Getting an infant or toddler to drink liquids is most important, because otherwise you run the risk of dehydration and that gets dangerous. "They should be drinking half of what they normally drink and if not then you really need to see your pediatrician," Dr. Altmann confirmed.
If a child won't drink, see if you can make drinking more fun. "Popsicles might be a fun way to get them to drink liquids. Maybe it’s using a fun silly straw to get the to drink liquids out of a cup," she continued. The last time my son was sick, he wasn't drinking from his bottle but would take medicine, so we started giving him liquid through the syringe that came with his medicine. Slowly but surely we got him the liquids he needed.
