Grandparents, you love me, I know that, although I will not say it. You always give me water in the name of love, but you do not know, grandparents, I am still young, do not force to drink water, I have suffering will not say ah. Do you know? When I was born, as a newborn loved by people, flowers, my stomach is only as big as an egg, drink water, there is no place to drink milk, do not blame me eat less, is caused by you feed me water, although you always use the name of love. At the same time, you do not know that drinking too much water will interfere with my body’s ability to absorb nutrients from breast milk or formula, and in the long run, may lead to malnutrition. Perhaps you prefer the theory of Chinese medicine, to put it simply, drinking too much water will affect the transport function of the spleen and stomach. Long-term intake of excessive water will also be a burden on the baby’s kidneys. Sometimes, I cry because my stomach hurts when I drink too much water, but I can’t say that I am suffering. I know you love me, but grandparents, I am still young, don’t force me to drink water. Sometimes when I didn’t want to drink water, you lured me with sugar water out of “love”. Although I know it is harmful, but I am still too young to withstand the temptation ah. I know that water is the source of life, and people cannot live without it. But there is always a degree of things, drink too much water, will be water poisoning. “Don’t scare me, baby, grandparents have heart disease, can’t be scared”. Really, grandparents, water can also be poisoned, not to scare you, I have too many little friends on the water poisoning occurred because of convulsions and hospitalization, some almost died. The doctor said it is due to the large amount of water ingested by infants dilute body fluids, disrupting the electrolyte balance in the body, resulting in low sodium ion concentration, weakness and lack of energy in mild cases, serious drowsiness, convulsions, and even coma. Grandparents, do not force me to drink water, let’s listen to the doctor’s advice. Doctor’s advice Small babies should never drink water until they are six months old (except in special cases such as illness). If a baby is really thirsty, the first thing he or she should drink is breast milk or formula. The main component of breast milk is water (more than 90%), and this is enough for the baby. Even in hot, dry climates, breast milk contains enough water for infants without the need for additional hydration. No matter how hot it is, they can get all the water they need from breast milk or formula. Never use too much water to dilute formula! Adding too much water to formula can not only lead to water poisoning in your baby, it also means that your baby will only get less nutrients than he actually needs. If you have a fever or other conditions, adding 10ml to 20ml of water at a time is sufficient. When your baby is six months old, after the weather is very hot and your child is sweating a lot and you can’t nurse him in time, you can give him a little water to drink when he is thirsty, and you don’t have to force him to drink. The amount of water is generally 30-80 ml of plain water each time. Don’t mind the taste of plain water, to drink juice or sugar water or what the punch. After the baby is one year old, you can eat solid food and drink whole milk, so you can drink more water. Hunger and satiety are human instincts, so we don’t need to worry about whether the baby will be thirsty, drink water or not, and how much to drink, it’s up to the baby to decide. Babies should drink some water, preferably electrolyte solution such as oral rehydration salts, when there is a lot of sweating, fever or diarrhea. Especially when diarrhea is present, the most important treatment is not the use of antibiotics or blindly stopping the diarrhea, but – oral rehydration salts, the most commonly used nowadays is oral rehydration salts III, to replenish the water and electrolytes lost by the body and bring it back to a balanced state. Never drink a lot of plain water or glucose water when you have diarrhea, and if you are not a chemistry teacher and do not have medical knowledge, do not prepare your own sugar saline. Oral rehydration salts are very cheap and easily available at pharmacies.