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Do exclusively breastfed babies need to drink water in winter?
1, let's answer first, and give you a definite answer, that is, within six months, exclusively breastfed babies don't need to drink water under normal circumstances.

2, breast milk is the best source of nutrition for young children, which can meet all the nutritional needs of the baby. The water content of breast milk is above 80%. Even in hot summer, the baby doesn't need extra water.

3, excessive intake of water, but harmful to the baby, this will make the baby feel full, do not want to eat milk, interfere with the absorption of maternal nutrition, leading to weight loss.

However, if the baby is sick, we should pay attention. When the baby has high fever, sweating, diarrhea, yellow urine and other special circumstances, the water loss in the body is large, so it is necessary to replenish water to the baby.

5, drink boiled water, the temperature is preferably 20-25 degrees, too cold or overheated water, will count the baby's delicate gastric mucosa.

Babies over 5.6 months old have begun to add complementary food, and the body's demand for water has increased. You can pour a small amount of water into the cup to feed him and cultivate the baby's habit of drinking water.

6. Water is the source of life and is closely related to our health. The proportion of water in normal weight infants reaches 90%. As a solvent, water plays an important role in various metabolic reactions in the baby's body and participates in various biochemical reactions.

If the mother's breast milk is insufficient, you can give the baby a formula of goat milk powder that is easy to digest and absorb close to breast milk!