• Home
  • Fair Use Disclaimer
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Social Media Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Medical Disclaimer
  • FTC Compliance
  • Earnings Disclaimer
  • DMCA Compliance
  • Copyright Notice
  • Anti-Spam Policy
ParentingHere.com
  • Home
  • Shop
    • Baby Bouncers
    • Baby Car Seats
    • Baby Clothes
    • Baby Jumpers
    • Baby Toys
    • Baby Walkers
    • Boys Clothing
    • Child Booster Car Seats
    • Child Carriers
    • Childrens Toys
    • Craft Supplies
    • Cribs
    • Funny Parenting T Shirts
    • Girls Clothing
    • Parenting Books
    • Strollers
  • PARENTING TIPS

    Parents, cancel your back-to-school celebration this Friday night

    Pregnancy and Drug Use: Things to avoid

    3 tips on childbirth recovery from a postpartum doula

    How are most moms STILL the default parent in 2022?!

    Why sending your kid to school can be bittersweet for Indigenous moms

    Navigating the world of antibiotics during breastfeeding

    How to stay hygienic easily in and out of the home – Newborn Baby

    Solly Baby and Expectful Partner to Bring Mothers the Care They Deserve

    Putting banana peels in cookies could make snack time healthier?

  • PREGNANCY

    When You’re Done Having Kids . . . and Sad

    22 Ways to Teach Your Children Patience

    The Most Dangerous Hazard That’s in All of Our Homes

    You Know You’re Going Into Labor When . . .

    The Best Pregnancy Subscription Boxes

    12 Things NOT to Do After Giving Birth

    NEW Product: Baby Brezza Formula Pro MINI Review

    Compliments to Start the School Day That Don’t Include Looks

    15 Things I Stopped Doing After My First Baby

  • BABY CARE

    UNBOXING The New UPPAbaby VISTA V2 in Anthony — The Baby Cubby

    10 Easy Ideas to Entertain Your Toddler — The Baby Cubby

    UNBOXING The New UPPAbaby MESA V2 — The Baby Cubby

    9 Ideas to Help Your Child Sleep — The Baby Cubby

    Which Nuna Pipa is Right for Me? — The Baby Cubby

    Tips for Surviving Teething Time — The Baby Cubby

    How Your Partner Can Support You During Childbirth and After — The Baby Cubby

    2022 Labor Day Sales — The Baby Cubby

    Welcoming New Fall Babies with Dadada, Little Unicorn an — The Baby Cubby

  • TODDLERS

    Symptoms, treatment and risks parents should know

    Your child’s snoring could be a sign of sleep apnea

    9 fun ABC games for kids who love playing with letters

    What you need to know about buying your kid’s first phone

    Why eye exams should be part of your back-to-school checklist

    15 best water bottles for kids to bring to school in 2022

    How to prepare girls for the tech revolution

    5 things parents shouldn’t do

    Helping them keep track of stuff

  • TEENS

    What are the Benefits of Equine Therapy

    The First College Move-in Is Only the First of Many

    75 Hilarious Tweets About Raising Teenagers That Are So Relatable

    How to Set a Curfew For Your Teen

    You and Your College Student Will Find Your Own Way to Separate

    My Son Left For College; I Didn’t Expect To Feel This Way

    I’m a Year Out From College Drop Off, I Know You Will Be Fine

    When Your Teen Messes Up Royally: 6 Things to Remember

    How to Handle The Teen Water Bottle Obsession Epidemic

  • HEALTH CARE

    Cancer risk higher among children born after frozen-thawed embryo transfer

    New web app links children’s daily activities with health

    Duke receives $12 million federal grant to develop artificial intelligence tools for detecting autism

    Umbilical cord milking may be safe, more effective for non-vigorous term and near- term infants

    Noninvasive respiratory support may not benefit nano-preterm infants, study suggests

    Study improves understanding of net worth poverty and child development

    Number of babies born with cytomegalovirus decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Air pollution exposure during infancy impacts a child’s gut bacteria, may increase disease risk

    A mother’s diet during pregnancy is linked to her child’s food preferences

  • ACTIVITIES & CRAFTS

    Top 10 Tennis Classes in NYC for Kids: Indoor and Outdoor Tennis Lessons and Programs | MommyPoppins

    30+ Very Hungry Caterpillar Crafts and Activities for Kids

    K-4th Grade Fun & Free Printable Halloween Math Worksheets

    14 Great Letter G Crafts & Activities

    Temple-Emanu-El’s New Manhattan Location Offers Parenting and Play Groups for Downtown Families | MommyPoppins

    Not-So-Spooky DIY Halloween Night Light Kids Can Make

    How To See the Great Jack-o’-Lantern Blaze in 2022 | MommyPoppins

    12 Fantastic Letter F Crafts & Activities

    Target’s Car Seat Trade-in Returns: Get the 2022 Details | MommyPoppins

  • Contact
  • About
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Shop
    • Baby Bouncers
    • Baby Car Seats
    • Baby Clothes
    • Baby Jumpers
    • Baby Toys
    • Baby Walkers
    • Boys Clothing
    • Child Booster Car Seats
    • Child Carriers
    • Childrens Toys
    • Craft Supplies
    • Cribs
    • Funny Parenting T Shirts
    • Girls Clothing
    • Parenting Books
    • Strollers
  • PARENTING TIPS

    Parents, cancel your back-to-school celebration this Friday night

    Pregnancy and Drug Use: Things to avoid

    3 tips on childbirth recovery from a postpartum doula

    How are most moms STILL the default parent in 2022?!

    Why sending your kid to school can be bittersweet for Indigenous moms

    Navigating the world of antibiotics during breastfeeding

    How to stay hygienic easily in and out of the home – Newborn Baby

    Solly Baby and Expectful Partner to Bring Mothers the Care They Deserve

    Putting banana peels in cookies could make snack time healthier?

  • PREGNANCY

    When You’re Done Having Kids . . . and Sad

    22 Ways to Teach Your Children Patience

    The Most Dangerous Hazard That’s in All of Our Homes

    You Know You’re Going Into Labor When . . .

    The Best Pregnancy Subscription Boxes

    12 Things NOT to Do After Giving Birth

    NEW Product: Baby Brezza Formula Pro MINI Review

    Compliments to Start the School Day That Don’t Include Looks

    15 Things I Stopped Doing After My First Baby

  • BABY CARE

    UNBOXING The New UPPAbaby VISTA V2 in Anthony — The Baby Cubby

    10 Easy Ideas to Entertain Your Toddler — The Baby Cubby

    UNBOXING The New UPPAbaby MESA V2 — The Baby Cubby

    9 Ideas to Help Your Child Sleep — The Baby Cubby

    Which Nuna Pipa is Right for Me? — The Baby Cubby

    Tips for Surviving Teething Time — The Baby Cubby

    How Your Partner Can Support You During Childbirth and After — The Baby Cubby

    2022 Labor Day Sales — The Baby Cubby

    Welcoming New Fall Babies with Dadada, Little Unicorn an — The Baby Cubby

  • TODDLERS

    Symptoms, treatment and risks parents should know

    Your child’s snoring could be a sign of sleep apnea

    9 fun ABC games for kids who love playing with letters

    What you need to know about buying your kid’s first phone

    Why eye exams should be part of your back-to-school checklist

    15 best water bottles for kids to bring to school in 2022

    How to prepare girls for the tech revolution

    5 things parents shouldn’t do

    Helping them keep track of stuff

  • TEENS

    What are the Benefits of Equine Therapy

    The First College Move-in Is Only the First of Many

    75 Hilarious Tweets About Raising Teenagers That Are So Relatable

    How to Set a Curfew For Your Teen

    You and Your College Student Will Find Your Own Way to Separate

    My Son Left For College; I Didn’t Expect To Feel This Way

    I’m a Year Out From College Drop Off, I Know You Will Be Fine

    When Your Teen Messes Up Royally: 6 Things to Remember

    How to Handle The Teen Water Bottle Obsession Epidemic

  • HEALTH CARE

    Cancer risk higher among children born after frozen-thawed embryo transfer

    New web app links children’s daily activities with health

    Duke receives $12 million federal grant to develop artificial intelligence tools for detecting autism

    Umbilical cord milking may be safe, more effective for non-vigorous term and near- term infants

    Noninvasive respiratory support may not benefit nano-preterm infants, study suggests

    Study improves understanding of net worth poverty and child development

    Number of babies born with cytomegalovirus decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Air pollution exposure during infancy impacts a child’s gut bacteria, may increase disease risk

    A mother’s diet during pregnancy is linked to her child’s food preferences

  • ACTIVITIES & CRAFTS

    Top 10 Tennis Classes in NYC for Kids: Indoor and Outdoor Tennis Lessons and Programs | MommyPoppins

    30+ Very Hungry Caterpillar Crafts and Activities for Kids

    K-4th Grade Fun & Free Printable Halloween Math Worksheets

    14 Great Letter G Crafts & Activities

    Temple-Emanu-El’s New Manhattan Location Offers Parenting and Play Groups for Downtown Families | MommyPoppins

    Not-So-Spooky DIY Halloween Night Light Kids Can Make

    How To See the Great Jack-o’-Lantern Blaze in 2022 | MommyPoppins

    12 Fantastic Letter F Crafts & Activities

    Target’s Car Seat Trade-in Returns: Get the 2022 Details | MommyPoppins

  • Contact
  • About
No Result
View All Result
ParentingHere.com
No Result
View All Result
Home TEENS

How to Handle The Teen Water Bottle Obsession Epidemic

by admin
September 6, 2022
in TEENS



By Cheryl Maguire

I can honestly say I don’t ever remember drinking a glass of water when I was growing up in the 1800s (at least that’s when my teens think I grew up). And I definitely never owned a water bottle. I’m sure I must have had water at some point, but it’s not ringing any bells. Of course, anyone who grew up in the 1800s is not going to remember lots of things, but I do remember drinking juice, milk, and soda, so I did get some form of hydration.

My three teenage kids are an entirely different story. If they go five minutes without a sip of water, they start panting like dogs, tongues extended and everything. Witnessing their overly dramatic reaction, you would think they had been stranded in the desert without water for three days.

Don’t even get me started on their water bottles, which is their main mode of hydrating themselves. That is plural because all three of them own about 500 different water bottles each.  And my kids aren’t the only ones toting around a water bottle wherever they go. All you have to do is look at any school lost and found pile and see a mountain of orphaned water bottles to know that we are all in this together.

The real issue for me is the attachment to the bottle. They are so attached to their bottle that they have seriously asked me to bring it to school on the rare occasion they forget it. It’s sort of like their phone or another appendage that seldom leaves their general vicinity. And just like with their phone, they start hyperventilating when they are separated from it for even a second.

How to wean your teen from their bottle (again)

I know it may seem like a long time ago, but do you remember weaning your baby from the bottle? It was a bit of a nightmare for us because my kids loved their bottle, or their “baba” as we lovingly referred to it. They never used a pacifier, probably because they attached to their baba instead. Well, I harkened back to those baby days to wean my teens from the water bottle, which I also refer to as their baba. Don’t get me wrong. I think it’s great that they love to drink water, but I think it’s more about needing the bottle that is an issue. So here’s my plan—feel free to use it, too.

Step 1: Introduce a real drinking glass

First, get your teen used to the idea of using an actual drinking glass instead of a bottle. Most teens are not able to break from the bottle without any type of transition period. So introduce the glass by placing it on the table next to them. It’s okay if it’s empty—just allow them to see that there is another option. When they give you the same confused expression as when you revealed you didn’t have internet as a kid, it’s okay. Just identify the object as a glass that has an option of being filled with water. You can leave it at that—you don’t want to overwhelm them.

Step 2: Offer a full glass of water

The next step is to place a full glass of water next to their water bottle. The idea is to help them associate seeing the water through the glass with drinking the water. If necessary, you can put a straw in the glass to aid with the transition from water bottle to glass. It’s okay if they don’t drink from it yet. But if they do, that’s great, too!

Step 3: Hide the water bottles

I know what you are thinking—“Whoa, hold on a second, that’s a bit drastic!”  But let’s face it. Carrying around a water bottle all day like another appendage is a practice that must be dealt with dramatically. After they have finished searching the house for the water bottle and start panting from lack of hydration, offer the full glass of refreshing water. It’s normal if they resist, but eventually, they will drink from that glass, I guarantee it.

I hope it goes as well for you as it did for me. Actually, I should clarify that: I hope it goes as well as can be expected for three teens weaning from their water bottle. Cheers!



Original Source Link

Previous Post

Target’s Car Seat Trade-in Returns: Get the 2022 Details | MommyPoppins

Next Post

The Best Pregnancy Subscription Boxes

Related Posts

TEENS

What are the Benefits of Equine Therapy

September 8, 2022
TEENS

The First College Move-in Is Only the First of Many

September 8, 2022
TEENS

75 Hilarious Tweets About Raising Teenagers That Are So Relatable

September 8, 2022
TEENS

How to Set a Curfew For Your Teen

September 7, 2022
TEENS

You and Your College Student Will Find Your Own Way to Separate

September 7, 2022
TEENS

My Son Left For College; I Didn’t Expect To Feel This Way

September 7, 2022
Next Post

The Best Pregnancy Subscription Boxes

Putting banana peels in cookies could make snack time healthier?

Air pollution exposure during infancy impacts a child's gut bacteria, may increase disease risk

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recommended

How To See the Great Jack-o’-Lantern Blaze in 2022 | MommyPoppins

2 days ago

Learn About Cesarean Birth with Less Anxiety

4 days ago

Best Dance Classes in NYC for Kids | MommyPoppins

3 days ago

45 Fun & Easy Suncatcher Crafts For Kids Kids Activities Blog

5 days ago

Noninvasive respiratory support may not benefit nano-preterm infants, study suggests

1 day ago

You Know You’re Going Into Labor When . . .

1 day ago

When Your Teen Messes Up Royally: 6 Things to Remember

2 days ago

Categories

  • ACTIVITIES & CRAFTS (504)
  • BABY CARE (197)
  • HEALTH CARE (380)
  • PARENTING TIPS (420)
  • PREGNANCY (222)
  • TEENS (348)
  • TODDLERS (48)

Popular Posts

Children with intellectual disability of genetic origin are extremely likely to develop other neuropsychiatric conditions

1 month ago

How to Handle Angry Toddlers

2 weeks ago

45 Creative Straw Crafts | Kids Activities Blog

4 weeks ago

A mother’s diet during pregnancy is linked to her child’s food preferences

2 days ago

60+ Free Things To Do in Philly this Summer with Kids | MommyPoppins

3 months ago

Pregnancy Calendar – Week 30

2 months ago

Acute COVID-19 and vaccination induce cross-reactive antibody responses in breast milk

2 months ago

Archives

  • September 2022 (113)
  • August 2022 (456)
  • July 2022 (488)
  • June 2022 (478)
  • May 2022 (415)
  • April 2022 (53)
  • March 2022 (92)
  • February 2022 (24)

Reader's Choices

Tight control of blood sugar in teens may help reduce diabetes-related brain damage

by admin
August 31, 2022

...

Visiting Fenway Park with Kids: Touring the Home of the Boston Red Sox | MommyPoppins

by admin
August 19, 2022

...

CDC recommends Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine to be used as primary series option for adolescents

by admin
September 2, 2022

...

19 Dos and Don’ts of Visiting a Teen in College

by admin
August 13, 2022

...

Editor's Picks

9 Powerhouse Vitamins Your Teen Needs to Stay Healthy and Energized

by admin
September 4, 2022

...

Air pollution exposure during infancy impacts a child’s gut bacteria, may increase disease risk

by admin
September 6, 2022

...

I’m a Year Out From College Drop Off, I Know You Will Be Fine

by admin
September 7, 2022

...

New web app links children’s daily activities with health

by admin
September 8, 2022

...

Popular Posts

Visiting Fenway Park with Kids: Touring the Home of the Boston Red Sox | MommyPoppins

by admin
August 19, 2022

...

New web app links children’s daily activities with health

by admin
September 8, 2022

...

Fold a Cute Origami Shark Bookmark

by admin
August 11, 2022

...

River Tubing and White Water Rafting near NYC: 7 Spots for a Wet-and-Wild Ride | MommyPoppins

by admin
August 8, 2022

...

Copyright © 2022 - ParentingHere - All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Shop
    • Baby Bouncers
    • Baby Car Seats
    • Baby Clothes
    • Baby Jumpers
    • Baby Toys
    • Baby Walkers
    • Boys Clothing
    • Child Booster Car Seats
    • Child Carriers
    • Childrens Toys
    • Craft Supplies
    • Cribs
    • Funny Parenting T Shirts
    • Girls Clothing
    • Parenting Books
    • Strollers
  • PARENTING TIPS
  • PREGNANCY
  • BABY CARE
  • TODDLERS
  • TEENS
  • HEALTH CARE
  • ACTIVITIES & CRAFTS
  • Contact
  • About

Copyright © 2022 - ParentingHere - All rights reserved.

We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept All”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent.
Cookie SettingsAccept All
Manage consent

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
CookieDurationDescription
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional11 monthsThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy11 monthsThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
Others
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
SAVE & ACCEPT