Child with ASD won’t drink unless it’s from one specific bottle?

[Onlyabottle]

What do I do ? He will not drink from anything else at all. He’s 7. We’ve tried multiple times over the years to change to a beaker and open cup and he just gets dehydrated ?

Do i just accept that’s it ? Should I be picking my battles and this just isn’t one of them as he needs to stay hydrated ? Does it really matter ? 😞

Do i just accept that’s it ? Should I be picking my battles and this just isn’t one of them as he needs to stay hydrated ?

Yes I think so. Mine doesn’t like to drink out of an open cup either, though he will in the bath. I don’t think it’s worth forcing the issue, just make sure you always have a couple of spares of the type of bottle he likes. The chances are he’ll branch out eventually.

Thank you I think there’s just so much outside pressure on me to change this (HV when younger, dentist now etc) and I’ve tried but he won’t drink at all then and it makes him really unwell.
He will drink a 50/50 mix of cows milk and water in them so it’s not affecting his eating (which isn’t great in terms of variety ) and it’s literally a bottle with breakfast, one straight after school (won’t drink at school at all and they won’t have the bottle there) and one at bedtime

Ah, you mean like a baby bottle
rather than a bottle with a straw? I think the priority is keeping him hydrated. Persist in offering him a different one at other times but I would do it in a relaxed way rather than trying to force it.

Yes specifically a mam 330ml bottle in one colour/pattern only (I had to buy loads to have a stock of them )
I always put a cup of water with his meals and it always gets swiped off the table but he sees us drinking from the same ones (we use plastic to try and encourage him at mealtimes to try another but he never wants to)

Even getting to the 50/50 milk water mix took 18 months as we had to replace 10 ml of milk each time or he noticed

Hi
I've got exact same prob as yourself except its an orange tommee tippee bottle.
However last week I had some irn bru I a clear glass tumble for myself, my ds was interest and drank some ( with help also not healthiest option but again only drinks milk and may have drank the irn bru because its orange like his bottle). He will now take a few sips of water out that glass. (I've tried every different type of kids cup/bottle). So I got some hard clear plastic tumblers and now taking some sips out of that.

Yes, just accept it. He may change one day but I'd not try to change it yourself. I'm an autistic adult and keeping things the same is comforting and helps relieve anxiety.

@Onlyabottle hope things are going well, can I ask if this has changed? I have the same issue. Also did you manage to reduce the milk anymore?