Can water be added to breast milk?

When many parents are feeding their babies, they always hear other friends say that they need to add something. Naturally, they also make a lot of misunderstandings in the process of feeding their children. Because every baby's body and gastrointestinal function are different, so what some children need may not be what their children need, and what their children need may not be what others need. Can water be added to breast milk? How to feed the baby correctly?

Babies who are exclusively breastfed do not need to be fed fruit juice before 4 months of age.

The nutritional components of breast milk are most suitable for the birth and development of infants. Both the calories and water content of breast milk are sufficient to meet the needs of the baby's body within 6 months.

Although the minerals it contains, except iron and copper, are less than those in milk, they are enough for the growth and development of infants; the ratio of calcium and phosphorus in breast milk is more appropriate, which is easy for infants to digest, absorb and metabolize; the absorption rate of iron, zinc, etc. is several times that of milk; although the content of vitamin C and certain vitamins B in breast milk is not too much, they do not need to be heated and will not be destroyed; although fat-soluble vitamins such as VA can pass through the mammary glands in small amounts, as long as the mother's diet is rich in vitamin A, there will be enough vitamin A in the breast milk.

The only thing that is insufficient in breast milk is vitamin D, but vitamin D cannot be provided by fruit juice and must be obtained from cod liver oil or more sun exposure. Therefore, mothers with sufficient milk can safely breastfeed their babies for 4 to 6 months under normal circumstances. Only in the hot summer, when the baby sweats too much, has diarrhea or takes sulfa drugs, does he need to be fed additional water. Babies who are exclusively breastfed

It should be noted that feeding fruit juice to babies too early will reduce the amount of milk the baby absorbs from the mother's breasts, which will gradually lead to less and less breast milk secretion. In addition, if you use a bottle to feed fruit juice, the nipple has a large hole and is easy to suck. If the baby gets used to the nipple, it will affect the child's sucking ability, which is not conducive to the secretion of breast milk and the establishment of the lactation reflex. Moreover, bottles and nipples are not easy to disinfect thoroughly, and are easily contaminated by bacteria, increasing the chance of transmitting digestive tract diseases.