For newborn babies, they also need to drink water. What are the precautions for drinking water? Let's take a look with the editor!
How much water do newborn babies need to drink
Factors such as age, room temperature, activity level, body temperature, and water content in milk or food will affect the baby's water needs.
For babies aged 6-12 months, the water intake should be 120-160 milliliters per kilogram of body weight per day;
For babies aged 2-3 years, the water intake should be 100-140 milliliters per kilogram of body weight per day.
What should newborn babies pay attention to
1. Newborn babies should not be given overly sweet water
Newborn babies can be given some glucose water between meals, but it should not be too sweet.
Many parents use their own feelings as a standard, thinking that it is sweet only when they taste it themselves.
In fact, the taste of newborn babies is much more sensitive than adults. If adults feel it is sweet, they will think it is too sweet.
Giving newborn babies too much sugar is not beneficial at all. Feeding newborn babies with high-concentration sugar water can initially accelerate intestinal peristalsis, but it will soon turn into inhibitory effects;
It will cause bloating in the abdomen, making newborn babies uncomfortable. At the same time, excessive intake of sugar by newborn babies will also result in foamy stools.
2. The best drink is plain water
Some parents believe that beverages must be more nutritious than plain water, and children also like them;
So they often buy various novel and expensive sweet fruit juices or beverages to quench their children's thirst, which is actually inappropriate.
First of all, even if it is called natural fruit juice, the amount of protein and fat it contains is extremely limited;
Moreover, vitamins are often destroyed during the processing, so it is unlikely for babies to supplement nutrition by drinking beverages;
Secondly, most beverages contain flavorings, colorings, preservatives, etc., which are harmful to human health, especially for infants and young children.
In addition, beverages contain a large amount of sugar and more electrolytes. After drinking, they do not leave the stomach quickly like plain water, but stay for a longer time, which can cause adverse stimulation to the stomach.
So when a child is thirsty, giving him plain water is the best choice.
