Diabetes in child (2 years old)

Recently we have noticed that our daughter has massively increased her fluid intake... she’s gone from 2/3 8oz bottles of water a day to 2/3 8oz within an hour or two...

She’s also bed wetting a lot and appears tired a lot of the time...

I’m just looking for guidance and plan on making an appointment with our GP but any other mums out their suspected diabetes or had their child diagnosed with similar symptoms? If so, what steps did you take?

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I'm a diabetic so I'm always always on the look out of this and every year make the doctors check my kids my daughter went threw drinking alot and wetting lot around between 1 and 2 years old I know I was told it was nothing it happens they tested her and she was fine and she stopped so I just would say to take it easy go to your gp and get her tested if she a toddler make the appointment in the morning and take her fasting to get better results

I was diagnosed as type 1 diabetic when I was 3 years old and it runs in the family so my mum recognised the signs straight away and took me to the GP. They sent us home to pack a bag and we went straight to the Paediatric ward and I was diagnosed.
As my mum says, I was drinking a lot of fluids, having a wee a lot more often (every 1-2 hours) and also not wanting to eat as much food.
Symptoms will be different for everyone but any concerns I'd give your GP a ring. It will do no harm, the least they can say is it's nothing to worry and it will give you some reassurance x

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A friend suggested this to me, but honestly it breaks my heart. I tried it once and it did work, but I’m not sure I could do it all the time. She’s a childcare teacher and said with sleep training you sometimes let them cry for up to 30 minutes… but I don’t know how people do it.
She also mentioned that a lot of mums here on the Gold Coast, Australia do it during the day when their baby’s tired — letting them fall asleep in the pram so they can have a coffee or catch up with friends without having to rush home for a nap.
I just feel like it might not be good for their nervous system and it doesn’t sit right with me… but then again, I’m also a first-time mum.