Not sure where to put this....
F has been drinking water from a sippy cup since 6 months, and is usually pretty good - she has water with meals, I leave her cup sitting on the coffee table and she and does help herself, and I also offer it to her whenever I get myself a drink, before naps, after we get in from an outing etc. She is still bfing at WU and BT. Generally no other liquids - she's MPI so I make sure she has plenty of coconut milk in things, but she doesn't drink it straight.
Now the hot season has arrived. And it's stinking hot - mid to high 30s during the day and not dipping much until around 10pm.
BUT over the past few days, she seems to be hardly drinking at all during the day. I hand her the cup, and she pushes it away. Every now and again she'll take a few sips - a very few. I'm drinking more than usual, and she's drinking less. Her pee is yellow, and she had a dry nappy this morning. Part of that I know is that I caught the last wee before bed and the WU wee in the potty, but I would still have expected her nappy to be a bit wet
She's also been a wee bit constipated over the past week which I think is due to not enough fluids.
Today I'd say she only drank about 200mls of water the entire day. It just doesn't seem anywhere near enough to me. I tried offering water in two different cups, and in her sippy bottle but it didn't seem to make a difference. I then went and bought a coconut in desperation this evening because I know she likes the coconut water, and she did gulp down some of that. I'll get another one tomorrow.
Should I be worried? Or if I'm offering, will she regulate herself what she needs? She seems fine otherwise. Any ideas of how to encourage her to drink more?
