Question
My child has been crying and not eating much lately. Do breastfed babies need to drink water?
Answer
Breast milk is composed of 80% water. As long as the baby drinks milk on schedule every day and does not have any special physiological diseases, the water content in breast milk is sufficient. For a normal newborn baby, if they urinate more than 6 times a day, it usually indicates that their water intake is adequate, and the mother does not need to supplement water extra.