Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Drinks in nursery

133 replies

Alicetherabbit · 02/10/2017 09:53

My dd has just turned 2 and moved to 2-3 year room last week, she's been coming home dehydrated, so I raised it today (amongst other issues) and was told that the children in that room get their own drinks.
Am I being unreasonable to think ajust turned two year old is too young to remember to drink water?
Also shouldn't I have been told this so I can help with transition at home?
Thanks

OP posts:
missarcher · 02/10/2017 14:29

If you have so many issues with this nursery why not just look for one that's a better fit

Original poster
Alicetherabbit · 02/10/2017 14:39

I have raised the other issues as a problem, they agree they are problems hopefully they will change and improve if not then dd will be moved. The water issue was the only one where the issue was explained with a reason, however I wanted to see if this is the norm and therefore if/when looking I'd find a better fit. Overall I'm happy with the nursery so why change because I am unhappy with her care the past week, that's going to be unsettling for her. I'd rather work to a satisfactory result with the existing nursery

OP posts:
coddiwomple · 02/10/2017 15:47

This child isn't doing that

So that's ok not to encourage her to drink regularly, is it?
Good grief, no wonder there are problems in this country with that attitude.

Wolfiefan · 02/10/2017 15:50

They have breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, tea and then most kids are taken home and given another drink and snack. That's 6 chances to ensure kids DO have a drink. Unless they are doing high impact sports or the weather is really hot that should be enough.
The OP says the child is dehydrated. That's not true. Unless there is missing information about concentrated urine etc. Child is thirsty on collection when parent presents them with a drink. They don't walk to their parents sobbing that they need a drink.
Huge non issue.

Original poster
Alicetherabbit · 02/10/2017 15:57

Wolfie I pointed out I had probably used dehydrated incorrectly and shouldve used thirsty, they don't have snack, she is there from 7am until 5.30 sometimes six. She is thirsty this week when hasn't been previously, my issue is she hasn't adjusted or been given time to adjust. And it's every night wanting a drink. What is wrong with wanting my child to be happy and comfortable at nursery?

OP posts:
kaytee87 · 02/10/2017 16:13

They don't have snacks Shock surely that's an issue? Small children need to eat very often

BeatriceBeaudelaire · 02/10/2017 17:51

I’m 22 and even I forget to drink water ...Hmm

ElizabethShaw · 02/10/2017 17:51

Are you sure they don't have snacks? That's very unusual for a childcare setting. Even infant classes at school usually have a snack.

DailyMailReadersAreThick · 02/10/2017 18:07

It's really not an issue for a child to drink 200ml of water in a few minutes. I know you lowered your claims from "dehydrated" to "extremely thirsty" but, seriously, 200ml is not extreme thirst.

brasty · 02/10/2017 18:23

Beatrice I forget to drink sometimes. So what? I drink when I remember. No harm done.

Wolfiefan · 02/10/2017 18:25

No snacks? I've never known a nursery where they don't offer food much more frequently than I do at home!

outofmymind26 · 02/10/2017 18:31

As a CM I had one mum who said her daughter was always thirsty at pick up. But she ate her dinner at 5.30 followed by a bottle of water & was picked up at 6 so I knew she had a drink recently. I just kept a note of how much she was drinking for parents piece of mind.

I've always left the little ones beakers & bottles where they can reach & help themselves. They get filled regularly it's only the really little ones who I prompt.

Zebrasinpyjamas · 02/10/2017 18:49

To those that doubt that a nursery wouldn't serve snacks -Our nursery doesn't. They only offer three meals unless there are unusual circumstances. They stopped snacks a few years ago and found children ate more of their meals but weren't adversely effected in between.

TabbyMumz · 02/10/2017 18:51

If she is thirsty, she will drink.

Jamhandprints · 02/10/2017 20:19

My son always got "thirsty" at nursery or the childminders, as in very dark urine, constipation and very dry poos. There was always "water available" but he didn't think to go and get a drink, he was too busy playing. But they won't change because Ofsted view it as a good thing if children can help themselves to drinks.

howdoyoudecide · 02/10/2017 21:30

My 2 1/2 year old has just started at nursery and they have to bring in their own water bottle and they have a small table to the side of the room and all of the water bottles are on there and available for kids to drink from whenever they need to. Is this what they meant by get their own drink?

QueenUnicorn · 02/10/2017 21:43

People really think it's OK not to drink all day? I get headaches if I go more than a few hours without a drink.

brasty · 02/10/2017 22:29

More than a few hours in the UK?? Really!! Lots of people have to work for longer than that without a drink.

It is normal to have a drink with food and in the morning.. Most people eat at least in the middle of the day.

SnorkellingCat · 02/10/2017 22:34

At my DDs nursery they have access to milk or water at all meal and snack times which they have in open topped cups (2-3yr room) and then there's a table with cups and a jug on it. I provide DD a bottle for if she wants a drink outside of mealtimes as I don't want to encourage her to walk round with an open top cup - staff have told me they only fill the bottle once a day and it's often half full when I pick her up in the evening but she's never so thirsty she's drinking a lot at home, she often goes to bed having had nothing to drink in the evening despite being offered. Are you sure it's the nursery that's the problem and not something medical? My DD is 2.3 and moved to the 2-3 room just before her 2nd birthday.

Original poster
Alicetherabbit · 03/10/2017 07:25

Hi snorkellingcat thanks for suggestion it maybe medical I considered this but, she drinks regularly at the weekends with me and also its only the past week which coincides with the change in room and routine that ive noticed this issue.
Nursery seem to be addressing issue an she didn't drink more than expected yesterday evening.

OP posts:
EvilDoctorBallerinaDuckKeidis · 03/10/2017 10:14

Does she drink without prompting at home? DD 10 would go for hours without a drink if I let her. I fill her water bottle once a day at weekends.

Original poster
Alicetherabbit · 03/10/2017 10:31

Mixture at home, I prompt her by offering fresh water through out day, she has gone to fridge or cupboard and brought a drink to me to be opened. But at home she knows where drinks are, the nursery is a new environment to her.

OP posts:
EvilDoctorBallerinaDuckKeidis · 03/10/2017 10:45

Could you ask them to prompt her on the hour? That's what I had to do at school with DD.

BertrandRussell · 03/10/2017 10:47

I wouldn't want my child to be disturbed every hour when playing to be given a drink.

EvilDoctorBallerinaDuckKeidis · 03/10/2017 11:05

No Bertrand, just say "are you thirsty?" I have to do it with my DD, or the guzzling water after 3pm and night wetting starts again.

Swipe left for the next trending thread