At what age can you give water to a newborn baby
It is important to consider what the baby eats - pectoralmilk or artificial mixtures. Since mother's milk is almost 90% water, the baby is quite enough fluids received during breastfeeding.
When can I give water to a child? For babies it is needed from 6 months. Photo: Getty If such an infant is offered to drink water in the first months of life, then this is fraught with:
- malnutrition;
- violation of milk production;
- a violation of the natural balance in the child's digestive system, which is still imperfect;
- the probability of rejecting the baby.
Child up to 6 months dopaivat not necessary. And artificial people are advised to introduce water into the diet from the age of 4 months, since such babies begin to get their food first. But there are situations when both the baby and the artificer the pediatrician can recommend drinking water between the feedings:
- elevated body temperature of the child;
- dry air in the room;
- hot weather on the street, without drinking, dehydration of the body may occur;
- hiccough;
- strong colic in the abdomen.
And how much water to give a month-old child, if inIs it necessary? Pediatricians recommend offering 100ml per day for 1kg of baby weight. But this volume includes milk, so the water itself remains from 30 to 70ml. It is better to milk a child not from a bottle with a pacifier, but with a spoon - in the future this will help the baby learn how to eat from a spoon. In no case can water be poured into the child, even if it seems that he does not have enough. The kid himself will be happy to drink water, if he wants.
What kind of water should be given to an infant
For babies does not fit the usual boiledwater, as a rule, it remains different bacteria and chloride compounds, if water is taken from the tap. It is dangerous to offer a baby water taken from open sources, because it can also contain a lot of harmful substances. It is best used for dopaivaniya babies:
- special bottled water for children, which was tested by RAMS;
- water, purified with a special "child" filter - usually a pitcher type filter with a high degree of purification.
Such water can be given to a baby unboiled, andalso use it for the preparation of permitted herbal decoctions and infant formulas. A baby up to 6 months of water is not needed - he has enough mother's milk. More often in dopaivanii need children who are breastfed. But at the risk of dehydration of the body, you can give a little water to all children, starting from 1 month. Read further:
