12month old not drinking much at all = poo troubles!

[mrsjuan]

Sorry for crude title And for the essay - wanted to try to get all info in.

For the last week DD has been refusing to have any more than one sip of water at a time (before she would happily glug down a good few ounces). This is both at home and at Nursery (who commented the other day)

She is eating fairly normally - perhaps a little more fussy but she does have phases like this.

Problem is that although I don't think she's getting dehydrated (no dry mouth or tears, skin looks fine etc.) she is now producing rather hard pellets of poo very frequently (every couple of hours during the day). They don't seem to cause her any pain and she usually just has a few grunts and then carries on as normal but it's obviously not great.

Here's what I have tried (all relaxed and acting as if I'm not bothered)

• normal tommee tipee cup - offered it to her at various intervals throughout the day
• doidy cup - in highchair
• my mug / glass - holding her on my hip or lap
• sports bottle
• dilute apple juice in all above containers
• milk (she doesn't really drink milk any more)
• orange squash (getting a bit desperate)
• lots of watery fruits - melon (she loves this), oranges etc.

All to no real avail - a sip or two and then she pushes it away / chucks it on the floor.

Apart from the health issues I am getting a little fed up of the constant nappy changes - particularly as she does her best tasmanian devil impression the minute I unpop her vest.

Aghhhhh. help!

Cheeky bump - any ideas?

humph.
you are all mean and don't care how many poo pellets I have to clean up

Would she eat lolly-ices?

When I was in hosp (age 8 following car accident) there was a little boy who wouldn't drink (he had other health probs too - don't want you thinking your DD will end up in hosp!). Anyway, my mum got chatting to his mum and suggested lolly-ices - they made homemade ones (more dilute) and it worked. Bit of a faff, but if it's just a phase, could be a way of getting more liquid into her?

or ice-lollies if that's what you call them... (ongoing 'disagreememt' with DH )

obv also depends on how old she is..

ice lollies are worth a try - thanks. She is just 12 months but has shared a juicy one with DH before.

Boo - you are an ice-lolly person. You can go sit in the corner with DH.

I demand you only try lolly-ices with your DD

Never heard of lolly ices - sorry!
What's your take on buns vs fairy cakes?!

Lolly-ices are the same 'thing' as ice-lollies, except ice-lolly is clearly the wrong way round to say it.

Ah-ha - buns/fairy cakes are clearly totally different baked goods, you'll not catch me out that easily!!

How about a bit of good quality non diluted apple juice to get her interested - you can then slowly dilute it bit by bit over time as you go on. By good quality I mean something like Copella which is pressed rather than from concentrate - this is something a nutritionist recommended me to help with my little boys constipation as it gets things moving as well as rehydrating.

Thanks- it is copella that I've been diluting so will give it a go 'neat'.
I think it's probably teething that has put her off her cup to start with so hopefully it will sort itself out soon.