Many babies refuse to drink boiled water because parents give him the first sip of sweet water, and the baby will naturally feel that boiled water is tasteless.
Therefore, if you want your baby to develop a good habit of loving to drink water, the first sip of water for him to drink must be ordinary boiled water.
In addition, there are some babies who drink too much milk or breast milk, so the demand for water is not too large. Parents should comprehensively judge the baby's demand for water according to the baby's urine output, growth and development, activity, etc., or simply do not like to drink water.
Let your baby drink water to pay attention to the following points:
First, start feeding water when the baby is in a good mood, don't be greedy, feed a little at a time, you can feed more than a few times a day. Once the baby starts drinking, the mother should interact with the baby, praise in time, wow, the baby is so good, will drink water by himself, the baby will be very satisfied!
Second, the baby before 6 months if there is no special situation, is not necessary to drink water, after 10 months the baby will take the initiative to drink water, in 6-10 months when the baby is thirsty, will not take the initiative to ask for water, so parents to take the initiative to give the baby to drink water. At this time, it is necessary to observe whether the baby has symptoms of thirst, and try not to drink water when the baby is thirsty, and give it in time to prevent dehydration.
Third, the parents' usual habits will affect the baby, if the parents love to drink water, always hold the cup to drink water, it is conducive to the child to develop the habit of loving to drink water. Parents should note that if the baby is breastfeeding, it is not necessary to feed water until six months, because the water in the breast milk is very sufficient and can fully meet the needs of the child.
Tips:
How to drink water scientifically?
It is recommended that adults drink about 8 cups of about 200 ml cups per day;
Take the initiative to drink water, rather than waiting until you are thirsty to drink a lot of water at once;
Drinking water should be preferred boiled water, daily can pay attention to observe the color of urine, such as urine is dark yellow, it indicates that there is a problem of dehydration.