Water

Does anyone have any advice on how to give water to a baby?, I’ve tried giving it to my 10 month old several times . She’s only meant to be drinking a bottle in the morning then at night of milk. So I need to give her more water but she isn’t drinking it and I’m stressed 😩
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Why is she only meant to be having milk morning and night? Hydrated milk/water is better than not. My daughter drank water out of the Tommee Tippee sippy cups- have you tried them?

Mix a teaspoon of fruit purée into it. It's like a healthier version of juice

When my little girl was first transitioning to water I used a straw cup and dipped the straw in yogurt to get her to suck. Did it once and it worked straight away. Sometimes giving water in baby bottles doesn’t always work because your little one will expect milk and then not want the water

At 10 months most of babies nutrition still comes from milk and they should definitly be having more than just 2 bottles a day. Theres no absolute need for them to have water at 10 months. Many only have sips with meals

At 10 months they still need their formula or breast milk more than twice a day. Small sips of water with a meal or snack is fine.

@Eve I haven’t tried tommee tipeee yet . She’s always been on mams. I was told by my health nurse to only give her a bottle at night and in the morning but I feel like something is wrong and I don’t want to make her sick of dehydrated

@Rebecca when do they need to get off bottles then?. My health nurse only told me 2 bottles . Night and morning

@Chloe I’m in the US and we start transitioning to cows milk or a non dairy option at 1 year old. It’s also when we introduce sippy cups or straws. But it can happen slowly to give babies time to adjust.

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