What to do if your child doesn't like drinking water

The physical health of children is very important, but often due to their young age, their body resistance and immunity are relatively low. Then you should be careful to avoid viral or bacterial infections. But every child's physical condition is different. Because some children do not develop good living habits in their daily lives, health problems often occur. However, children should drink more water to avoid illness, especially cold symptoms. What should I do if my children don’t like to drink water?

1. Cheers game

During family gatherings, the babies see and remember the adults’ “cheers” gesture. Many babies like to imitate adults' actions. At this time, mothers may as well play the "Cheers" game with their babies.

The mother can take two cups, pour equal amounts of boiled water into each, one cup for the baby and one cup for herself, then "cheers" with the baby and drink the water in the cup together. In this way, the baby drank a lot of boiled water during the game. If you play this game a few more times, your baby will no longer resist boiled water.

2. Let your baby’s favorite characters “drink boiled water”

Generally, every baby has his or her favorite animal or cartoon character. At this time, the mother can make up a story based on the baby's preferences. For example, if the baby likes Big Head Son, you can make up a story about Big Head Son loving to drink boiled water and his body becoming very healthy, to guide the baby to drink boiled water.

3. Prepare some cute cups for your baby

Mothers can buy their babies some cute cups that their babies like, such as kitten-shaped or penguin-shaped cups. This way, when the baby is drinking water, mothers can tell the baby, "There is water in the little penguin's belly. Now we will put the water from the little penguin's belly into the baby's belly" or "The baby drank the water in the kitten's belly, and the kitten will definitely be very happy." In this way, the baby will generally be more willing to drink water.

4. Tell your baby the benefits of drinking boiled water

Mothers can tell their babies the benefits of drinking boiled water using sentences that the babies can understand. For example, "Drinking boiled water can flush away the bacteria in your stomach when you urinate", "Flowers will become beautiful after drinking water, and babies should also drink more water if they want to become beautiful", etc.

If you want to make a baby who is used to drinking beverages fall in love with boiled water, it requires not only the mother's efforts. During the period of helping the baby establish the habit of drinking water, it is best for the whole family to make an agreement that boiled water is always drunk in front of the baby and beverages are not stored at home.

In addition, you can give your baby water when he wakes up from sleep or is playing, because the baby is often in a good mood at this time and is more likely to accept things that he usually doesn't like to accept.