Kwimibuzo yokuba xa kunokwenzeka ukuqala ukunika amanzi umntwana osandul 'ukuzalwa, indima yokumisela idlalwe ngumdala. Iintsana ezingaphantsi kweenyanga ezili-1 ubudala ezithandayo azidingi i-dopaivanii, ngaphandle kokuba kukho izibonakaliso zonyango. Ngomhla oshushu okanye kwindawo ephakamileyo yokushisa, akufanelekile ukunika amanzi, kubakho lula ukunika umntwana isifuba.
Nini ukuqala ukuthambisa umntwana osanda kuzalwa?
Impendulo yalo mbuzo kufuneka inikwe ngeemeko nobomi ngokwayo. Ukuba ubisi lwebele lubonakala ngokwaneleyo, umntwana unempilo kwaye ukhula ngokuqhelekileyo, ngoko akukho mfuneko yokunikezela amanzi kumntwana ubuncinane ubuncwane bonyaka, okanye ubuncinane ulinde iinyanga ezintathu. Ngeenyanga ezine zobomi, ixesha lifika xa kunokwenzeka ukunika amanzi kwiintsana ngexesha lokuncelisa ngaphandle kokwesaba. Nangona kunjalo, abazali bafanele bajonge ngokungqongqo umgangatho kunye nobungakanani bawo. Okokuqala, isantya sawo yonke imihla akufanele sidlule i-60 ml. Ngokuphathelele nini ukunika amanzi kwiintsana ngexesha lokuncelisa, ke kukulungele ukukwenza ngokuphuka phakathi kokutya. Kwaye kunyanzelekile ukunika umntwana isiselo kunye ne-teaspoon okanye iglasi, kungekhona ibhotile.
Ngokutsho kweengcebiso ze-WHO, kunokwenzeka kwaye kuyimfuneko ukuhambisa amanzi osana olusanda kuzalwa ngamanzi kuphela xa umntwana uneminyaka engama-6 ubudala. Kubalulekile ukwenza oku. Emva koko, iinyanga ezintandathu kwisondlo somntana esilungiswayo , oko kufuna "ukuhambisa amanzi".