinking water. They must skillfully use the following 5 moves to make their children fall in love with drinking water easily.
How old is the baby suitable for drinking water,
First of all, we must know that not all babies are suitable for drinking water.
For babies within 6 months old, it is not recommended to add additional liquids (including water, glucose water, formula milk powder and other liquids) unless there are medical indications. Newborns’ stomach volume is inherently small, and additional liquids will overload the baby’s kidneys and consume too little milk. For babies over 6 months old, plain boiled water (no more than 50 ml a day) can be added appropriately.
The babies targeted in this article are those who are older or have added supplementary foods. Knowing these, it is time to further understand the methods.
Move 1: Attraction Method
Step 1 Buy some interesting cups
Or buy one or more special cups with lovely cartoon patterns for the baby. The colors must be bright and conspicuous. Moreover, the cups can only be used by children when drinking water. As long as the materials are BPA-free, PP plastic cups will have richer pattern colors than stainless steel.
In addition, the cup should also be very easy to hold, and can also be held when the baby is playing sports. At the same time, the cup should be placed in a place where the baby can easily get it so that he can take it at any time.
2. Freeze into ice cubes of different shapes
Try putting water in lovely ice grinders such as penguins, Kitty cats and Nemo fish. When the day comes when children don’t want to drink water and parents fail to try many times, you will find it a lot of fun to put these ice cubes of different shapes into the cup.
Step 3 Put a piece of fruit in the water
Preferably lemon, or frozen red plum in ice and put it in water.
In the children’s view, this is an extremely exciting thing. He may throw it in his hand for fun, or put it in his mouth to try how sour it is, or smell it with his nose, or even eat it with relish.
Step 4 Drink through a funny straw
Buy one or more straws with different shapes, some of which can be in the shape of love, some can even be worn on your head like glasses frames to suck. This funny way of drinking water, your baby will definitely fondle admiringly!
Move 2: Model Method
Look for some characters as role models for children to drink water.
Tell the baby that one of his favorite characters or cartoon characters also likes drinking water.
[Wow, this water is so delicious, I like it very much! Superman, Spider-Man and Ice Queen must also like it! I’m going to pour a glass of water to drink now.
When parents use some cartoon characters their children like to guide their babies to drink water, they will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
Move 3: Game Method
STEP 1 Create a Piss Competition
Tell the child how much water he has drunk by the color of his urine. Very yellow urine means drinking too little water, which means he has lost. If the color is very clear and light, it means that the child has won the competition. Just think, which child does not want to win the competition?
STEP 2 Incorporate water into the game
Have a water competition with your baby to see if he can drink a certain scale of water. If this is a cup with cartoon patterns (e.g. Adventurous Dora), try to let him drink the water to Dora’s shoes.
You can also play a toast game with your baby, compare who drinks faster, see who can drink the water dry first, knock two cups, parents’ expressions and voices must be exaggerated, and your baby will be very happy.
Through the way of games, the baby can drink all the water unconsciously in happiness.
Move 4: Guiding Method
1. Teach children to pour water and drink it themselves.
First of all, put a few cups within the baby’s reach, and then tell him that he can pour water from the water dispenser or kettle at any time (be careful not to put very hot water to avoid danger).
For babies, it is like giving them the car keys. You are not only interested in drinking water, but also learn how to drink water on your own.
2. Show your baby pictures or videos of children drinking water.
Play some videos of children’s love of drinking water to the baby, and then tell him [babies love drinking water, and my baby also loves drinking water.]
Move 5: Praise Method
1. Babies should be encouraged and praised after drinking water.
Tell the baby that drinking water is a good child. Mom and Dad are very happy. The babies all like to win the favor of adults.
2. After drinking plain boiled water, reward the child with a glass of fruit juice.
This method can only be used if the previous moves fail.
Because we do not encourage the baby to drink too much fruit juice, even if it is freshly squeezed, the best thing is to give the baby direct fruit.
If it is a sick baby over six months old, with a cough, sore throat and fever, accompanied by vomiting and refusal to drink water and milk, then if we want antipyretics to work, we need to replenish water and prevent the baby from dehydrating. At this time, fruit juice is also a good method.
Here, I would like to mention the addition of fruit juice in particular. Babies under 6 months old should not feed her fruit juice. After the baby is 6 months old, it is not recommended to drink fruit juice, and a certain amount must be limited. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children aged 6 months to 6 years old should have less than 180 ml of fruit juice per day, and children aged 7 to 18 years old should not exceed 355 ml per day.