How much water should children drink?

The children in this case the small ones, not tiny, but still unable to say “I thirst” even when it is in a position to assert their needs, desires and needs through cries and screams from the competition, how much water you should drink? My daughter is eight months and is part of this incredible class, the small drink lots of water, the pediatrician, I must say that I always seemed very wise and old school, he simply reiterated leave if he is thirsty to drink, but how much? And if you grab the bottle should be more a gesture of habit than actual need?

In fact this is precisely the point, children are much more aware than others of their needs, if they are thirsty drink, or launch the bottle So much happens and where the maternal anxieties, equally applies to food. Difficult to do what the little people who do not want water is always first in case of thirst.

Finally, doing some research I discovered that the children are at increased risk of dehydration and their need for water is greater than adults, their daily requirement is roughly equivalent to 2% of body weight, but perhaps the water is the only reality that even if it does not hurt so much, at most you change some diaper more.