Newborn pooping question.

bbsrs

Hi All ,
Our little girl was born 4 days ago , she had three bowel movements of ,I presume meconium ,over the two days she was in hospital but since we came home she hasn't had any bowel movement .She is urinating regularly . She is taking 40ml of SMA 6 times per day and today we had a visit from the nurse and she said to give her 15ml of water twice per day to help. the nurse wasn't too worried about it.
Anybody here have similar experiences?

liliq

a four day old baby should NOT be given water, and definitely not twice a day.
As long as your baby is urinating she is fine for the moment.

bbsrs

liliq wrote: »

a four day old baby should NOT be given water, and definitely not twice a day.
As long as your baby is urinating she is fine for the moment.

Thanks for the reply , the nurse that does the house visits came today and specifically told us to give our baby 15ml of water twice a day I'm confused now , I'll contact my GP but thank you for the info , I wasn't aware that water was bad for a baby but after your reply and a quick google it seems you are correct.

liliq

Definitely contact your GP if you're in anyway worried or unsure.
Babies need all their intake to be calorific and nutritious, especially as their stomachs are so small. water is really counter intuitive, it fills them up but is neither calorific or nutritious, so they can lose weight rapidly.
To be honest, I'd consider reporting the advice that the nurse gave you to an appropriate person, maybe a supervisor or similar in the care centre she is based in, as it is potentially extremely dangerous advice.

Gee_G

bbsrs wrote: »

Hi All ,
Our little girl was born 4 days ago , she had three bowel movements of ,I presume meconium ,over the two days she was in hospital but since we came home she hasn't had any bowel movement .She is urinating regularly . She is taking 40ml of SMA 6 times per day and today we had a visit from the nurse and she said to give her 15ml of water twice per day to help. the nurse wasn't too worried about it.
Anybody here have similar experiences?

My nurse also told me to giVe my newborn a little drop of water a few times a day, a doctor told me the Same. I was having a problem with wind and bowel movements with him and he had it from 5/6days old. my baby is now 6 weeks and thriving, when weighed at four weeks he had put on 2lb 10oz so the water definitely did him no harm.

xzanti

Yeah, I've never heard to water being bad for a newborn either..

Our Nurse also told us to give him a little bit of water daily, she said once he was getting plenty of milk then it was no harm at all.



Maybe if the baby was particularly underweight, then it's not advisable?

Zulu

liliq wrote: »

a four day old baby should NOT be given water, and definitely not twice a day..

liliq wrote: »

Babies need all their intake to be calorific and nutritious, especially as their stomachs are so small. water is really counter intuitive, it fills them up but is neither calorific or nutritious, so they can lose weight rapidly.
To be honest, I'd consider reporting the advice that the nurse gave you ...

I'm not being bad, but are you qualified to be contradicting the advice given by a medical professional?

I understand you are trying to help, but should you be contradicting, over the internet, what the OP was told after an actual visit from a nurse?

Moonbeam

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