Many new mothers have this question, how old can the baby drink water? How much water should I drink every day? What should I do if my baby doesn’t like drinking water? Let’s answer in detail today.
0-6-month-old babies
do not need to drink extra water. Babies of this age drink breast milk or formula milk every day. They have obtained the required water in breast milk and formula milk, so they do not need to drink extra water.
7-12-month-old baby
is 900ml daily, which contains the amount of breast milk or formula milk the baby drinks every day, as well as complementary food and water.
1-3-year-old children
is 1300ml daily, of which the amount of milk accounts for about 500ml, and three meals a day accounts for 500ml. The remaining 300ml needs to be replenished by drinking water.
3-6-year-old children
total daily amount 1600ml, including three meals a day, milk and drinking water.
What should I do if there are many babies who don’t like to drink water? Parents should never replace it with juice or sweet water. Freshly squeezed juice is actually not as nutritious as eating fruits directly. The most important thing is that eating fruits can exercise your baby's ability to bite and chew. Fresh juice can destroy the dietary fiber in the fruit and increase sugar intake.
Baby drinks sweet taste for a long time and will not like to drink boiled water. can easily make him like heavy-tasting foods, affect the development of taste buds, and also easily lead to obesity.
At this time, you can change the water cup for the baby. When the baby sees the new water cup, it will feel fresh. At the same time, parents will set a demonstration and drink more water by themselves to encourage the baby to drink together. If the baby drinks water by himself, you should give him affirmation and praise him more.
If the baby is really unwilling to drink, there is no need to force him. It is easy to cause the baby's rebellious mentality and guide him directly as much as possible.
