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Hot summer is around the corner. A lot babies take on dry cracked lips with dry noses, which is imperative to know tips for baby drinking water correctly!
Baby drinking water is an important subject! How much water should drink every day? How to judge the baby's body water dehydration? Which kind of water is best for your baby?
1.How much water should a baby drink per day?
A baby who is younger than 6 months does not need to drink water, and sufficient milk is enough. When add solid food, parents can feed them a few scoops of water after meals, but drinking too much water before the age of 1 will affect the absorption of milk, thus influencing baby’s health.
After 1 years old, the total intake of water should be about 1200ml. In this period, more plain water is acceptable. Light salt soups or thick soups are also a good choice.
According to Food-based dietary guidelines, every period baby have drinking water standard.
Age | Total water per day | Water from drinking | Water from solid food |
1-3 | 1200ml | 900ml | 300ml |
4-8 | 1500ml | 1100ml | 400ml |
9-13(female) | 2000ml | 1500ml | 500ml |
9-13(male) | 2200ml | 1700ml | 500ml |
14-18(female) | 2200ml | 1700ml | 500ml |
14-18(male) | 3000ml | 2300ml | 700ml |
In addition, the amount of water the baby needs will be affected by many factors, such as season, temperature, humidity, weight, sweat, etc. Mothers should give water in the light of actual situation.
2.How to judge whether baby is dehydrated?
Mothers often afraid of baby dehydration; therefore keeping giving them water. Actually, when parents don’t know whether baby is dehydrated, parents can pay attention to baby’s urine.
Color: whether it convert from transparent or light yellow to dark yellow.
Smell: does it have a strong smell.
3.In what situation, parents should give baby water?
When go out for a long time, baby will sweat after playing. In similar fashion, after crying, baby is likely to feeling thirsty and need replenishment after bathing. The baby who drinks powdered milk, parents can offer baby water between two meals.
When the baby has a cold or fever, he metabolizes quicker, and needs to drink more water; when the climate is dry, especially turning on and off winter heating, the mouth and nose are dry. It’s time to replenish.
4.What kind of water should baby drink?
Drinking plain boiled water is optimal. Plain boiled water, which cool into normal temperature, has some biological activity. This water is easy to enter the baby's cells and deal with thirsty effectively. What’s more, plain boiled water is able to regulate body temperature, transport nutrients and clean the body.
Appropriative baby water is also an alternative. If condition permits, parents can buy “baby water”, which is made for baby and is available for drinking without boiling it.
5.What to do when children refuses drinking water?
Water replenishment does not fully rely on water drinking
Many fruits and vegetables contain affluent water. More fruits and vegetables also work as drinking water. When baby is outside, choose small packaged juice mud which is sweet and sour, health and safety, no added preservatives.
Make it available(for children)
Leaving a cup with water where your child can reach it so when he does get thirsty, he sees the cup and drinks. If he's thirsty, he has no choice but to drink the water.
Make it fun
If a baby don’t like plain water, mix it with sugar or juice water, making water tasty and sweet. Along the time, you may reduce the mixture, but baby still don’t aware of it.
Let your baby have plenty of opportunities to play with a cup of water so she has the chance to get used to it and see how it works. A cartoon-shaped bottles will certainly capture baby’s eyes.
For instance
Or if baby is old enough, have them pick out their own special cup to put it in. Also, maybe have a special straw to use. The more they have ownership in the process, the better. The more parents drink water, the more kids will too!
