I believe many parents have thought about this problem, but many times, they have not delved into it.
Regarding drinking water, the most popular saying in daily life is "you need to drink 8 glasses of water a day". Therefore, many parents subconsciously ask their children to drink as much water as possible and move closer to the standard of 8 glasses of water.
In this process, even some parents have gradually fallen into the misunderstanding of "let children drink as much water as possible".
In fact, the more water you drink, the better. From a scientific point of view, drinking too much water is likely to lead to the decrease of sodium content in the body, which will lead to water poisoning. The younger the child, the greater the risk of water poisoning, especially the baby 6 months ago.
Therefore, it is particularly important to know how to give children scientific drinking water.
How much water do children of different ages need to drink?
The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that babies 6 months ago can get enough water from formula milk and breast milk, so they don't need to drink extra water except breast milk and formula milk.
Children from 6 months to 1 year old can be given 4-6 ounces of water, which is about equivalent to 120- 180Ml of water.
In order to facilitate their own visual inspection, parents can buy a special graduated drinking cup for their children. According to my observation, there are many graduated drinking cups on the market with capacities of 120ML, 180ML, 250Ml and 360Ml.
Parents with children under 1 can buy a 120ML or 180Ml children's drinking cup as needed, and just give their children a glass of water every day.
And how to calculate the water consumption of children over 1 year? Let's continue our in-depth discussion.
How to calculate the total amount of water that children drink?
First of all, how to calculate the total amount of water that children drink in a day?
For this problem, most people will fall into a misunderstanding, mistakenly thinking that the total amount of water that children drink is only counting how many glasses of water children drink every day.
In fact, according to the research of the Food and Expert Committee of the National Institute of the United States, the total amount of water that children drink every day should be the sum of the water contained in all foods.
In other words, in addition to drinking water directly, children eat food in a day, such as fruits, vegetables, juice, milk and so on. , actually contains water. When calculating, parents should also take into account the moisture contained in the types of food their children eat every day.
In order to ensure children's daily water consumption, in addition to attracting children to drink water by changing cups, if your children really don't like drinking water, you can also consider giving them more watery food to supplement enough water.
How did the phrase "drink 8 glasses of water a day" come from? Do children need to obey?
In daily life, we often say, "We need to drink 8 glasses of water a day". So, do children need this, too?
People need to drink 2000 ml of water every day. And 2000ML, if you use 250ML water cups, it is exactly 8 cups.
According to this standard, it is obviously unscientific to give children so much water.
If children are given water blindly according to such standards, it will not only affect their food intake, but also do harm to their health.
In fact, when breastfeeding or adding complementary food, parents usually know how to feed their children as needed. Actually, isn't drinking water the same way?
Therefore, for children over 1 year-old, what parents should do is to ensure that their children can drink water when they want to, and encourage them to drink more water and eat more foods with high water content when their children exercise heavily or the weather is hot to ensure their health.
Other small details about scientific drinking water.
If children want to drink water scientifically, there are other small details to pay attention to:
For example, when children are thirsty, try to let them drink water instead of juice and soda; Don't let your child not drink water before going to bed, which will help the child to stop eating before going to bed, reduce nocturia, protect the stomach and ensure adequate sleep; When children eat snacks, they can be guided to drink water, which is conducive to protecting their teeth and reducing their dental caries.