How to accustom the child to drink from a mug

How to accustom the child to drink from a mug

Each parent met difficulty of feeding of the child! Oh, and difficult this occupation. However it is not so simple to give to drink the kid too. Special difficulties arise during transition from drink from a small bottle to drink from a mug.

It is required to you

  • beautiful mug

Instruction

1. The fact that the children's mug has to be safe and unbreakable is not discussed. Fortunately, at the time of today's rich range on counters of shops of difficulties with the choice and that purchase should not arise.

2. But here, the mug for the child is bought, the best and beautiful. Remained absolutely a little: to accustom the child to drink from it. Give to the child in hands an empty mug. Only not just put it to the kid in hands. Let he will take a mug for the handle. At first the child with it will a little play. For him it is a new subject, and he has to get acquainted, study with it it.

3. After the first interest in a mug ceased, but the subject did not bore the kid yet, take other mug. Pour in it liquid, water or juice, and drink before the child's eyes. Let he will understand for what the mug is necessary. If he stretches to your mug, let's it try to take from it a sip.

4. Pour in the child's mug a little water or juice. Give it to it in hands and together with it try to bring to a mouth of the kid. Try to give to drink accurately the child from a mug, holding it together with him. This maneuver can repeatedly be repeated later.

5. Even does not matter, the child will drink or will refuse. And, can be will take only couple of sips. The main thing, at such approach he will remember the sequence of necessary actions to get drunk from a mug. And, so later it already will be able to take it with liquid and to drink.

6. Try not to offer whenever possible the child an alternative in the form of a small bottle with a pacifier. Otherwise the child will choose this easier way, and will refuse a mug. Thus, it will turn out to accustom the child to drink from a mug soon, and he will simply forget about a small bottle.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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