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Great list!!
My daughter won’t do the jello thing either for some reason.

Freezies seem to work well for my kids. Thanks for the list - I will remember some of these incase some day the freezies don’t work.

These also work for sick mommies bearing children while throwing up!

thanks for sharing. u give very helpful advice!

I hate to be the one to break this to you, but sugar is not a good idea when battling dehydration. I seem to dehydrate easily; I wind up with a dehydration headache at least once a week. (Another tip I learned: if you have a headache, drink. Many times, that will clear up the headache.)

I was talking about all this with my son, who was a Marine for eight years, and he told me that they were instructed to avoid any sugar when dehydration might be a problem. It seems sugar actually draws moisture from your body; although soda may replace some liquid, it is taking more out of you at the same time. I’ve tested this for myself, and found, to my dismay, that it works. There goes my favourite dehydration cure - no more root beer!