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Seeking Safe Drinking Water to Keep in the Car
Sep 2, 2009 ... Read all 21 responses: "Hi Moms, I am wondering if any of you have found bottled water that is bottled in anything other than plastic.
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- The only thing I have ever seen is the VOSS brand of h2o. Try looking for it online. Might be cheaper than whole foods...
- Hi... Glacia icebox water is from the Norwegian mountains and is in a box made to withstand heat in a car with no chemical leakage or leaching. www.glacia.co.uk I got ...
- I have the SIGG bottles that we use & fill them with water. Day to day, I do not use plastic water bottles. HOWEVER, If I'm going on a road trip, I break down & buy ...
Water
My 10 month-old has absolutely no interest in drinking water. ..... My 12 month old will drink water, it's the only thing he gets in a cup, but sometimes he ...
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- In his book "Touchpoints" Dr. Brazelton discusses this issue. he says that people shouldn't be overly concerned about whether a child will use the sippy cup or not th...
- I don't think it's too late. Maybe she just doesn't like the sippy you offered her.My 12 month old will drink water, it's the only thing he gets in a cup, but sometime...
- With my son we started introducing water when he was eating by sing a spoon...he thought it was the most fun thing ever and after a week or so would drink it out of a ...
Drinking More Water
Read all 14 responses: "If anyone has any ideas on how to get my 10 month old daughter to drink more water, i'd sure apprecialte. we have tried adding some ...
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- She does not need water at 10 months. If you are worried about dehydration dont be. Formua is half water and if she is drinking juice, half of that should be water.
- My oldest only drank water from a sippy cup - she would not drink it from a bottle. I never gave either on of my kids juice or soda only milk or water so they did not ...
- Maybe you should try those sugar free flavor packets for her.
To Drink Tap Water or Not?
Read all 5 responses: "We have been buying water by using our own container in the past years, recently I bought this Brita pitcher and was hoping I can use ...
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- We have a water dispenser on our fridge and we use that- it has a filter built in. We used to use a Brita before we had this fridge and I think it tended to have a ch...
- We drink tap water. My pediatrician said it is important that kids get tap water because it has flouride in it and they need that for healthy teeth nad bone growth. Bo...
- I agree it can be expensive - however, I live in South Elgin where our water is treated well water...and there are times it comes out yellow & has a horrible odor to i...
How to Get 7 Month Old to Drink Water - Won't Take Bottle, Sippy Cup, Straw...
Read all 41 responses: "Now that my 7 month old is eating "real" food she is becoming constipated and it is clear she needs to be intaking more water.
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- Have you tried to add a little flavor to the water, maybe watered down koolaid, so at least it has a sweet taste until she gets used to drinking it, I think the reason...
- I solved this by giving my son fruit, either pears or prunes, as "dessert" at every meal. He never had a problem when he ate fruit with his meal, but always got const...
- I would talk to your pediatrician about drinking water. I believe that at that age if you give too much water it can throw off a baby's eloctolyte balance. She shoul...
18-Month-olds Won't Drink Milk from a Cup
They've been drinking water from sippy cups with spouts for a year now, and from straw cups for six months. So we know they know how to use these. ...
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- A., I went through this type of situation with my 4 1/2 year old, he was not breat fed though, he would only drink from his bottle morning, noon and night. He was a ...
- Have you tried the Nuby cups? These seem to be very successful. Also, they may not want sippy cups at all. My daughter (also 18 months) likes to drink from a regula...
- My son still never took milk from a cup, and still does not drink milk. The only way we can get a little milk in him is to give it over cold cereal in the A.M. I would...
13Mo Old Won't Drink Anything but Water- Seems to Hate Milk
Read all 18 responses: "Thanks for all the replies so far! Here is something else I wanted to have you think about- one mom mentioned how we dont really ...
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- I don't personally believe that all advice from Peds apply to all children. They are not one size fits all. If you are nursing your child regularly and he is getting...
- I second what others have already said--try it in a different cup and mix it with something else. My son did the same thing, so we mixed it with those yogurt smoothie...
- I think it is great that he will drink water. it was hard to get my kids to drink water and had the opposite problem. Honestly, kids are so fickle, next month (or week...
Have You Ever Heard of Drinking to Much Milk?
They should also drink some water, but I have never had great luck with that. My son will drink water only if he's really thirsty and I put lots of ice in ...
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- I have 2 boys,19 and 15 yr,and a 20month old baby girl and YES,this is what the doctors are saying now!My dr also said 16- 20 ounces a day ,no more than 24and you are ...
- My kids doctor told me the same thing a few years ago. If she doesn't want to drink milk then don't worry about it. As long as she has milk products like cheese, yogur...
- Cow's milk isn't that great of a food. It does have some vitamins, but they aren't vitamins that you cannot get elsewhere. Babies/toddlers/children on cow's milk are...
Flavored Water
My son won't drink water. He downs the milk, but I really want to get him drinking more water. I only give him juice on occasion (as a treat or distraction.
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- vitamin water has as much sugar as a soda. i use a electrolyte replacement drink, similar in function to gatorade, called gookinaid (you can get it at REI or the like...
- You know what's funny.. they'll drink when they get thirsty. If that's all he's offered all day he'll drink it. I have children in my childcare who ONLY drink milk ...
- Hi, with all 6 of my kids I have given them water. My youngest is 3 now and we only drink bottled wate (bad pipes)they do have the little bottles of water kid size. I ...
10 Month Old Wont Drink His Formula
I would stop the juice (too much sugar--empty calories and bad for his little teeth) and allow him to drink water from sippy cup...and call your doctor to ...
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- You probably should ask your pediatrian; however, I do think that they need formula because of all of the iron, etc. It is recommended for at least a year for brain gr...
- He is too young for regular milk but I don't think that's really the problem here. The problem is the juice. He should be getting the bulk of his nutrition from form...
- I switched my first son (who is now 5.5) over to whole milk when he was nine months because he would not drink the formula any more at all but by 11 months he wanted ...
