If your baby dislikes water

Some babies may find water boring, but keep trying! Nutritionist Dr Rana Conway shares her tips to encourage your little one to drink water

1) Put the water in a cup rather than a bottle. If your baby’s used to having warm milk in a bottle, she might not like finding cold water in there instead.

2) Offer her water on a spoon or from an open cup to get her used to the lack of strong flavour.

3) Give her foods that have plenty of water in them, such as pears, melon, cucumber and tomatoes.

4) If your little one likes milk, then try adding a bit of water to her bottle of milk.

5) Keep trying. Don’t be tempted to give up and always offer fruit juice instead, as it’ll be very hard to switch to plain water later.