How to Make a 9 Month Old to Drink Water

Try a shot glass. That can work even with infants. See if you can teach her to use a straw, that took my daughter quite a while, but she did learn it. An eye dropper will work too.

Children under one should not drink water. formula or breast milk only. There was a baby recently that almost died due to too much water. Mom was diluting her formula to try to save money (not intentionally hurting the baby) due to unemployment.

Please check with your ped. But I really don't think the baby should have it.

My oldest was the same way. She did finally want to drink out of my cup, so she went from the breast to a regular drinking cup. I had to hold it of course, and disapline myself to make sure she got enough to drink throughout the day, but at least she was drinking. My grandson learned to drink from a straw around 10 months, so you could play with that idea. Good luck.

Try a straw, in a cup of her favorite beverage.

Yes, she does not need water until she is 1, but I think it's easier to go ahead and start the idea now. I gave my breastfed babies sippy cups at around 9 or 10 months old to kinda play with in their high chairs. I put water in them and sometimes an ice cube too, that was really interesting to them to shake and sip. Sometimes I would add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Just a little at a time so that way by age 1 she'll know what it's for and it will make the eventual transition easier.

A BF baby does not need to drink water. She gets all the fluids she needs from nursing. If you want to her to start learning to drink from a cup I recommend giving her a sippy cup without the valve for a while. She will eventually get the hang of it!
Blessings, K.

i wouldn't worry about it yet. she's still a baby. but, if you want to start her getting used to the idea of a cup, maybe you can take her to the store to pick out a special cup with her favorite color or character on it. they have some spill-proof ones with straws. my daughter liked straws over cups and my son just couldn't figure out a straw for a long time so he liked the 'sippy' cups. just put her milk in the cup for her to try a couple times a day with her snacks or meals. she'll get it!
best of luck!! :)

With my daughter, we had to flavor it a bit. We used either the flavored water (not my favorite thing but definitely quick and easy), water with a tiny bit of juice, or water with lemon juice in it (not her favorite). Anything that would give it some flavor helped to get her to drink it. Eventually we could move her to just water.

You might want to check with your Dr before giving her too much water. If I am remembering correctly, it wasn't recommended giving her water until after she was over 1 year.

J.

At 9 months of age, your child should not really be drinking much of anything but formula or breastmilk. There is no need to offer anything else. If you want to introduce a sippy with a small amount of water in it to "practice" drinking from but otherwise I would not push the issue. She needs to be primarily fed either breastmilk or formula until 1 yr of age.

Well first of all, our doctor did say water was good for a child at 9 months. If you're concerned, check with yours.
As far as taking, have you tried different kinds of cups- sippys, straws, the ones you hold on the sides? Your daughter may just not be ready for different liquids. It could also be the consistency of it. Like if you were using formula, that's pretty thick compared to water.

As others have said, babies aren't supposed to drink water. My doctor said their bodies don't absorb it properly until after age 1. (I didn't know that either and really stressed out thinking my daughter would get dehydrated.) She refused to drink water at all (from bottle or sippy cup) until after age 1. Her brother started prune juice (due to constipation) at about 11 months from a sippy cup. He would never drink from a bottle, but I found he drank right away from the Avent sippy cups, so you might try those.

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Try putting breastmilk or formula in the cup. If she has no issues drinking those from a bottle or directly from you, she may be interested in using the cup for a familiar drink. Good luck.

Water is not recommended untill age one.
In terms of finding a drinking vessel for your child. Try a sports water bottle or a cup with a straw.

Try putting a little juice in the water. I did that so my baby could drink his water when he got constipated. No more than 2 oz and the rest all water and as she gets older, just put less in there so she would be use to plain water.