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Hello everyone,
My daughter is 9months and doesn't want to drink anything different than breast milk or formula. I've tried many different juices, water, different caps, from the spoon, straw, nothing helps. Any suggestions/advices how to encorage her to drink more liquids?
Thanks in advance for all your help.
Magdalena |
| Posted by magdalena on 01/23/2008 07:46 PM
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Hi Magdelena,
How does she do with solid foods? Is she very adventerous and likes to try different food, or does she stick to pretty much the safe foods every day? She may just be picky. Katie is 9 months and she will try anything when it comes to food and drinks. But she wasn't always that way. When it comes time to eat, i sit down at the table with her, and usually eat or drink what she is. She figured out that if mommy likes it maybe i should try it. Thats what worked for us, hope it helps
Mandy |
| posted by Amanda on 01/24/2008 11:57 AM
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| It took me a good month to get my daughter to drink water and she is 9 months old now. I found it had to be what I was drinking from would work. So I let her take tiny sips out of my cup or bottle of water until eventually she got used to the cold temp and now lets me help her with her sippy cup. My daughter will try anything if I give it to her off of my plate though. Good luck! |
| posted by Jillian on 01/24/2008 01:59 PM
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| My daughter never wanted to drink juice, it's too sweet for her, even when I dilute it with water. She did drink formula and milk and water only and even now she is 22 months old and only drinks milk and water. It's ok, just keep trying water in a sippy cup maybe, not in the bottle! As long as she is wetting diapers, it's ok, but you want to at least have her drink a little water each day! Good luck! |
| posted by charise on 01/24/2008 03:07 PM
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Thanks so much for your help ladies.
I will try to give her some water form my bottle when I drink hope that will help.
She eats everything I give her and the food is not the same every day. SHe enjoys eating. I will try to do things you suggested.
Thanks, Magdalena |
| posted by magdalena on 01/24/2008 03:08 PM
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Hi Magdalena,
I have a 17 month old son, and he drank only breastmilk or formula until his 1st b-day. After that and up until now he only is given whole milk and/or water in his sippy. There is really no need to intrduce juice at all - he'll get his nutrients from other places...juice can cause stomach issues and can be so high in sugar that myself and some of my other Mommy friends have decided to not even offer juice to our little ones. There will be so many times in life that our children make unhealty food decisions on their own away from us...why not just start them off the best possible way? :) |
| posted by on 01/25/2008 09:58 AM
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Hey ladies,
Not sure if this will be of any help or not...
As I was leaving the hospital after having a c-section, we had to attend an hour long class on the basics of infant care. One thing we were told was to not give water to children until after they turned one year. The doctor said it could dilute the babies electrolite balance and potentially cause problems. On that note, check with your pediatricians.
posted on 01/25/2008 03:33 PM by Allison McDaniel
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| posted by Allison on 01/25/2008 03:36 PM
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| I have never heard this before, I have given water to my 6 month old and never had a problem, my pediatrician recommended that they get water at least once a day but only up to 4 oz. |
| posted by charise on 01/25/2008 04:02 PM
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| My pediatrician, nurses, and lactation nurse have all told me NOT to give my baby straight water. They said the old school of thought was that you should give it to your baby at least once a day because it kept them hydrated. But studies have shown now that it does just the opposite. It actually thins the blood and makes it easier for the baby to dehydate. So they say the best and only thing to give them (under 1 year of age) is breast milk or formula. Definitely check with your pediatrician first. |
| posted by Amy B. on 02/06/2008 01:19 PM
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| I'm glad you got the same info as me Amy; I was beginning to think I was still drugged up while attending the child care meeting in the hospital. As for you ladies who give your babies water because your pediatrician said it was ok...ask your doctor to check the current research. Docs are so busy these days that sometimes they do not have time to read what the latest research dictates. Just a thought. |
| posted by Allison on 02/06/2008 02:56 PM
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Thank you so much for the all replies and all advices!!! I won't worry any more that she doesn't want to drink. She knows very well what is good for her! :)
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| posted by magdalena on 02/06/2008 04:12 PM
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For those who are going to talk to their Dr.'s about giving water to infants- the problem associated with giving water to small children in to large a quantity is Water Toxicity. Adults can also get it, but its less likely unless all you drink is water (more than the 8 glasses a day). It is related to the amount of water you drink versus how much water your body can absorb. The smaller you are the less you can absorb. Its more common in athletes who drink water instead of sports drinks to replenish their electrolytes.
Magdalena- have you tried mixing the juice with the breastmilk or formula? My cousin tried this (my daughter isn't on solids yet so I haven't been able to yet). She just started out with small increments of the juice or milk and gradually added more and more until the mixture was mostly or entirely the juice or milk and there was no formula or breastmilk left. Kind of like when you started the rice cereal and gradually made it thicker. Same theory, just a different version. It seemed to work pretty well for her. The mixtures looked a little... strange... sometimes but it got Gia used to the stronger tastes. She still prefers milk, preferably chocolate, but she will drink juice now.
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