Need to dopaivat the baby water arises in case of a disease when there is a danger of development of dehydration. To the healthy child the liquid arriving with milk of mother or in the form of dairy mix suffices. Therefore it is necessary to give to drink to the newborn only in certain cases.
Instruction
1. Prepare water. It is necessary to give to drink to the newborn only the filtered boiled water. Buy special water for babies – it contains all necessary minerals and passed several steps of cleaning.
2. Do not use a small bottle. If the child is on breastfeeding, then give to drink to him from a small bottle can be dangerous – it is easier to suck a pacifier, than the breast and the kid can refuse a breast. Children bottle-fed babies can offer water from a small bottle with a habitual pacifier.
3. You give to drink to the child from a spoon. A usual teaspoon – an optimal variant for a dopaivaniye of the baby. Get a silver spoon - it is additional protection against bacteria and disinfection.
4. During a disease you give to drink to the child raisin broth. Prepare broth from calculation: on one glass of boiled water two tablespoons of raisin. Previously wash out raisin and drench with boiled water. Filter broth and you give to drink to the kid from a spoon periodically during the day.
5. Give to the child water in intervals between feedings. Will optimum dopaivat the kid one hour later after feeding. At this time there can be a deficiency of liquid, and milk or mix does not manage to be digested yet therefore the tummy begins to hurt the child. Offer the child water, being guided by frequency of feedings.
6. Do not warm up water. Give to the newborn water not more warmly 30? With and not lower than 26? C. Gradually reduce temperature water in process of growth of the kid.
7. Offer the kid water from time to time. Do not pour in water violently, in case of overheating the kid himself will drink, and you will understand it on that how greedy will be his movements.
8. Always to the child's dopaivayta, if to it hot. In the summer, in the stuffy and dry room if the kid strongly sweats, it reduced the number of urinations. You give to drink to the child in the small portions at high temperature, a loose stool, vomiting.