DD has stopped drinking - any ideas?

[paddingtonbore]

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

bribery!

If she drinks she gets chocolate??

Try banana milkshake

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 .

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

get her some straws

[sighs]

...see list of failed attempts.

Second 'ice lollies' and ice pops.

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

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!

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...

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

I'm no stranger to 'brain freeze' myself

Are you having any luck paddingtonbore?

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.

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...