My 5 years old som drank 400ml water at one go

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My child drank that at once from his straw cup when he was at school and in one go. I am panicking at water intoxication. Should I be worried and when do I offer water next. He usually drink 1l a day 😭🥲

Explain to him you were mistaken OP, he needs to be comfortably drinking he’s thirsty! Especially if he struggles with constipation.

OP, kindly, you are completely overreacting. Water intoxication is not something that is going to happen from a thirsty 5 year old drinking his whole water bottle at snack time. You would have to ingest a lot more water for this to be a problem.

If he's had chronic constipation be glad he's drinking lots of water surely?!

What do you mean by offering water? If he asks for water give it to him, don't withhold it.

A baby bottle holds approx 280ml, if a 3 month old baby can manage nearly 300mls of milk in one go i am sure a 5 year old can cope with the extra 120ml.

Do try not to pass on your anxieties to your son. I know it must be hard but he should be able to drink freely without worry!

This is even more important given his previous medical condition.

No I completely agree with all of you. I deserve to be roasted. Thank you all. I needed this. I’ll fix the situation ❤️

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If your concerned and limiting his water then he probably drank that much because he's dehydrated!

As so many others have pointed out - it's just a large cup. Not a full water bottle followed by another!

Oh and when ds was on movicol it made him thirstier. Think it's because it holds the water in the bowel and his body then needed more elsewhere!

It happens. I’ve worked really hard to undo the health anxiety passed down from my DM, but I still convince myself my children have concussions pretty regularly. 😆

Only drinking one litre a day isn’t going to help his constipation. Encouraging drinking is a good thing.

Does the doctor who is treating your son's chronic constipation know that you limit his fluid intake?

If your child is on Movicol, then they absolutely must drink loads of water, please do not limit your child's intake. You'd have to drink litres of water to get water intoxication, like extreme amounts! It's very rare.

He'll be fine, OP.
Definitely not "water intoxicated".
Some small kids can be very thirsty and it doesn't mean it's anything wrong.
Just make sure he's got access to as much to drink as he wants!
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Think 1l is only just meeting his fluids, how heavy is he?

No I don’t limit his water intake at all but I don’t like if he drinks large quantity over one setting so doesnt cause ill effect!
if he want to drink over 1l I always let him. He sometimes go up to 1.5l or 2l in summer and I support him. And when I realised he drank less than 1l, I push him to drink.
i think all of you are misjudged me. My concern was if 400ml in one go can cause damage. My conversation with him was to try to divide it into two setting when you drink it.

He is 22kg

If he is severely constipated then he's not drinking enough water! Water will help with the toilet issues.

I was a child of the 70s, and I think they used to put huge amounts of salt in the mandatory school dinners (the mash was about 50 per cent salt… And bleeurghh the battered spam….) so I would be gasping for water when my mum used to pick me up (and I even used to hassle her to bring me a beaker of water for home time)…!

So he should be drinking more like 1.5 litres in an average day?

I couldn't tell you what ml my kids drink? Why are you monitoring it? He'll drink when he's thirsty as long as he has access to water.

My son has always drank like a fish, chugs pint glasses constantly. Had him checked for diabetes because of it, but he's fine....just loves to drink!

This boringly average Ikea cup holds 200ml (when filled to kiddy level).
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/kalas-mug-mixed-colours-00461379/

Why are you panicking about him drinking two cups of water? He should be drinking about six a day.

He'd need to drink about 2L straight down to cause any concerns.

You really need to rectify this, he's not drinking enough and now you have told him it's dangerous to drink a bottle of water at snack time.