LO is almost 20 mo old. I've always stayed home with her until last week when she started full time at a daycare center. I was definitely worried about the transition and we did playdates there ahead and I talked it up a lot-- but obviously the transition is just going to be hard at that age. Unfortunately it is much harder than I even imagined.

She isn't eating, she isn't sleeping, and most concerningly she isn't even drinking there. She's always been a bit tricky to get her to eat or drink, but with some effort she does it fine at home (and for my mom when she watches her). I'm not THAT concerned about her eating there because it is only one meal/day, but the not drinking thing worries me. She doesn't drink milk at all, so she mostly just drinks water. I've stressed to them at daycare A LOT that you really need to encourage her to drink both at meals and between meals and they sort of just say "well she won't drink. *shrug*".

She's getting dehydrated. And it doesn't help that she is now sick (of course) with a cold so she's even fussier about drinking. We're trying to figure out what to do this coming Monday. I think she'll be okay enough cold-wise to go to daycare because she doesn't have a fever, but I hate to send her when she isn't drinking.

Anyone else deal with this? Any tips for ways to get daycare to help her drink?