A newborn baby can actually drink water, but first of all, it is important to clarify the concept that being able to drink water and needing to drink water or having to drink water are very different concepts. He is able to drink water, not must drink water or need to drink water. For an exclusively breastfed baby, 88% of breast milk is water, and for a newborn baby he has to drink 500ml of milk, so with 88% of it being water, he has plenty of water. For exclusively breastfed children, 4-6 months after birth is advocating exclusive breastfeeding, and does not advocate going to drink water; if it is formula-fed, in the small infancy can also be appropriate to add a little water, but do not need to add too much, because formula feeding, formula is also mainly composed of water, a spoonful of powdered milk should be added to the 30ml of water, so it’s not too dehydrated. Another state is the state of the child’s disease, if the child has a fever, cough, diarrhea, vomiting and other pathological state, then still need and must give the child hydration. For example, cough, drink water can make phlegm dilution, make phlegm easier to cough out, is not easy to aggravate the cough, caused by pneumonia; for vomiting and diarrhea of the child, drink water is mainly to prevent dehydration, in fact, diarrhea itself on the child is not too dangerous, but diarrhea caused by dehydration will cause him life-threatening; for the fever of the child is more should drink more water, drink water can be sweating more, but also accelerate the lowering of the body temperature, for the The baby is still very favorable.