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	Posted: Sep 2 2008, 01:47 PM
Group: Posts: 0 Member No.: 0 Joined: --	My 4 year old is refusing to drink water.. She will drink only for the last 4 days... I have been trying everything i can think of to get her to drink the water i give her but she just spits it out!! How can i get her to drink water willingly again?? I cant keep giving her juice its to sugary..

Calimama	Posted: Sep 2 2008, 02:05 PM
Ruby Member Group: Members Posts: 12,615 Member No.: 5,538 Joined: 17-October 06	I would stop giving her juice altogether and keep offering the water. When she's truly thirsty, she'll drink the water.

msoulz	Posted: Sep 2 2008, 02:44 PM
Gold Member Group: Members Posts: 3,102 Member No.: 2,158 Joined: 7-July 05	We give Erin "water juice", which is either straight up water or water with a few drops of lemon juice in it. Either way, it works. You can fool some of the people some of the time! -------------------- Mary :) a.k.a. Jake & Erin's mom

momofone	Posted: Sep 3 2008, 02:52 AM
Be Kind Group: Members Posts: 1,294 Member No.: 11,030 Joined: 1-May 07	maybe give 4oz. of juice mixed with 4oz. of water (totally water down the juice)

mammag	Posted: Sep 3 2008, 05:29 AM
Platinum Member Group: Members Posts: 5,147 Member No.: 1,050 Joined: 7-December 04	I agree and then I'd slowly decrease the juice and up the water until there is only a hint of flavor to the water. Good luck! -------------------- Jeanie - SAHM to Kristen 13, Cade 12, Conner 8, Keegan 3

	Posted: Sep 17 2008, 08:46 AM
Group: Posts: 0 Member No.: 0 Joined: --	My kids arent much of water drinkers either so i just put a lemon, lime or orange wedge in their water and they really like that... we also recently discovered this new water drink called Wat-aah.. I dont know why but they love it..

	Posted: Sep 24 2008, 01:06 PM
Group: Posts: 0 Member No.: 0 Joined: --	cool name...if you asked me which one I would prefer, water or wat-aah...definitely WAT-AAAAH! LOL I searched it and theres' a cute site too.. www.drinkwataah.com/ I might have to try giving her that.. This post has been edited by GerberGoo on Sep 24 2008, 01:07 PM

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