Why not recommend water to newborns?
Inexperienced mothers should be aware that their milk contains a large amount of fluid, which 100% satisfies the child's need for drinking. If you start to give crumbs even a little water regularly, then there will be a water-salt imbalance in the body, namely, in the circulatory system, and it will not benefit health.
Children who are on artificial feeding, in some cases, allowed dopaivanie, because they can not as needed to apply to the chest and drink. Feeding from the bottle does not occur on demand, and the child of one mixture is not enough. This is especially true during illness or in hot summer.
On the recommendation of the World Health Organization, it is possible to start giving water to your baby at the same time as the introduction of complementary foods - not earlier than 6 months.
When can babies be given water?
As mentioned earlier, sometimes newborns can be given water when the situation requires it, and most often it is related to the health of the child. If the crumb got a disorder of the stool, vomiting, he intensively loses fluid and is dehydrated, - in this case, it is necessary to give the baby water with a small spoon or from a bottle.
Another situation when it is possible to give water to an infant is a high temperature, and the higher it is, the greater the need for a child in additional fluid. Especially, when due to illness the kid fusses and refuses the breast.
What kind of water can I give to a newborn?
Now we know when the baby can be given water. This need does not occur often, but my mother must know about it. It's time now to deal with the quality of water that should be offered to the baby.
Bottled water for babies is the best choice. It has a balanced composition and is free of harmful impurities. It can be purchased at a supermarket or a pharmacy. But the water from the crane should not be categorically given to a small child, since it has a very doubtful composition, unsuitable for the child's organism.