Water, the best choice for babies at night<\/p>\n
Dear Dr. Donya<\/p>\n
I am a regular reader of your column and find it quite useful.
\nI am from India and living in Surabaya.<\/p>\n
In your column on April 10, you advised only giving babies
\nwater at night. I am quite confused about this. I have a six-
\nmonth-old daughter and I bottle-feed her milk at night when she
\nwakes up. I feed her twice, at about 11:30 p.m. and early in the
\nmorning at 3 a.m.<\/p>\n
Please advise me, is this OK or not? Will she have any dental
\nproblems because of this?<\/p>\n
-- Pallavi<\/p>\n
Dear Pallavi,<\/p>\n
When a baby wakes up at night, water is the best choice for
\nfeeding. You can bottle-feed your daughter milk and immediately
\nafterward, to clean her teeth, give her some water.<\/p>\n
Theoretically, a nighttime bottle should not be needed after
\nthe age of three months, but most babies still need feeding so
\nchoose water, or milk and then water immediately afterward.<\/p>\n
-- Dr. Donya<\/p>\n
Dear Dr. Donya,<\/p>\n
I would like to ask your advice in dealing with my son's
\nvomiting. He is a year and 10 months old. When he was under a
\nyear old, he didn't have digestion problems, but since he turned
\na year old, he often vomits when taking medicine and also when he
\ncries. It is difficult for me to give him medicine. Does my son
\nhave a digestive disorder? Could you advise me on an easier way
\nto give my son medicine?<\/p>\n
-- Murti<\/p>\n
Dear Murti,<\/p>\n
Does he have any vomiting while he eats? If he only has a
\nproblem while taking medication or crying, I can say that he does
\nnot have a digestive problem. I use a syringe to give my son
\nmedicine and make a game of squirting it in his mouth -- one
\nsyringe for him with medicine and one for me with water.<\/p>\n
Give him time to grasp the idea, and it is important to pick a
\nmedication that has a good taste, not too sweet and not too
\nbitter. Do not force him to swallow the medicine if he doesn't
\nwant to. You may want to mix the medicine with some juice or add
\nit to ice cream, but do not mix it with milk.<\/p>\n
He is one-and-a-half-years old, so talk to him and give him
\nthe reasons why he has to take the medication, and he will
\nunderstand. Good luck.<\/p>\n
-- Dr. Donya<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/water-the-best-choice-for-babies-at-night-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }