Whether to give the baby water？How much water to feed every day？Mainly look at three signals!

When does the baby begin to drink water? It is a question that many treasure mothers struggle with, and the answers are also varied:

"You can drink water after birth, and you can rinse your mouth with water after feeding."

"The formula is on fire. You have to drink water."

"You have to cultivate from a young age, or you don't like to drink water when you grow up."

You don't need extra water six months ago.

... ...

For the baby, how much can drink water, drink how much water can be particular。

Don't give the baby water blindly

The baby's kidney function development is not mature, and the stomach capacity is small, excessive drinking, not only affects the stomach and other nutrition absorption, resulting in malnutrition of the baby, but also because of excessive sodium loss from the kidney "water poisoning".。

Obviously drinking water has so many benefits, if you do not pay attention to it will "good intentions do bad things"。

Babies drink water age

Expert advice:

Within 6 months, the baby does not need to drink extra water, and the water in breast milk or formula is enough to meet the needs。

For more than 6 months, supplement 4 to 6 ounces of water (about 118 to 177ml) daily according to the actual situation.。

The amount of water needed to drink after 6 months is different for each stage, parents can refer to the following table:

The total intake of water above includes the amount of water contained in the food and the additional amount of water that needs to be replaced。

The water content of common foods can be seen here:

Note: The above is just a reference for parents, and the specific amount of drink still needs to be fed according to the overall situation of the baby, including the amount of exercise, sweating, whether sick and so on。

In addition to feeding the baby water, follow a small amount of times, do not drink too much at once

How to tell if the baby should be fed water？

Although we know how to calculate the total daily water requirement of the baby, some parents still do not understand how to judge whether the baby needs to feed water？

01. Urine volume and color

If the baby urinates every 3 hours or so (more than 6 diapers a day), the urine color is light yellow and clear, indicating that the intake of water is enough。

If you have little urine, yellow urine means you need to hydrate。

02. Physical condition

If the baby is sick, such as fever, diarrhea, it is easy to dehydrate, at this time you need to replenish water in time。

03. Amount of exercise

After the baby is active, it is easy to sweat and lose water, this time you need to supplement water in a small amount of times after rest。

If the baby is found to have a sallow complexion, dry mouth, less tears when crying, and sunken fontanel or eye sockets, it indicates that the water shortage has been more serious, and parents need to pay extra attention。

What water is suitable for baby to drink？

Parents have understood the baby's water needs and judge whether the baby is short of water, what water is suitable for the baby to drink？

01. Don't drink water

✘ unboiled water

✘生水

✘ mineral water

Raw water contains a large number of bacteria and viruses, and the baby may have adverse symptoms such as gastrointestinal discomfort after drinking。

Do not give the baby to drink raw water directly, do not drink unboiled water, and use raw water and boiled water mixed with Yin water for the baby to drink。

Although the mineral content of mineral water is within the safety standard, some mineral water is for athletes or special groups (sodium, potassium content is relatively high), the baby's kidney development is not mature, so it is recommended not to give the baby to drink mineral water or use mineral water to wash milk powder。

02. Drinking water is not recommended

✘ Drink instead of water

✘ Juice instead of water

✘ overnight water

Overnight water overnight may breed bacteria, it is not recommended for the baby to drink, and drinks instead of water is more undesirable, drinks contain more sugar, there are many additives, long-term drinking is not recommended。

Experts recommend that infants under 1 year old do not drink juice, because fruit juice destroys the original nutrition of the fruit, and the sugar content is high, and babies over 1 year old should also be diluted after drinking。

Note: Babies under 1 year old can not drink honey water, salt water, sugar water oh!

03. Water to drink

√ 开水

An affordable hydrator is plain water。Of course, the premise is that the tap water has not been secondary pollution。

√ Pure water

Boiled, pure water is a better choice for children。Some parents believe that pure water lacks minerals, but in fact, mineral supplementation is not through water, food is the protagonist of mineral supplementation。(ps: Be careful to distinguish between pure water and mineral water is different)

However, Bao Ma Bao Pa must pay attention to is: after boiling tap water, it is not completely clean and healthy!

Most municipal water pipes have been used for many years, and after long-distance transportation of water pipes to the home as domestic water, it is inevitable that there is a risk of water pollution, doping bacteria, heavy metals and other harmful substances, and such as heavy metals, antibiotics, and not just boiling water can be solved。

Now many people are equipped with a reverse osmosis water purifier at home, which is equipped with a high-precision reverse osmosis filtration system, which can effectively filter out viruses, heavy metals, antibiotics and other harmful substances in the water, avoid the pollution risk caused by the long-term transportation of tap water and secondary water supply problems, and escort the drinking water health of babies and adults。