Breastfeeding babies without water

New mother what Ms has been a very troubling, because she and her mother-in-law in the baby\'s feeding and a number of small differences on the issue. For the baby, beauty, she would rather build compromise, insist on exclusive breastfeeding. However careful Ms HO found that baby\'s lips always dry, like a layer of film.


So she started every day in addition to breastfeeding, then feeding the baby point boiled water. Because in the view of Ms HO, water is a very good drinks her own drink 4 cups every day, to the point of feeding the baby was born, have never been the downside. Unexpectedly, Ms HO\'s mother-in-law was firmly opposed, said the baby should drink enough milk, milk is better than plain boiled water. To this end, two people are not too pleasant.

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When several-month-old infant feeding issues more, especially in the families with elderly, new parents \' knowledge and experience of the elderly often have conflicts. Feed water for children this is very common, but for babies born just a few months, you should be treated special. In General, when breastfeeding an infant of 6 months of birth, it is best not additional watering. On one hand, contained in breast milk the baby is growing all the necessary nutrients, especially breast 80% of the ingredients are water, enough to meet the demands of babies to water and other beverages such as juices should not be fed. The other hand, if premature, excessive water to feeding the baby, will suppress the baby\'s sucking ability makes them less active sucking of breast milk from mother, not only to the growth of the baby adversely, will indirectly cause secretion of breast milk reduces.

Of course, this doesn\'t mean that that is not feeding the baby water, occasionally feeding the baby point of water is not adversely affected, especially when baby is sick with a fever, summer sweat, and when the mother does not facilitate breastfeeding; or when spit up, they are prone to a shortage of water, feed the white water is necessary.

In addition to exclusive breastfeeding, other artificial feeding or mixed feeding babies must be appropriate to feed water. In addition, after a 6-month baby, also in between meals to the amount of supplementary water, it\'s good not only for the healthy growth of the baby, also helpful for babies weaned in the future.