My 2 year old dd has always liked to have a bottle of water in her cot for naps & at night, we'd hear her drinking it in the night or early morning & it was always all gone in the morning so I figured she needed it. But all of a sudden she is saying she doesn't want it anymore & throwing it out of her cot if I do put it in!
The thing is I'm worried about her getting dehydrated in the night, especially in hot weather over the summer. I know how thirsty I sometimes wake up in the night & the first thing I do in the morning is reach for a glass of water, or is that just me?! She gets quite hot & sweaty in bed on hot days as her room is a south facing box room & she insists on having a fleece blanket over her as well as her grobag, even in warm weather.
Where she's still in a cot, it's not like I can just leave a bottle or sippy cup of water on a bed side table (which is what I'll do once she is in a bed). I tried popping the bottle on the top edge at the end of her cot, instead of in it, but she threw that on the floor too. She has taken a real dislike to this for some reason & got quite angry with me lol!
Would you worry about your toddler not having access to a drink of water in the night?? She drinks well during the day & has water with her tea & then an 8oz bottle of milk at bed time, she then sleeps 12-13 hours overnight. Am I worrying needlessly or do you think she does still need some water there at night??