Water for a young child

In young children about 52-75% of water is excreted from the body, so infants need to drink. The question is that today pediatricians are promoting breastfeeding. It is very good. But at the same time, they say that there is enough water in breast milk. This is indeed so. In milk, 88% of water is contained. But there is no need to find a child in connection with this - a controversial issue. For the child (as for the adult), the optimum temperature is the so-called "room". And this is 19-22. at all this? Especially in the summer, when the temperature can reach 30 degrees? And the optimum humidity should be about 60%. At you such? Especially with the onset of the heating season?

In ideal conditions, a child really does not need to be doped. But we are talking about our real life, in which, unfortunately, the conditions are not always (it is better to say almost never) do not coincide with the ideal. This means that the child sweats more, loses more water. He will demand water more often. Each time a caring mother (on the advice of doctors) will give the child a breast, not water. As a consequence, the child is gaining more weight. One question remains: what is the best way to give a child a drink?

The water requirement for a child up to a year is 100-150 ml / kg body weight. This means that the child is 75% water! Here it is important to think, from what kind of water? I think everyone understands that the water from the tap (the so-called "conditionally drinking") does not fit the child. To water her, then provoke the body to fight with potential ailments. The water from the tap is stiff with an increased salt content, iron level and even ammonia. The only way to purify water is chlorination (the permissible norm is 0.06 ml / l) - here it is, our defender against cholera and hepatitis, an assistant in the development of diseases of the liver, kidneys, stomach. It is worth noting that boiling does not save the situation. Since the result can be the formation of no less dangerous for the body compounds, for example, chloroform.

Water from wells also can not be ideal for drinking, as it is necessary to take into account elementary lack of sanitary and epidemiological control over quality. Often standing, such water can form on the walls of the vessel yellow or green coating. Yellow indicates that the water contains salts of heavy metals, and green - about fungal mold, a large number of bacteria and microorganisms, which are not always harmless to the body.

There is a way out - a water filter. But there is also a "but" here. Different filters are cleaned differently. A certain composition of water needs certain filters. Well, if you have a window under the window factory for the manufacture of filters. Most likely, their filters are adapted to the composition of your water. And if not? In this case, you need to conduct a chemical and bacteriological analysis of your water, and only then select a filter.

The output is seen in the use of bottled water extracted from wells and purified by industrial methods. The well must comply with the sanitary and epidemiological norms, which the relevant certificate should tell, and the water purification must occur at the molecular level in order to remove all harmful impurities and microbes leaving useful salts, for example magnesium, potassium (in a harmless amount for the body). Balanced salt composition of water is very important for young children, as the excretion of salts by kidneys in children is complicated, and the love of salty foods, grafted with drinking, in the future can lead to hypertension.

To date, the market for baby food has a huge number of varieties of tea. They are made from natural herbs. Some of them contain pieces of fruit or berries. As a rule, they do not contain dyes, preservatives and food additives. Sweeten them with glucose, sucrose or other carbohydrates. That's why they should not be abused, as these carbohydrates increase the risk of caries. Do not leave the baby a bottle of tea instead of a pacifier. Most teas should be given to children only after consulting a doctor. Only teas with fennel can be given from birth. All other teas are better to enter into food on a more adult period.

Remember: Liquid should be given to the child in small portions between feedings. Do not give to drink before feeding, as the stomach of the child quickly overflows. As a lack of water is harmful to the body, so is its overabundance. Immaturity of the intestine, which removes water from the body, leads to a violation of the water-salt balance.