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[Amithenormalone]

Took a drink of juice into nursery for ds2.
The reason being that ds2 has SN he can't have milk as he's lactose intolerant and refuses to drink water. He's been there 9 weeks now he's 3. It's got a stage where he will not drink water at all and I was told today that they have been putting a cilup of water to his mouth making sure some goes in and he's spitting it out. Which I think is ridiculous imo that accounts to trying to force feed him which isn't helping the matter. Now if he wasn't getting thirsty I wouldn't see it as an issue but this week he's been trying to drink from dirty puddles on the way home from nursery ( obviously I don't let him and also I also don't get why he's willing to drink from puddles but not tap water as I say he's sn). Nursery will not let him have anything other than water so I want to know if it would be really wrong to take him some juice in and insist he is allowed to drink. And I do understand that they aren't supposed to have juice in nursery because of healthy eating but I need to solve this somemail how I can't have him trying to drink from puddles.

Surely that isn't meeting his needs? Drinking juice is better than him going without anything. The nursery my DS attends suggests parents to send their children with bottles of water rather than juice, but it is just a suggestion as they are also promote the healthy eating stuff

Yanbu, if he is thirsty enough to try to drink from puddles but won't drink s glass of water then nothing is going to change his mind anytime soon.

It's far better for him to have juice than to not drink anything, especially if it's an all day session.

Will he have watered down juice? Or a lacto-free milk? Might be worth trying at home, but in the meantime send him to nursery with something you know he'll drink.

It's a reasonable adjustment so yanbu.

I would also have a juice with you at pick up time to save the puddle problem!

We send in cups with our own drinks in if this runs out they refill with water they give milk in cartons and water in cups at lunch time they have gold healthy school status

Your nursery is overdoing it

would he drink still flavoured water, at least it would look like water. (in case other parents complain}
it tastes better than plain water

Definitely send him with juice. Presumably they are well aware that he has SN so they need to make allowances and arrangements. Keeping it well labelled and generally out of reach apart from under supervision, so other kids can't get to it would surely be a reasonable suggestion to them.

Ridiculous they'd rather he gets dehydrated than have juice.

Can u not just get him to have a drink of water before you leave nursery, sounds like more of a battle of wills tbh. If it's there he'll drink when he's thirsty. Failing that just bring juice with you when you get there. I'm guessing it's just the 3 hours? He'll be abs fine without a drink for 3 hours. It's something he will have to get used to for school too, most schools have a similar policy.

Have tried giving lacto free milk he won't drink it is do give him watered down juice at home.
I have sent him with juice before, I kept doing it for 2 weeks and they refused to even take it out of the his bag. I am going to insist that he's allowed ito and take it to senco if the keep refusing.
Never thought of taking a drink with me to pick up with do that in future thank you for all your input.

Yanbu, dehydration is worse than him having a bit of fruitjuice. If it's that bad just dilute the juice.

He will not drink water no matter how thirsty he is.
It is for 3 hours but he drinks alot.
With his sn it's difficult to gauge why he's preferring puddle water over tap water ( also won't drink flavoured water) as he has very little communication so I just have to try figure it out best I can.
Nursery are well aware he has SN.

Can you put flavoured water in a coloured bottle as he could be refusing flavoured water because it looks like water?

He has a coloured sports style bottle. I have tried everything with him. He's always refused water. We resorted to weak juice when he weaning after 3 days of refusing water and starting to have less and less wet nappies.

Yanbu. It's up to you what he drinks, not nursery. Some kids WILL let themselves get dehydrated instead of drinking water and avoiding that is more important than stupid nursery rules.

Yanbu. It's up to you what he drinks, not nursery. Some kids WILL let themselves get dehydrated instead of drinking water and avoiding that is more important than stupid nursery rules.