Drinking water for baby
Some drink water, others do not. It is often recommended to give the child water between feedings once or twice a day. This is not absolutely necessary, because the amount of water in the mixture is designed to meet the needs of the child. It is more important to give water in the heat or when the child has a high fever. Children who usually refuse water, in such cases, drink it.
By the way, most children do not drink water from two weeks to a year. At this time they recognize only nutritious high-calorie liquids, and simple water offends them. If your child likes it, of course, give it one or several times a day between meals( and not just just before eating).Give him as much water as he wants. He probably will not drink more than 60 g. But do not force him to drink water if he does not want it. There's no point in annoying him. He knows what he needs.
If your child drinks water, boil for three minutes so that it lasts a day. Keep water in a sterilized bottle. When you need a little, pour into another sterilized bottle, and then warm, like a bottle of milk.
Be sure to boil the water that the child drinks during the first year, and in the second year - if you are not sure that the tap water is clean enough.
If you are using water from a well, it is important to check it for bacteria and nitrates before the baby is born.( Nitrates in water cause the paleness of the lips and skin in the child.) Write to the health department of your state.
Sweetened water. If the child does not drink plain water, try giving it sweetened. Water is especially needed if you want to cancel night feeding or the child eats less because of illness or heat.
Add one tablespoon of sugar without top or corn syrup to 500 g of water and boil for three minutes.
No need to sterilize everything. Mixture and equipment for its manufacture are sterilized to prevent the multiplication of bacteria. Drinking water is sterilized to kill bacteria, possibly penetrated into the reservoir, or to prevent harm from poor condition of the aqueduct. Sometimes mothers are so frightened of bacteria that they not only sterilize the milk mixture and water, but in general everything that can get into the child's mouth. Do not be so fussy over what your child eats and drinks. Do not sterilize plates, cups and spoons, because on a clean, dry surface of the dish, bacteria can not live. It is wise to wash an orange intended for a child, because a sick person could keep it. There is no need to sterilize the knife with which you will cut an orange. Bacteria will not have time to multiply in the juice, if you give it to the child 10 minutes after cooking.
You can wash with soap a rubber ring for the teeth and toys that the baby takes in your mouth after you have bought them. But there is no need to wash them afterwards, unless they fall to the floor, because they will only have the bacteria of the child, to which he is accustomed.