Why can’t babies drink water but use water on formula milk?
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Babies need a lot of food because they’re tiny (so it’s hard for them to stay warm) and they’re growing very fast. Babies also can’t eat solid food, so they have to drink all their food, which takes more volume per amount of food. So they really don’t have room in their diets for anything that isn’t food. More stomach room spent on water means less room for food, which means too little nutrition.
Formula crams a lot of food that’s appropriate for babies into the water it’s mixed into, so they can drink it without wasting food space on empty water.
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