A. The importance of letting children drink water Why do you need to drink water? Drinking water is a very deep learning. Since ancient times in China, there is a saying that “medicine is better than food, food is better than water”, and Li Shizhen even listed water as the first of all in the “Compendium of Materia Medica”. Water can promote the metabolism of substances, without water the human body can not maintain normal circulation, breathing, digestion, material exchange and excretion and other physiological activities, a variety of metabolism will also stop; water can regulate body temperature, when the external temperature is too high or excessive heat production in the body, the body through sweating and evaporation of sweat to make the skin heat dissipation, in order to maintain body temperature; water is also a good lubricant, in the body to tears, saliva, joint cavity fluid, etc. Saliva, joint cavity fluid and other forms of existence. How much water does a baby need to drink every day? Age, room temperature, activity level, body temperature, water content in milk or food, etc. will affect the amount of water your baby needs. 6-12 month olds should drink 120-160 ml per kg of body weight per day; 2-3 year olds should drink 100-140 ml per kg of body weight per day. Depending on the baby’s own situation, parents can add about 10-15% of their own body weight of water for their babies every day. As long as the baby’s urine is normal, you can let the baby drink water in small amounts several times according to the actual situation. If the baby sweats a lot, you should increase the number of times you drink water for your baby, not the amount of water you drink. How old does my baby need to drink water from? It is recommended that babies should not be given water or distilled water until they are six months old. The water that babies need is adequately supplied from breast milk and other baby foods (such as formula). Because babies’ diets are almost exclusively breast milk or formula, which are mostly water, little ones usually do not need additional water. Once your baby starts teething, then they will need fluoride to feed the growth of their new teeth, so this is the time to start letting your baby drink drinking water. The reason some parents want their babies to drink more water may be because they are afraid that their babies will become constipated. In fact, there are many causes of constipation in babies, mainly related to the function of their own intestines and stomachs. Although dietary habits have an impact on constipation, it is not a major factor, so the amount of water intake will mainly affect the amount of urine, rather than the quality and quantity of stool. What if my child doesn’t drink water? The reason why bear children are called bear children is because they are completely uncontrollable, when the child four months after the sense of autonomy began to slowly strong up, will not be at your disposal, especially after the age of one year, completely open the mode of derailment, if not controlled later really derailed. The baby will eat milk, eat supplemental food, eat snacks, but just do not love to drink water, how to break? And look at the long-standing practice on the Internet: 1. Encouragement method: let your baby pick a favorite water cup / water bottle, praise his water cup / water bottle is really beautiful, so he will be very happy to use the water cup / water bottle to drink water. This is absolutely correct Oh, do not think the child is small do not understand anything, she can judge our emotions through the expressions of adults, children like bright colors, pick some brightly colored cups, first to the baby as a toy to play, and so she likes, accept the time, you can let her try to send to the mouth, the child is very smart, after a few repetitions will be their own water. 2.Guidance method: Show your baby pictures or videos of children drinking water, and tell him that “babies love to drink water, my baby also loves to drink water.” 3, role model method: tell the baby that he likes a certain character or cartoon image like to drink water. Suitable for older children, about three years old, have their own admiration for the character, it is more suitable for the role model method. 4, the game method: play dry cup game with the baby, than who drink fast, to see who can drink the water dry first. Just like the race to eat to see who is fast, in fact, personally is not very recommended, some children will drink very quickly in order to win easy to choke, which is why? You can toast with her, and then drink water to her, in fact, children like such a small game, small babies can play, toast, and then adults drink water, children will look, will learn. In fact, it is an imitation method. 5, the exploration method: with different colors and shapes of water cups filled with water, so that babies feel that drinking water is a fun thing. This word children will only take different water cups to play …… I wonder if there are mothers who have tried this game to make their babies successfully love drinking water? Welcome backstage message, back to add …… 6, praise method: baby drink water to be encouraged to praise, children like to please adults. This is definitely the size of the applicable …… who does not like to be praised to listen to good words? The child is also the same Oh. The proper encouragement of children is conducive to the healthy physical and mental development of the baby ~ three, baby water precautions: it is not appropriate to drink a lot of water at once. A large amount of water at once is not conducive to the health of the baby, should be a small number of times. Because a large amount of water at once will affect the gastrointestinal function, and make the body blood dilution, water-electrolyte imbalance, affecting metabolism. Especially babies with poor kidney function, can not drink a lot of water, otherwise it will increase the burden on the kidneys, the whole body edema, general weakness and other adverse reactions. Baby water must be “a small number of times” principle Oh! Before and after meals should not drink a lot of water Drinking water before meals will dilute gastric juices, which is not conducive to food digestion, and will expand the volume of the stomach, increasing the feeling of fullness of the stomach, affecting appetite; and drink a lot of water after meals, the food in the stomach is easily swollen by water, food in the role of water increases in volume, not easy to digest, bringing discomfort to the baby. If you need to drink water please half an hour or an hour after the meal Oh ~ should not drink a lot of water before bedtime Drink a lot of water at night to the kidneys burden, even adults can not drink a lot of water Oh …… If thirsty, drink a few mouthfuls.