Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi everyone, hope your well.
Really need some advice or anyone that can point us in the right direction. My non verbal daughter has been diagnosed with Autism already but the one thing I'm really concerned about and have been for a long time is that she has gone of drinking.
She used to drink out of a sippy cup and trying to transfer her over to another was really difficult, we often had to change the tops of her sippy cups as she would also chew them, everytime we did this she would maybe go without a drink for half a day to a day but since we done it last she hasn't drank at all.
Luckily she loves cucumber, apples and oranges and they have been her source of fluid for the past year. We really want her to start drinking again but she constantly refuses and dietains and doctors have been unable to help and just say they havent come across that before which isn't helpful.
Can anyone recommend any advice please, any specialist maybe?
Thank you
sounds very stressful for you.
maybe make it exciting. take her out and buy her a new cup, whatever she wants. she can make the drink with you. talk to her and see if she has any reasons behind not wanting to drink, it could be something really simple to fix, she just feels embarrassed saying?
It is mate, she's non verbal as well so she can't talk which makes it even more difficult, she can't tell us why she doesn't wanna drink.
We've tried showing her a whole new range of cups and bottles but has no interest at all.
Just don't understand how one day the need to drink has just evaded her.
Thank you!