to think the 'baby WILL drink water' brigade are <ahem> incorrect *edited by MNHQ*

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I keep reading a lot of threads where people post about babies being given squash/juice (as they won't drink water), and insist that baby WILL drink water if not given anything else...

Well, can I personally call bullshit on that one...?!

DS (10 months) has never been given anything to drink other than milk or water. However - he is a water refuser. His poo this morning was little hard pellets, constipated through not drinking enough in this hot weather. And it's not even summer proper yet. So what do I do when it gets actually, really, hot? Keep offering him nothing other than water, and watch him dehydrate as he keeps refusing it - or try him with something else?

For the record, I don't advocate given kids excess sugar/salt etc - DS isn't even given fromage frais and has plain natural yoghurt instead, but I think this one is bloody nutty. Dehydrate your kid rather than give them squash??!

AIBU?

If it didn't exist they wouldn't have it. Simply don't have any of it in the house

...and my daughter would be dead.

Getting FLUID into children is important. The type of fluid is irrelevant. I'd rather a daughter with a bad habit than a coffin, thanks.

My DD is a milk and water refuser. When she was a toddler I gave her watered down pure orange or apple juice. Now at school, I give her flavoured water - otherwise she'd dehydrate. She has mild ASD and can be very stubborn. I do what I think works for us.