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DD has stopped drinking - any ideas?

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paddingtonbore · 02/02/2009 08:49

22mo DD has stopped drinking pretty much entirely. She will drink 1 190ml cup of milk in the morning and before bed, but has stopped drinking anything else. 2 weeks ago she would drink water from a lidded beaker all day long.

I have tried:
straws
open cups
mugs
sports bottles
juice
more milk
tea

I'd give her a blardy fruitshoot if I thought she's ingest the thing.

She has a UTI which is not shifting because her fluid intake is low. So naturally she is grumpy as hell, and I am getting more stressed, which is making things worse.

I have been in tears about it this morning. does anyone have any idea at all? thanks

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GossipMonger · 02/02/2009 08:50

bribery!

If she drinks she gets chocolate??

Try banana milkshake

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paddingtonbore · 02/02/2009 08:53

ah, I forgot to add "bribery" to the long list above. She will, if offered grapes/ "mummy cereal"/a story/some telly, place a cup to her lips and mime having a drink, but nowt goes in .

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NorktasticNinja · 02/02/2009 08:55

You poor thing it must be so worrying. Will she eat ice lollies?

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rubyslippers · 02/02/2009 08:56

get her some straws

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paddingtonbore · 02/02/2009 08:58

[sighs]

...see list of failed attempts.

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Doodle2u · 02/02/2009 09:04

Second 'ice lollies' and ice pops.

Surruptious fluids - soup for lunch. Grapes and other juicy fruits.

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paddingtonbore · 02/02/2009 09:07

thanks all.

we're a bit snowed in ATM, but will head out for soup, melon and ice lollies later if we get thawed out.

Any other ideas welcome....please!

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NorktasticNinja · 02/02/2009 09:13

You could freeze some fruit juice in an ice cube tray in the meantime. Crush them up and let her eat it with a spoon if needs be.

Have you got a blender? I bet you could knock up some soup out of the store cupboard ingredients in no time...

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paddingtonbore · 02/02/2009 09:16

oh ninja, thank you for doing my thinking for me! Why i couldn't figure this out myself I don't know . Much appreciated.

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NorktasticNinja · 02/02/2009 09:19

I'm no stranger to 'brain freeze' myself

NorktasticNinja · 03/02/2009 16:53

Are you having any luck paddingtonbore?

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paddingtonbore · 04/02/2009 20:45

thanks for asking ninja . we ate soup a lot, and DD is now accepting "pink milk" ie milk from a pink cup . still no water/juice though. Charlie and Lola have a lot to answer for.

she seems on the mend.

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NorktasticNinja · 05/02/2009 09:04

Ah, progress! Great Glad she's getting better.

Maybe you could get away with watering the 'pink milk' down a little bit more every few days...

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