Not So Much Formula as Juice & Water

Please take your child to her pediatrition immediately!This is not normal, and yes, it can be a sign of diabetes. I am a wellness consultant in San Antonio, specializing in detoxification.

You really should not give a child more than a few ounces of juice a day, even watered down. It sounds like she is using this as more of a pacifier than to drink. Although, I would mention it to your pediatrician, just to be on the look out for other health issues related to excess thirst.

Extreme thirst and frequent thirst may be a sign of diabetes. You should contact your pediatrician and discuss this as soon as possible.

I agree that this is not normal. That seems like an awful lot of fluids to me. If you are going to give her anything, you should limit her to one cup of juice per day (diluted). Give her milk with meals and the rest should be water. Does she cry until she gets the juice or does she drink the water just as much? I think I would call the pediatrician on this one. Something isn't right and if she is diabetic, you need to know that ASAP and get it under control.

My first thought was diabetes.
My son had watered down juice and still does... but only a couple times/day. That is balanced with milk/water...
Sounds like the rash is from acidics in the juice. Try acidophilis powder (whole foods or GNC). Or Yogurt... lol This will help with the acid thing...
According to Dr. Sears: http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/T043200.asp, your daughter should not have more than 6 oz per day... watered down, it means probably two sippy cups full.

GOOD LUCK

Yes--take your child to the doctor and let the dr. know what has been going on. My child has Type I Diabetes and that was one of her symptoms at diagnosis. Excessive thirst can be a sigh of high blood sugar. And for the record--you can not cause your child to become diabetic. Giving a child lots of juice is not healthy, but you can not cause Type I diabetes (I read another poster suggested that you could) It is an autoimmune disease like lupus or celiac.

You should go to the pediatrician immediately just to cover your bases, but don't necessarily freak out about everyone saying it is diabetes. My son is also obsessed with juice and our pedi had us take him off all juice completely - no exceptions!!!! It was a rough few days because he refused milk or plain water. But sure enough he began drinking milk and now he drinks his standard two cups a day without complaint. You are right that the diaper rash is almost definitely caused by the juice. Get her off the juice and watch that clear up and hopefully the extreme thirst will also. By the way, we tried just about every diaper cream on the market, and BY FAR the best is Bert's Bees Diaper Ointment. It worked wonders for us when nothing else did. Good luck, don't worry. Go to the doc, and if by any chance it does turn out to be diabetes, there are plenty of resources to help you. I have a good friend who's 6 year old was diagnosed a couple of years ago and she is very involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. I'd be happy to get you in touch IF it came to that.

How is she eating? Is she eating plenty? I agree with the others that it's a sign of diabetes. Also, a lot of problems that adults have is they get the hungry feeling when they need water but, they think they are hungry so they eat instead of drink. Is it possible that she's drinking instead of eating well?