For parents of babies is one of the most pressing questions: Do you need to give water to the newborn, and if so, how much and what kind. These and other questions are answered by a pediatrician.
It is known that the human body contains more than 70% water, and the infant, this percentage is even higher and he loses it more intensely than adults via the kidneys, skin, intestines.Water reserves in the bodyIt must be constantly replenished, but it is believed that a child who is breastfed, give the water is not necessary. Is it so?
Do I need to dopaivat child's first months of life, which is exclusively breastfed?
Mom's milk is almost 80% water, as nature intended, that being breastfed babe gets and the food and water that fully meets the needs of a newborn in liquid.
If grudnichka first months of life, which is breastfed dopaivat water, he will receive a false saturation - because ventricle baby is still very small, and at the time of applying to the breast will suck less milk, and therefore is not full.
Do I need to dopaivat child who started to receive solid foods?
When the baby is starting to get a first meal,and this soup, vegetable purees and cereal, and there is a need for water, especially in hot weather.
How much fluid should get the baby, including breast milk, mix, juice, soup and so on. Etc.?
Child up to 6 months - 80-150 mL / kg body weight
A child of 6 to 12 months - 130-150 ml / kg body weight
A child of up to 3 years - 100 ml \ kg
A child older than 3 years - 80 ml \ kg
The need for some water increases:
- in the spring and summer during hot weather
- intestinal diseases, diarrhea, vomiting
- infectious diseases that are accompanied by high body temperature
What kind of water to give the baby?
The best drink - pure artesian water or bottled, not boiled, not warm, not sparkling - slightly cool or at room temperature. Do not teach a child a child to drink warm water, on the contrary, from an early age "train" the neck and avoid greenhouse rules.
At home, easy to prepare healthy beverage - raisin vodichku, easy way to help both clean water and saturate it with useful microelements.
Raisin water: 1 tablespoon raisins, wash, pour 1 cup boiling water, let stand for 1 hour and poite child.
Be sure to ask, what are the main causes of diathesis in a child.
