How Much Water For Baby?

Written by Marilyn Pokorney


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Symptoms of water intoxication include pale urine, using more than 8 diapers a day, and baby sleeping more than usual and being difficult to wake up.

Mothers should be advised that healthy infants get allrepparttar water they need in breast milk or formula.

A baby can get water intoxication as a result of drinking several bottles of water a day or from drinking infant formula that has been diluted too much.

Water fills baby without adding calories, so water supplementation can result in weight loss or insufficient weight gain forrepparttar 136448 baby.

Pediatricians advise feeding babies 2 to 3 oz. more than their age in months at each feeding. For example, babies 4 months old would be fed 6 to 7 oz. three times a day. More than 8 oz. at any one feeding rarely necessary. The usual proportions of milk to water should be about two-thirds milk to one-third water. With these proportions,repparttar 136449 baby receives about 8 oz of water equally spaced over a 24 hour period. Ifrepparttar 136450 formula is diluted, mild should not be less than 50 percent.

Only around seven months of age, when baby has started eating solid foods, should a little water be introduced in a cup.

Water intoxication can be prevented by following your physicians instructions.

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Marilyn Pokorney Freelance writer of science, nature, animals and the environment. Also loves crafts, gardening, and reading. Website: http://www.apluswriting.net


5 Simple Weight & Health Watching Tips

Written by Nick


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4. Have A Healthy Snack - It's 4 inrepparttar afternoon and you are getting hungry. Dinner won't be served for another 3 hours, and you need something to eat. Don't take outrepparttar 136425 chips bag or reach intorepparttar 136426 cookie jar. Rather, make yourself a nice little snack. An apple and a small chunk of cheese tastes very nice. Some cheese and pretzels do, too. A granola bar. A couple cheese and crackers. Maybe a nutragrain bar. The idea is to eat a healthy snack that will fill you up untilrepparttar 136427 next meal, and not be constantly snacking.

5. Walk Your Dog - Do you have a dog? Well, all dogs need to be walked, even though a lot of owners don't do it. It not only provides great exercise, it is also refreshing and can provide other benefits. We're not talking about a long mile walk (though if you can, bravo), maybe just up a couple streets and back. Give yourself and your dog a chance to stretch your legs and work off a couple of calories. Meet some other people while you're at it and enjoyrepparttar 136428 outdoors!

Nick runs http://fizod.com , a community for teenagers.


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