DS is 3 and has ASD and speech delay. He is perfectly capable of making his needs known at home, but is still settling into his new nursery and hasn't spoken that much, yet!
On Weds it was warm and I noticed he was quite floppy and hot when I collected him. He asked for a drink the second we got into the car and polished off a whole beaker of water.
Yesterday it was hot and I asked his key worker to keep an eye on his fluid intake. She replied, quite defensively, that water was freely available. Nevertheless he was very floppy and subdued when I collected him, when we got home he sat very quietly on the sofa and I noticed he felt almost feverish to touch, I made sure he had plenty of water. In the night he was even hotter, so I gave him more water and a dose of ibuprofen, which did the trick.
Today he's fine but he's had five cups of water already since waking up. So I'm almost certain he had mild heatstroke. I can't see him helping himself to water from the jug at nursery, it's not something he's ever done before. And he wouldn't think to ask for water if he was busy and dashing around.
AIBU to ask again for them to ensure he has a drink on hot days? I'm going to take him to the supermarket and let him choose a water bottle today, so I was thinking I could send that in with him.