Need second opinion

My son is almost 11 months old and is refusing his formula and bottles. He drinks water but not as much as he should some days. He sometimes goes through spurts, but it normally only lasts a day. It's been 2 days now of him only drinking 3 oz every 5 hours no matter how hard I try, and it normally takes an hour to get him to eat those 3 oz. I have tried more frequent feeds with less in the bottle but he just refuses the other feed that would make up for the full feed he should have (if that makes sense 😅)He loves his food so he is still getting solids intake just lacking on the fluids. He is still having wet diapers. I have tried in different cups other than his bottle and still the same reaction, and I have also tried sizing up and down in the bottle nipples. He is also going through a sleep "regression," so idk if that also has anything to do with. Idk what to think or do anymore.... has anyone gone through something similar
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He will scream and cry and throw him self off my lap as soon as I sit down to feed him the bottle as well sometimes he won't even entertain the idea of drinking

Well I think 1 yr is when you wanna rule out bottles, so I guess he’s making that easier on you! Haha but I understand where you’re coming from. You want him to have liquids, all you can do if offer! And off frequently, that’s all you can do. Like you said he’s peeing, not showing signs of dehydration? Every baby is different. But you said you’ve tried cups, maybe try a straw cup? My daughter loves that. But she’s about to be 19m comes November. Loves water! But for the life of me can’t get her to drink a full cup of cows milk a day (only sips here and there) let alone the 500ml theirs suppose to have/day. And she absolutely cringes at toddler formula, scrunches her face right up and pushes it away

Have you tried letting him do it independently or offering it at meal times

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