Little Boo has never been much of a drinker - milk, water, juice, anything (although he has a new love for soda which he was exposed to on our summer vacation, sigh). I reluctantly open his lunch box every day after school and discover he, yet again, has not had much water to drink.
I'm trying something new with him, something I picked up from an article in Kiwi magazine. I can't find a link to it so you'll have to live with my paraphrasing. The feeling of thirst means you're already dehydrated, and one of the first signs of dehydration is fatigue. I don't know about you, but when I'm feeling sluggish, I'm not ready to learn new stuff and I have a hard time paying attention.
Of course I've been asking and reminding him to drink water since I weaned him, but now I don't see him 5 days a week for 8 hours at a stretch and there is likely no one at school reminding him to guzzle a few sips here and there. So to remind him I drew a picture on his napkin and tucked it into his lunch box. I'm not the best artist, but I think he got the message! Drink water, your brain is thirsty! Make your brain happy.
It's been two days of the picture message, and he's still coming home with plenty of water in his cup, so this is not a home-run....yet. I will keep trying to get that little camel to drink his water.
As part of the Healthy Lifestyles Events I am planning for the Boo's Elementary School, I will be sharing Grow Your Brain foods with parents and kids through various activities and mediums. From time to time I'll be popping onto the blog here to share the same with Kid Appeal readers. Hope you enjoy the Grow Your Brain series! I still haven't been able to blog as much as I'd like. I'm working on my first ever grant application to fund Healthy Lifestyles events on our campus. Deadline is in 10 days egads!
What do you find left in the lunch box at the end of the day?
We mainly only drink water at our house but I still have to remind my daughter to drink water when she's at preschool. Some days she comes home and is SO thirsty. I'm not sure why the teachers don't push it during lunch time. It's too hot to not drink water!
ReplyDeleteAt preschool the teacher kid ratio was much higher and I think the teachers were on top of water for the kids. At the Elementary, there are so many kids and not many adults in the cafeteria it's hard for the staff that is available to be effective with all the kids. Although with my little guy even the reminders of teachers would fall on deaf ears!
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