I don't think my DS drinks anywhere 1L a day... I always have a sippy cup with water around and encourage him to have a sip when I think it's been awhile without one and he also helps himself sometimes too. But I usually only refill once a day... I do give him water in a cup with meals though, which has a bit of a novelty value and increases the amount of fluid he takes in...
Some people just have smelly urine (my DH especially, it stinks and he drinks heaps of water). I think all you can do is encourage him to drink as much as you can, but ultimately it's out of your control, they'll drink what they drink.
But a couple ideas to make it a little more interesting would be:
• get him one of those cool twisty/twirly straws to use
• put a drop of food colouring in his water - let him choose the colour and then he only gets a different colour when it's all gone
• ice cubes in the water for the novelty - you could even try putting food colour in these instead of the water.
Hey was just thinking about your post Have just bought my DS some part straws from crazy clarks they are all swirly and loop the loop types staws he has been drinking like a crazy person ever since I bought them worth a try?
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