Iggysbabysitter
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I don't see my baby flemish drinking from the water bottles often, and I'm scared she'll go the same way Hilda did (dehydrated). So I've been offering her a diluted electrolite mix (water, sugar, salt, baking soda), and she's sucking it from the syringe like a piggy... maybe an oz every 30 min or so (when she comes looking for it). I offered her plain water in the syringe, and she totally walked away. Can catering to her this way hurt her? I've also been giving her rolled oats to help her fill out because I don't think she eats enough pellets.