Patient's question:
The child has been crying non-stop recently, and they don't eat much either. Do breastfed babies need to drink water?Doctor's answer:
Hello, water supplementation is quite important for a baby's growth. Sufficient water allows the baby to metabolize normally. So, do babies who are breastfed need additional water supplementation? In fact, 80% of breast milk is water. As long as the baby drinks milk on time every day and does not have any special physiological diseases, the water in breast milk is already quite sufficient.Director Wu Fenfen of the Emergency Department at the Women and Children's Hospital of Taipei City Hospital said that for normal newborns, if they urinate more than six times a day, it usually indicates that their water intake is sufficient, and mothers do not need to supplement with additional water.