Is it hard to drink water?

Of course if you give your child soda he will not want plain water, but soda is not good for children. If they drink the soda first and then the water this can make them sick to the stomach. When I was a kid I worked so hard all the time that I would be glad to get water, and I was never allowed soda until I was seven and then only a little bit on very special occasions, maybe 3 times a year. I did not feel bad about that because nobody else in the family drank soda in front of me. It was the same for everyone. In modern times, I have seen some young mothers give soda to babies still on the bottle and this horrifies me because I believe this will make them addicted to sugar and prone to obesity when they are older. One mother I saw give orange soda pop to a baby only two weeks old. I don't think she meant to be a bad mother, but still I consider that child abuse.

i dont or didnt find it hard to drink water when i was a kid. and yes, for kids it has to do with taste but also colour. try adding some food dye to your childs water to see if they will drink it. maybe let them add it themselves. limit the amount of soda you have in the house - switch it for fruit juice maybe. we werent allowed to drink much soda when we were younger and it is a practice i have continued. if all else fails and you cant get your son off soda - try flavoured mineral water. it tastes very similar to soda but is not quite as bad for you.

Hi hazeldesosa, I am going through the same situation with my son. Now the winter season is going on and they don't feel thirsty. Everyday he brings back his water (which I sent in morning) from school without even touching it. In summer there is no problem for drinking water and he is drinking enough water but in winter he feels hard. At home I am forcing him to drink water otherwise it may make troubles in long run.

In my case, very hard! I don't like the taste of plain water even though I know that it's good for you. I wish they would come up with flavoured water or something. I guess it's good practise to teach children to drink water on a regular basis but as regards myself I don't bother with it, I drink lots and lots of tea instead! Andrew

It is normal for small children to go for sweet ones.may be you should try to explain him the effects he would face by drinking lots of soda.try to make soda an villian and water as an hero by stating some side effects by showing some horrifying picture and tell him tat he would become like tat if he dont drink more water LOL .so the next time he would obviously go for water rather than soda.hope this works.gud day.

My sister in law's son & my son are the same as your son.They are not drink even 1 glass of water per day. After i try to give them a delicious pro biotic drinks instead of soft drinks. Now they are not often to take soft drinks anymore.Meanwhile one of my sister in law's son are fully resolve from constipation.

I always loved water. My mom thought I was sick. If soda was not an option, he might learn to drink water. Let him squeeze a lemon or orange slice into his water.

Personally I can relate because I hate water. The only reason I drink it now is because it helps with weight loss and clear skin. But other than that, I would never drink it, unless maybe I was at the gym! They have little flavor packets that you can put in water that have no calories, etc that will make the water taste better for your kids. I wold defininely invest in that, or maybe make it some sort of game... whoever drinks the most water for the day, week, whatever gets the prize. Sometimes you have to reward your kids until they are old enough to really know the consequences for not doing something that their body really needs!

I think the children don't like to drink water because of water tasteless, don't like soda. Some children like to drink sweet water, you can add some sweet in it but not much. It's necessary for children drink enough water, it will be healthy for their growing.

I do not think it is hard for me to drink water. Because I like drink water so much. I like water because it is so pure. I like water because it make me a so strong body. I like water because we human beings can not live without it.