Re: How do you teach a child to like/drink water? Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Thanks, . I will give that a try. I would love for them to be more

willing to drink straight water but don't want them to get dehydrated if they

refuse to drink at all. I appreciate the tip!

Dana

Rob or Sunseri wrote:

If you mix sparkling water with a very small amount of juice, it

tastes like an italian soda. You could try this and if you then need to go 100%

water, they are only one step away & would be more likely to enjoy the water.

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dana pope wrote:

My boys have drank welch's white grape juice since we started this diet a year

ago. I feel it may have been feeding yeast and have tried to switch them over to

fresh juiced granny smith apple/lemon juice. Well this juice causes some

diarrhea. I have also tried them with steamed pear juice water. They don't

really like this. What I would love to do is get them to start drinking more

straight water which they do not do at all. How do you get a child to learn to

drink water? I fear that if they go on a drink strike, they will get dehydrated.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Dana

and Garrett, 3 years old as of Mar 24

SCD One Year!!!!!

Celiac, ASD, Speech and Motor Apraxia, sensory processing disorder

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, . Hopefully as summer hits full force and they are more thirsty, I

will be able to do that. I appreciate the tip!

Dana

Ed Wendell wrote:

What I would try is very very slowly keep diluting their juice more

and more until they are drinking water - increase the water in very tiny amounts

- like maybe a week at a time.

W.

How do you get a child to learn to drink water? I fear that if they go on a

drink strike, they will get dehydrated. Any suggestions?

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[Guest guest]

This is what worked for us.

Get a special water cup (larger than typical for a child) with sports

lid on top. Fill it with lots of ice so that it " jinngles " and is

fun.

If the child is old enough to understand, have them pick their own

sports water cup at the store. Dora, Blue Clues and Spiderman, make

it even more fun. A new cup makes it more fun and special.

Leave one out for each child, and leave them in the family room, away

from the influence of the refrigerator (with the juice) and kitchen.

It is amazing how during a hot day they will just go to them. Keep

them refreshed and always full of ice. No need to say anything. I

think when I hounded and moaned about it...things just got worse.

They knew they had me then...and wanted juice instead.

I tell them...juice is only for meals, and they don't get much even

then. So they fill up more on foods than liquid. Just a matter of

fact in our home.

On the most partt they know I am the boss....or try to be LOL! kids

are fun. They know how to get us!~

Antoinette and family of five silly Yaks SCD 2/06