[blparent] 15 Month old loves the dog's water bowl

Wed Aug 7 15:46:42 UTC 2013

That is a really good idea, her own water to play in, her own cup to drink
from, everyone has their own.

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 4:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] 15 Month old loves the dog's water bowl

Hello,

I had a timer for my dog's scheduled watering times for when my little guy
was younger and going through that phase so the bowl wasn't left down.  This
also helps prevent accidental drowning's which is unlikely but it just takes
once.  When we felt like our son was over the dog bowl obsessions we started
doing free water again and didn't give him any attention for the behavior if
he did go up to the bowl, but instead we just got him away from the bowl and
distracted on something else.  A lot of times the munchkins are looking for
attention and they don't care if it's negative or not so you might try this
tactic.  Additionally, have you tried getting a water table for tots so your
daughter does have a fun water station?  You can also make this yourself
with a big bucket and toys.  This might be just what she needs so she can
get her water fix out and learn that the bowl's for the dog and she has her
special water play time.

Best to you.

Erin
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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica
Smith
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 9:48 AM
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I just put ours outdoors

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of peggy
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 6:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] 15 Month old loves the dog's water bowl

Try velcro or a bigger bowl she can't lift and good luck, I tried everything
with my son who started playing in the dog's water bowl at about a year and
still continues to play in the water bowl and he's now 3 ... the other day
he said his cars were at the beech and they were swimming in the ocean ... 
lol

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From: Jennifer Bose
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 10:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] 15 Month old loves the dog's water bowl

On 8/3/13, Sameer Doshi <sameer.doshi at gmail.com> wrote:
> My 15 month old daughter loves the dog's watering bowl.  If she gets 
> bored she will RUN to the bowl, splash her tiny little hands in it, or 
> pick up one end of it causing water to go everywhere.
> My poor little pooch needs her water out, but I'm not sure how to get my
> daughter to stop spilling the water.   My wife and I've tried stern "No!",
> tried making sounds, clappin gour hands etc when she gets close to the 
> bowl, but nothing seems to deter her.
> It's also a problem because I can't put the bowl in a place that is 
> dog-accessible and not baby-accessible.
>
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That's interesting! My 15-month-old daughter would also love to splash in
any kind of water if we'd only let her, including the dog's water bowl and
the toilet. Something about splashing is irresistible to her.
So we're contending with the same problem and there are two solutions we've
found: (1) get her hands out of the dog bowl or the toilet as quickly as
possible and take her to wash her hands, letting her splash the water in the
sink; or (2) since it's summertime over here and warm enough, find something
else that's safe to splash in, such as a plastic bucket of water that she
can play with outside--supervised, of course. I let her splash in the tub
too, when she takes a bath. I hope these children will figure out somehow
where they can splash and where they can't. Another solution is to just
redirect her to some entirely different toy or game.

Jen

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