We've covered one of the most common myths in parenting: feeding babies and toddlers aged 0-6 months. Later, many readers asked us, how much water do babies aged 1 or even need to drink? People of any age need to consume plenty of water, and the amount of water required at different ages, as well as the way to replenish water on a daily basis, varies greatly.
Water is the source of life, the basic material for the normal operation of our body, and the most important component of the human body. People of different ages and genders have different proportions of water in their bodies. With the increase of age, the proportion of water in the human body will gradually decline, and contrary to Bao Yu's brother's understanding, the proportion of water in adult males is higher than that of women.
A person needs to consume water every day to make up for his loss, and how much we consume is related to our gender, weight, the amount of exercise we exercise each day, and how much water we lose. We made a graph based on data from the WHO report, which can give you a more intuitive understanding of how much water different age groups need per day.
For babies aged 0-6 months, it is recommended to consume 700 ml of water per day, and 800 ml of water for 6-12 months. As we said before, babies aged 0-6 months can normally get enough water through breast milk or formula. In fact, the WHO's definition of water intake requirements for children under 1 year of age is based on how much water a "breastfeeding baby who does not drink water" consumes per day as a standard value (0-6 months only through breast milk, 6-12 months through breast milk, complementary foods and vegetable juices, etc.). In other words, breastfeeding the baby is feeding water, which is a deviation from the standard value.
Formula milk baby baby can also get enough water normally, with a certain 1-stage milk powder instructions as an example, if the 6-month-old baby drinks formula milk according to the instructions, a day can ingest 900 ml of water, has fully met the water demand. Parents can easily calculate the daily water intake of formula babies.
Babies over 1 year old, the demand for water intake is growing rapidly, this time you need to drink water normally, 1-3 years old babies, about 700-900 ml of water per day, 4-8 years old need 1100-1300 ml. Milk also contains a lot of water, but remember not to drink milk or formula as water, which may cause excess nutrition or imbalance in your baby.
Over 8 years old, the gender difference between boys and girls will also be reflected in the amount of water to drink, 9-13 years old boys need to drink 1500-1800 ml of water, girls only need 1200-1600, in the 13-18 age range will be even more different: boys recommended value is 2000-2500 ml, girls are only 1500-1700 ml.
The same is true after adults, for example, we always hear that "each person should drink 8 glasses of water a day", this cup refers to the standard glass of 8 ounces, about 230 ml of water. 8 cups is 1.8-1.9 liters of water, which can basically meet the requirements of an adult woman for drinking water, but for male compatriots this is not enough, WHO recommends that adult men normally need to drink 10-12 glasses of water every day, that is, 2.3 to 2.8 liters of water.
Regardless of age, adequate water intake is a guarantee of health, but for infants and young children, hydration is not the same as drinking water, breast milk and formula milk, contain a lot of water, so parents need to consider:
1, after 5-6 days of birth, if the baby wets 6 diapers every day, the color of the urine is light yellow or colorless, which indicates that the baby has obtained sufficient water intake;
2, if you infer that the baby's water intake is insufficient, what to do is not to feed the water quickly, but to find out what the reason is: because the baby exercises a lot and sweats a lot, or because the milk is too little, or the formula milk brewing ratio is wrong. Many problems cannot be solved simply by feeding more water;
3, whether it is juice, milk or other beverages, can not be used as a primary source of water for children;
4, do not only consider the baby, parents themselves also need to ensure that they are full of water replenishment every day, especially fathers, men are also made of water.