People think that drink is a small thing in
daily life, but it isn’t simple, especially to children. Lacking water can make
babies have constipation, reducing about circulation… Therefore, how much water
should babies drink every day?
How much water should babies drink every day?
Babies
under 6 months old
If babies such mother’s milk completely or
eat powered milk with formula that is made with correct rate on milk can, you
don’t need to let babies drink water. However, if children have a lot of sweat
when they have rickets or constipation, you can let babies drink more water
from 100 to 200ml/day.
Children
from 6 to 12 months
Demand about water is 100ml/kg/day
(including milk). For example, children whose weight is 8 kilograms, will need
800ml of water. If children can drink 600ml of milk, you need to provide them
with 200ml/day with form of boiling water, fresh fruit juice and water of
boiled vegetables…
Children
over 1 year old
Children whose weight is 10 kilograms need
to drink 1 liter of water/day (including milk). Children that are over 10
kilograms should add 50ml for each kilogram. You can estimate daily amount of
water for babies every day like:
The amount of water (ml) = 1000ml + nx50 (n
= babies’ weight - 10)
For example, children’s weight is 13
kilograms, they will need: 1000 ml + (3 x 50ml) = 1150 ml, if children can
drink 500ml of milk, the amount of water that needs to be provided is 1150 –
500 = 650 ml.
Children that are over 10 years old will
drink the amount of water that is equal to adults: 2-2.5 liters/day.
Children
that are over 10 years old will drink the amount of water that is equal to
adults.
The best kinds of water
Fresh
fruit juice
When you let babies drink orange, mandarin,
grapefruit, cucumber juice…, you shouldn’t add sugar because these kinds of
fruit juice can provide water, vitamins and minerals for the body. These kinds
of fruit juice can eliminate tiredness, intensify activities of brain. In
addition, it can make blood vessels become healthy and make blood circulate
better in the body.
Kinds
of fresh fruit juice can provide babies with water, vitamins and minerals.
Kinds
of juice from vegetables
Jicama, green pumpkin and pennywort
juice…are also very good for body, especially to children that are overweight
and obese because drinking them, children won’t worry about gaining weight. In
addition, they can be antifebrile, especially in summer.
Soya
milk without sugar
It is nutritious drink and food that can provide
water, calcium and other nutrients.
Water
of boiled vegetable
It is very good for body because it can
provide vitamins and minerals.
To ensure their health, you can boil clean
water, make it cool and let babies drink every day. If you let babies drink
water that is bottled, you should choose famous manufacturer in the market.
Which kinds of drink should children limit or not use?
Mineral
water
It is kind of drink that contains a lot of
minerals such as sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium…. Kinds of mineral water
contain some minerals, so they need to be drunk timely, with correct object.
You shouldn’t use it uncontrolledly, especially children shouldn’t use kind of
mineral water that contains high content of minerals to make milk because
function about kidneys of children are weak, so it cannot eliminate redundant
minerals that accumulate in body. Moreover, it can cause disorder of heart rate,
high blood pressure, edema…
Kinds
of carbonated soft drink
Babies shouldn’t drink because it can cause
obesity, indigestion that can cause anorexia for children and provide empty
calories.
Kinds
of industrial fruit juice
They contain a lot of sugar. In addition,
the content of minerals and vitamins isn’t too much, so they aren’t good for
health, drinking a lot can lead to overweight state and obesity.
Coffee,
kinds of energy water
You shouldn’t use them for children to
drink.
You
shouldn’t let children drink coffee.
How should you drink water to be useful for health?
Do not
eat and drink at the same time
Water will leave out of stomach about 5
minutes after drinking. Therefore, you should drink water about 10 minutes
before eating or about 1 hour after eating. You shouldn’t drink water
immediately after eating or in eating because drinking water in eating time can
make food watery and it will take gastric juice from stomach to bowel quickly
and as a result, it’s difficult for digestion. Moreover, when eating and
drinking take place at the same time, we can swallow foods that are chewed
carefully, so it isn’t good for digestive system and absorption.
Parents
shouldn’t let children eat and drink at the same time.
Divide
into many times in day
You shouldn’t let children drink a lot of
water at the same time. Even when babies feel thirsty, you shouldn’t let children
too much water at that time. The best way is that you should drink water in
mouthful so that water can absorb in intestinal wall to capillary and this
thing will satisfy thirsty demand of a body that lacks in water.
Water
occupies 60-70% in body
Lacking water will affect living activities
of body. All of the reactions and transforming processes in body need water.
Water also helps eliminate toxins out of body through urine, sweat. To
children, water is very important because lacking in water can lead declining
of circulation, even it can lead to death if children lose water seriously in
cases of acute diarrhea. Lacking water is also the reason that causes
constipation for children and this is a popular disease. Children will need
water on all seasons. In summer, the demand about water will increase because
children’s body will lose a lot of sweat so that body can regulate temperature
to prevent hot.
