Will a toddler allow themselves to become seriously dehydrated?

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I'm worried about my dd. She's 24 months and has no health concerns. However, she hardly drinks anything and I'm worried that she could become seriously dehydrated.
She constantly has access to drinks and I spend most of the day trying to encourage her to drink, but she just doesn't. Today she has drank less than an ounce of water all day. She has a cup of milk in the morning and drinks anything from 2-8oz ish, but the last week or so she's only been having a tiny amount, probably 2oz max. At night she has a sippy cup of milk and she will literally have a couple of sips and that's it. If I had to guess I'd say she's had no more than 3oz of liquid today.
She does eat a good amount of fruit, but I'm really worried that she's going to get ill, especially in this heat. Her nappies today were very dry, and overnight as well.
Should I be worried and how can I force encourage her to drink more?

Water packed food ie veg, ice lollies, fruit. Lots of liquid in food. Soups, milky puddings etc.

Maybe offering drinks less often might work? Do you think she can sense your worry? You could decide to mention drinks only at certain times, then take the heat off for the rest if the time.

Also agree with offering watery foods as above. Plus maybe she prefers dilute squash or juice to water? Mostly I would think that toddlers will drink water if they are thirsty, but a very few probably need to be encouraged with squash. Is she otherwise full of beans? If she is lethargic I would worry, but otherwise she might just be getting most of what she needs from food.

Fwiw, mine only get offered water at 10am and 3pm (ish), plus drinks with meals (or the milk at teatime gets taken up to bed as well), so it's not like they drink all the time. Half the time they don't want a drink at at least one of these times.

DD was a little like this untill I started offering her dilluted fruit juice. Pure fruit juice quit diluted, really no taste to me but as I'd only offered water before she thought it was great and would always drink it.

Plus I found Ice lolly's really good in the heat.

dd was like that and still is. Miraculously she has made it to the age of 10 without expiring from dehydration. not got the foggiest how she survives.

occasionally now she will get herself a glass of water much to my

My DD is 2.9 and has always been like this. She was a very enthusiastic breastfeeder as a baby and once we stopped, she never seemed to grasp that it would need to be replaced with something!

I had recently got very worried because she was only having 2 or 3 wees in 24 hours, and was becoming constipated. I have tried a variety of exciting cups/beakers, straws, even resorted to the dreaded Fruit Shoot. What has finally worked with her, just during the last month, has been for me to sit down with her and for us to both have a drink. Whoever finishes first gets a chocolate button

I am now phasing out the bribe, but the habit of drinking more seems to be sticking with her. I have noticed an increase in her energy levels so I am happy.

Thanks all for the tips. Will give them a go and see what works. Good to hear that other children are like this too. She's generally happy, healthy and active so I know she's not badly dehydrated, but I was worried that she might get that way. She does eat a lot of liquidy foods like fruit and veg so she must be getting what she needs from that.