water to newborns

Hi mommies! My MIL says to give my 2 weeks baby a lil water to drink so that his body wont be heaty over drinking breastmilk. Will it harm my baby if I feed him a lil water?

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It won’t harm your baby but too much water will make you baby full for no reason and he won’t be able to drink more milk. It’s like empty calories. I didn’t feed my baby any water for the first 6 months unless she is having a fever and need to take medicine and it’s only 2ml of water.