Can newborns drink herbal tea?

After forty weeks of pregnancy, the expectant mother will give birth to the baby smoothly, and the next work will become more important. She needs to take care of the child's eating, drinking, defecation, urination, etc., and be careful not to let the newborn get sick. Many mothers have no experience in taking care of children, and some even ask if newborns can drink herbal tea? Not only can newborns not drink herbal tea, they can't even drink ordinary hot tea. Newborns do not need to drink water, especially newborns who are breastfed.

1. Newborns can drink herbal tea (herbal medicine)

Normal newborns can eat nothing, nothing, and nothing except breast milk (and taking vitamin AD starting at 15 days). Breast milk is rich in nutrients and contains a variety of antibodies, which can fully meet all the nutritional needs of newborns. The stomach capacity of a newborn is very small, so if they drink other things, they will not be able to drink milk. If you don’t drink enough milk, your growth and development will be affected. If the baby has already been given the drink, parents should stop immediately.

All medicines are poisonous to some extent, and traditional Chinese medicine is no exception. Many Chinese patent medicines are still blank in terms of safety for neonatal use due to the lack of a large number of clinical research experiments. For newborns whose development is not yet complete, it is very easy to have toxic reactions if they take any kind of folk remedies or herbal medicines at random. The ingredients of herbal tea are unknown, and the necessary hygiene and disinfection are lacking during the cooking process. The drugs are extremely harmful to the baby's delicate spleen, stomach, liver and kidneys. Blindly following folk remedies will only endanger the baby's physical and mental health! There is no proven benefit for newborns.

2. Can babies under one month old drink herbal tea?

The gastrointestinal function of babies under one month old is not very good yet.

Fresh milk is a foreign large-molecule protein and can easily cause diarrhea in babies because they cannot digest it. Suggestions: If breast milk is not enough, it is best to feed formula milk or other supplementary foods.

3. How many months old can babies drink herbal tea?

Because newborns have poor gastrointestinal function, they are prone to indigestion and diarrhea. They cannot drink herbal tea. It is recommended that complementary foods be added after the baby is 4 months old. During this period, pay attention to drinking more water and keep the bowel movements smooth.