That's wonderful to know now that Ava had
nursery water for her first year of life.
What's the deal with flouride and what't
he heck is flouride drops?
Now I just buy jugs of drinking water to
cut her juice with.
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vanessalouanne
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Posted: 12-16-07 22:57pm
huh..
well I always use bottled and my baby is
perfect and advanced.
They way I look at it, people have
survived up until now with normal water.
I dont think its a huge deal.
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mamaTT
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Posted: 12-17-07 09:31am
BridgetHeartsFinn
wrote:
the bottled nursery water
isn't recommended because of the added
fluoride. i'm not sure why that's bad
though... is there fluoride in formula? i
know too much isn't good, so maybe that's
why.
we have a PUR water filter on our faucet,
so i always just used tap water. our tap
water doesn't have fluoride, so now that
he's older i have to add fluoride drops to
his milk.
When Cheyenne was born, the pediatrician
at the hospital told us to use the nursery
water BECAUSE it had more fluoride in it.
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Bridget
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Posted: 12-17-07 10:16am
that's odd. do you not have fluoride in
your town water? most places have it in
the town water, but if you don't then
maybe that's why they recommended it.
we don't have it in our town water, so at
finn's 1-year appointment he got a
prescription for drops to add to his milk.
here's some info from fluoridealert.org-
Does your
drinking water contain added fluoride? If
so, keep it away from infants under the
age of one. This directive was issued
recently by an unlikely source: the
American Dental Association (ADA).
In a November 9th email alert sent to all
of its members, the ADA noted that
"Infants less than one year old may be
getting more than the optimal amount of
fluoride if their primary source of
nutrition is powdered or liquid infant
formula mixed with water containing
fluoride." The ADA went on to advise: "If
using a product that needs to be
reconstituted, parents and caregivers
should consider using water that has no or
low levels of fluoride."
The ADA issued this advice because babies
exposed to fluoridated water are at high
risk for developing dental fluorosis—a
defect of the teeth which can result in
staining and even corrosion of the enamel.
In addition, on October 14th, the Food and
Drug Administration stated that
fluoridated water marketed to infants
cannot claim to reduce the risk of
cavities.
Dental fluorosis is not the only risk
stemming from a baby's exposure to
fluoride. In the same week that ADA issued
its advisory, an article in the British
journal, The Lancet, reported that
fluoride may damage a child's developing
brain. The Lancet review described
fluoride, along with the rocket fuel
additive perchlorate, as an "emerging
neurotoxic substance" due to evidence
linking fluoride to lower IQs in children,
and brain damage in animals.
"Newborn babies have undeveloped brains,
and exposure to fluoride, a suspected
neurotoxin, should be avoided," notes
Hardy Limeback, a member of a 2006
National Research Council panel on
fluoride toxicity, and former President of
the Canadian Association of Dental
Research.
Fluoride is linked with other health
problems as well, including weakened
bones, reduced thyroid activity, and
possibly, bone cancer in boys, according
to a recent report from a team of Harvard
scientists, the US National Research
Council and other recent studies.
While most of western Europe has abandoned
the practice of adding fluoride to water,
most US water supplies remain fluoridated.
In addition, some brands of bottled water
sold in the US, such as Nursery Water,
specifically market fluoridated water for
young babies.
A recent investigation by the
Environmental Working Group (EWG) found
that over-exposure to fluoride among
infants is a widespread problem in most
major American cities. EWG's study found
that, on any given day, up to 60% of
formula-fed babies in US cities were
exceeding the Institute of Medicine's
"upper tolerable" limit for fluoride.
"Water is supposed to be safe for
everyone. Why add a chemical that makes it
knowingly unfit for young children? The US
should follow Europe's lead and end
fluoridation," says Michael Connett,
Project Director of the Fluoride Action
Network.
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mamaTT
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Posted: 12-17-07 12:06pm
Oh my, that's scary. We have her 4 month
appointment tomorrow, so I will definitely
ask her pediatrician about this. I know
the one at the hospital told us it was
very important to use the nursery water
because it had more fluoride in it and it
would be better for her.
Hmmm...difference of opinion again.
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kaerbear
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Posted: 12-17-07 15:14pm
it must be just the levels of fluoride.
breastmilk has fluoride in it but i'm sure
not as much as tap water.
isn't Aquafina just filtered tap water? i
seem to remember them making a big fuss
about that and telling them they have to
say on the label that the source water is
the local municipality water wherever the
bottling factory is.
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young Girl
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Posted: 12-17-07 15:18pm
the PEd told us to use nuresey water
without added floride
it will have *some* in it but they add
more in reglar nursery water i guess.
we use the kind without added floride
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onmyway_0x
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Posted: 12-17-07 23:12pm
I buy jugs of distilled water AND THEN i
sterilze it.
I'm anal.
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Becky
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Posted: 12-18-07 05:51am
i have always used boiled tap water
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rosejackson
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Posted: 12-18-07 12:06pm
beckster
wrote:
i have always used boiled
tap water
yeah same. i have never known any
different
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oh_mommy
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Posted: 12-18-07 14:55pm
i never knew there was other ways either..
I just boiled water for the first 9 months
and used that..
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kaerbear
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Posted: 12-20-07 04:56am
this is interesting. eadie got a little
dehydrated this week. i didn't know
that's what it was until i saw the doctor
but she had been having a hard time having
a bowl movement and her stools were a
little thick (but not dry). the doctor
said it's normal this time of year because
of the heat being on and the dry air and
to give her a little water in a cup (she's
breastfed) and i said okay i guess i
should boil it. the doc said no that's
not necessary if you are living in the
city. she said after four months old they
can stomach the treated tap water here in
town. of course, i boiled it anyway, lol.
it just made me think of this thread. i
guess it's all a matter of choice, but it
is better for the environment to use tap
water (boiled, if you choose.)
