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A Toddler Who Won’t Drink Water

Water plays an important role in keeping your child hydrated. While other fluids, such as soda pops, fruit juices and milk, may help provide the necessary fluids, they may also supply additional ingredients, such as sugar, artificial colorings and fat. Encouraging your child to drink plain water can help to limit his intake of unnecessary ingredients and keep his body hydrated.

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How Much Water Should a Toddler Drink?

Just as you loosely track your toddler’s consumption of healthy fruits and vegetables, you should also make sure he drinks enough water. Water keeps your active toddler hydrated throughout his busy day, and it also delivers nutrients to different parts of his body, flushes impurities from his system and helps him sweat, which keeps him from getting overheated.

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Why Drinking Water Is More Important Than You Think

Moms have a big health challenge these days. Between the latest sugared beverages and the tempting bubbly sodas, its hard to convince your kids (and yourself!) to drink water. But the benefits of staying hydrated with pure, clean water are endless. Heres why you should make an effort to commit to a healthy lifestyle and drink water. If you lead by example, your family might just follow suit. Weve also included some great tips to make drinking water throughout the day easy!

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How Much Water Should Kids Drink?

Water makes up more than half of the human body. Since people constantly lose water from urination, sweat and other bodily functions, you need a constant supply to stay healthy. While the National Institute of Medicine have daily water recommendations for adult men and women, they do not offer any for children. Teach your child to drink whenever he feels thirsty and he should get plenty of water each day.