Daughter ? Dehydrated

[madame]

My dd 2.7 has got a rotten cold, she's now had it for 4 to 5 days. She has of course been having the usual dreadful nights but today I let her sleep for 3 hours and she would have had more I think if I had left her.

She is now on the sofa chilling.... My concern is she isn't really drinking much even though I am encouraging all the time and apart from her wet pull this morning she hasn't sat on the potty for a wee. How long do you leave it before you start to worry she may be getting dehydrated.

She isn't sleepy or anything just feeling a bit rotten

She has to get some fluid in, even if she doesn't feel like it.

Would she have ice-lollies? Anything which would get some fluid into her would help. Boiled lemonade is the only thing I can get my dd to drink when she's ill - not ideal, but at least it's keeping her hydrated.

I would encourage her to drink more.Is she up to something 'wet' to eat,like a youghurt?

Can you get her to drink water/weak squash/juice?

Also try some 'watery' fruit or veg, I am thinking cucumber/tomato/melon/orange.

Hopefully someone with more experience will be along, you are right to be concerned

HTH

I have just given her a large pouch of yogurt and she has taken 3 oz of milk.

That's good. Sounds like she's starting to feel better.

I was worried about one of my boys (can't remember which one now) not drinking enough due to an illness like a sore throat or a cold.

The doctor was surprisingly laid back when I told him that we had only had one wet nappy in the course of a whole day. He said try to get him to drink but not to worry. A dehydrated child would be listless, floppy and continuously drowsy and although my DS was tired and grouchy I wouldn't have said he was any of those things.

Ice lollies are a great idea and the fruit and veg but try to get her to have just a sip every five minutes or so. Every little helps.

I hope your DD feels better soon though.

thnak you, as I was writing she peed on the floor but at least she has been.

I have some fruit pouches I will try with her.

Oh well, one worry ended!

now I can't get her off the loo because I told her she could have a sweetie if she went

Typical toddler. Have you worried sick one moment and the next....

exactly.....

as an aside anyone have any magic solutions for helping them sleep at night...

Tried calpol, medised, carvol drops, vicks.....

calpol is amazing, gave it an hour ago and she is in now playing....after being like a zombie.

Does it matter if they really don't eat much though as long as they drink...

LOL at punctuation in the title ... sorry

give her an ice pop is good advice, hope she feels better soon

sorry Piglet I don't know what you mean by LOL at punctuation in the title

Piglet?

I think Twig means that the question mark looks as if you're questioning your daughter, rather than the dehydration

Hope she feels better soon.

oh ok thanks, i am pretty sure she's mine

Sometimes I doubt that I am the mother of my children. Someone must have swapped them and given me two really naughty ones.