I Am Seriously Going To Write A Book One Day

[mrsnj]

It is unbelievable the thoughts of parents sometimes!

My latest.....DCB is peeing through his diaper at night. How much water does he get during the day? I tell her none. Only the sippies she provides for breakfast/lunch/snack. Well. He must be peeing through his diapers cause he needs ....ready for it...more to drink. I should give him more. Said the children get only sippies during eating time. They are not permitted to walk around drinking. And I ask if he gets a sippie before bed.....wait for it....No. A bottle. Actually often TWO bottles. Ok. So. The theory here is that if he drinks all day he won't pee his diaper at night and lets disregard that you are giving him bottles during the night of which tech he should be off of. All because she is tired of 'doing laundry". Hummmmm...... let me think on this.....

NO

My recommendation? Try a different diaper. Change sizes. Get inserts. STOP the bottles. But he will not be walking around with a sippie of water all day long.

So today she comes in. "I have decided that the extra drinking during the day will work. So he doesn't need one to walk around with. Just refill his sippie after he drinks the milk with water". Ummmm....let me think on this....

NO

Add in that I have another who brings junk for breakfast. Why? Cause she is a picky eater. Yesterday was brownies and pudding. Today was pudding and cheeseballs. For BREAKFAST! You know that gets taken away and told no!

Seriously. What is wrong with people sometimes!?

[hope]

I have a friend that was complaining that her sons diapers were not good because they were leaking at night. She put her son to bed so early that she wanted it to last over 14 hours. I gues she was looking for a 20 hour diaper? The logic????

[deliberateliterate]

I would only understand that logic if it was because she didn't want him to be as thirsty at night so she could cut out his bottles. Since she isn't, that makes no sense.

[Lorna]

some people.

I got a text from a parent yesterday asking me if there was issues with her daughter using the potty. because the child peed her pants at home.

[daycarediva]

I do think he should be drinking water between meals. If he is thirsty at night, it may be because he isn't getting enough to drink during the day. Although it cannot be the cause of nighttime wetness.

My kids get cups of milk with meals, and they have water cups available at all times on the counter. They ALL drink water between meals

[kathiemarie]

I do think he should be drinking water between meals. If he is thirsty at night, it may be because he isn't getting enough to drink during the day. Although it cannot be the cause of nighttime wetness.

My kids get cups of milk with meals, and they have water cups available at all times on the counter. They ALL drink water between meals

I agree. I think he is drinking so much a night is because he is thirsty. In California we have to have water available to the kids at all times. I don't let them walk around with cups. If they are thirsty they sit at the table and drink.

[Unregistered]

I do think he should be drinking water between meals. If he is thirsty at night, it may be because he isn't getting enough to drink during the day. Although it cannot be the cause of nighttime wetness.

My kids get cups of milk with meals, and they have water cups available at all times on the counter. They ALL drink water between meals

I agree with this. Licensing and the food program here actually say water must be available to the children at all times. They specifically ask and observe if water is available when they visit.

They have their cups of water on the counter at all times. When we are playing outdoors, I offer water every 15-20 minutes depending how hot it is that day and how active the children are, or more often if a child asks for water. During meals if they want water instead of milk, or drank all their milk and want water, I'm required to give them water along with the milk.

[Leigh]

I agree with the others...right away, I thought he is probably drinking too much at night to make up for not getting enough in the daytime. My kids would be rolling around on the floor moaning if I let them only have drinks at mealtimes. They drink water all day long. They keep their sippies on the kitchen table in their own spot, and run to them all day long. I, too, am required to have water available to the kids all day long, which I think is an excellent rule.

[preschoolteacher]

I also agree. Give the kid water after his milk! Why not? The kids get water to drink whenever they ask here, and I give the toddlers who can't ask for it water after their milk. It's a licensing rule here, too.

Though a bigger diaper or nighttime diaper would help the mom's issue too!

[mrsnj]

You honestly think he should be drinking 16 oz of liquid each time he sits down? On top of eating? Cause he will totally throw up by the end of the day. Thats 48 oz a day just here! Its one thing to get a sip. Its another to give him another 8 oz sippie each time.

[daycarediva]

You honestly think he should be drinking 16 oz of liquid each time he sits down? On top of eating? Cause he will totally throw up by the end of the day. Thats 48 oz a day just here! Its one thing to get a sip. Its another to give him another 8 oz sippie each time.

Nobody said to give him 16oz of liquid. He should be getting 16-24oz of milk TOTAL per day. I give my kids 4ish oz at meals, and then offer water (6oz cups) between meals. My kids are all 2-5, if they drink it ALL, they would get
breakfast-4oz milk
6oz water
lunch- 4oz milk
snack-4oz milk
6oz water

24oz TOTAL, some drink more/seconds of water and some drink less.

[mrsnj]

The mother did. She sends the large sippies full. Wants him to drink those and then refill it and have him drink that too.

[daycarediva]

What are your food program requirements, if applicable I would refer her to those and offer the compromise- less milk, water at the table between meals. (give her a printout stating how much is recommended at his age, assuming he gets milk with dinner at home he is overconsuming).

[Laurel]

Leave a sippy or those kinds of cups with a built in straw sitting where he can reach it. I doubt he'll drink it all at one time. But that way you'll know he gets as much as he wants/needs. I didn't let them walk around with cups...no way...they had to stand there by the counter and drink it and then put it back.

Laurel

[Leigh]

You honestly think he should be drinking 16 oz of liquid each time he sits down? On top of eating? Cause he will totally throw up by the end of the day. Thats 48 oz a day just here! Its one thing to get a sip. Its another to give him another 8 oz sippie each time.

SHOULD he be, like does he NEED it? Probably not. However, my own son will drink a full sippy of milk and a full sippy of water within an hour of each other. If they're thirsty, they get a drink. Even though he drinks more water than an adult throughout the day, he has never, ever thrown up from it. I took him to the doctor twice about how much he drinks (worried about diabetes). The doctor says it is healthy and to let him drink as much as he wishes to, so that's what I do.

With my own child, I use Huggies overnight diapers one size bigger than his usual diaper, and booster pads inside every night because he FILLS them up.