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
Perhaps playing a game would help her adjust back into drinking liquids. Like a "tea party" type of game. Maybe show her videos of tea parties, and then try to set out some tea cups and snacks, maybe let her pick out a dress for the special tea party sessions, and then play the game with her for a week or so. Maybe begin playing with an empty cup, and then progress to having a bit of water or juice in the cup (emphasize that it's a"real" tea party now, as if it's an upgrade, a reward), and hopefully she'll start thinking more positively about cups and drinking liquids eventually.