The most important thing I have learned about teaching my kids to drink water is that they don't easily get sick, If they don't drink water they start to not feel right, they will have headaches, fever, etc. What I do is I just give them water and they feel okay again, for water is just my home remedy for headaches and stomach aches, my family and I just drink a lot of water and feel better. So drink that water and teach your kids to drink it too and see that the Dr.s visit will definitely decrease.
HOW DID I TEACH MY KIDS TO DRINK WATER
What I did when my kids were young and started eating solid food at 6 months, I would give them water and milk, I skipped juice because of the sugar am not a big fan of sugary and I monitor my kids a lot when it comes to sugary things, because it is just not good for them not only them but even for an adult. When they asked for juice I will dilute the 100% pure juice with water just to change the color and that is about it, they will be happy and drink it.
Now what happens is that every time I give my kids something with sugar they will immediately ask for water after eating it, for example, if its a cake, sweet, etc. they will always ask for water even if they just drank fruit juice because they now cant take that lot of sugar, they themselves are in control of that sugar because I thought them while they were still young not to eat too many sugary things, so they hardly get sick.
Another thing that makes my kids drink a lot of water is they see my husband and me, we always have a 1-liter bottle that we continuously fill up with water during the day, we fill it about 3 times or more a day, so the more they see us drinking that water the more they want to drink it, like the saying Monkey see Monkey do, well that what I did as a kid, I looked at my parent they drank it a lot, so I took it and my kids took it from me and it will be a generation to generation thing.
When they see us drinking it they immediately ask for their water bottle or just run and take their bottles so they will also drink their water with us, so if you want to teach your kids to drink water, drink it with them but the most helpful way is to teach them in their early age, and they will grow up and ask for it themselves you won't have to push them or force them, they will ask for water themselves.
If you want fewer Dr's visit give this a try and see if it work for you, DRINK WATER AND TEACH YOUR KIDS TO DRINK WATER TOO.
By Polite.K
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