Many parents are always wondering whether to give their babies cold water.
The baby should drink warm water. It is not good for the spleen and stomach to grow up after drinking too much cold water.
How can the baby drink cold when his intestines and stomach are tender? Drink too much and have diarrhea!
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In our Chinese concept, I feel that [drinking warm water] is omnipotent. Dysmenorrhea also drinks warm water, colds also drink warm water, drinking warm water = keeping in good health, drinking warm water = curing all diseases…
Whenever someone gives an example: if you look at foreign babies drinking cold water all the year round, the [warm water party] will say: we are not in the same constitution as others!
However, the Hong Kong Department of Health said this to babies drinking breast milk: [If you want to drink frozen milk: heating is not necessary, because babies can drink frozen milk directly.]
Wait! Can Hong Kong babies drink frozen breast milk directly? ! (Level higher is there? )
So, from a scientific point of view, can babies drink cold water? What do babies of different ages pay attention to when drinking water?
We don’t talk about health preservation, we will find out from a scientific point of view.
Can the baby drink cold water?
In principle, as long as it is the temperature of water that adults can drink, babies can still drink it.
Cold water or even ice water will not make people sick, only drinking unclean water.
At present, there is no definite evidence at home or even internationally that water below body temperature is harmful to the baby’s intestines and stomach or other organs.
It is understandable that parents want to take care of their babies more carefully, but they don’t need to think too delicate about their babies. Giving the baby proper cold water or even ice water is not harmful to the baby what.
You see, the constant body temperature of the human body is about 37 degrees. After water below the body temperature enters the mouth, it will reach the stomach through the heating of the mouth and esophagus. At this time, the temperature of the water will rise to different degrees.
As long as you don’t drink too fast and too much, your baby’s strong stomach can completely tolerate it.
Therefore, it is really not worth dwelling on such meaningless issues.
Is it healthier for babies of different ages to drink water with what temperature?
0 ~ 6 months
For babies under 6 months old, drink breast milk or formula milk without extra water or any other liquid. If there is dark yellow urine or dry lips, you can take a few mouthfuls.
Babies do not drink water, does the temperature of breast milk or formula milk have to be kept at 37 ℃?
It’s not.
In fact, it is really impossible to accurately reach 37 ℃ for every mouthful of milk fed to the baby (it will cool after drinking it). As long as it doesn’t feel hot, it is OK. In summer, when the weather is hot, the baby will be easily agitated, and milk with slightly lower temperature will be more acceptable.
6 ~ 12 months
After adding supplementary foods for more than 6 months, the baby can drink some water.
As for the water temperature, cold water at normal temperature is definitely no problem. Although the Hong Kong Department of Health said that babies can drink ice milk and there is no clear evidence that babies cannot drink ice, Dr. Clove advised mothers not to [deliberately challenge]. After all, physically speaking, the gastrointestinal function of babies under one year old is not fully developed.
Over 1 year old
For babies over 1 year old, if there is no basic disease, cold water will definitely be no problem. If babies are willing to drink ice water at this time, they can also drink it in an appropriate amount.
As Dr. Clove said, drink slowly, not too much at a time, it is OK.
In short, the younger the baby, the worse the gastrointestinal regulation function. With the growth of age, the gastrointestinal function gradually matures and approaches the dietary standard of adults.
Whether it is cold water or ice water, parents can actually give the baby a chance to try. If there is no special discomfort, it means that the baby is acceptable, and this amount and temperature of water is acceptable.
Why do some babies have diarrhea after drinking cold water?
Some parents said that I had drunk cold water for Eva, and as a result, Eva had diarrhea after drinking it.
In fact, there are many reasons for babies to have diarrhea after drinking cold water, the most common of which are the following four:
1. Eating too much food, followed by drinking too much cold water, stimulated the intestinal tract;
2. Drink unclean cold water;
3. After drinking cold water, they are active again.
4. Drink hot water immediately after drinking cold water, or drink cold water immediately after drinking hot water.
If the above situation is excluded, and the baby will have diarrhea every time he drinks cold water, we should be on guard against whether the baby has [irritable bowel syndrome].
[Irritable Bowel Syndrome] This is a kind of intestinal dysfunction disease. In addition to diarrhea, there are also manifestations such as abdominal pain, abdominal distension and changes in defecation habits and stool characteristics. Diet, tension, anxiety and cold are the causes of aggravation of symptoms. At this time, you need to go to the hospital for examination.
Since temperature is one of the clear causes of irritable bowel syndrome, and the disease is not so easy to cure, it is better to drink less or not to drink cold water or ice water for babies diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome.