My pediatrician has never told me to give my son water and he's almost 1. She said he gets enough of it in his formula, but i've been giving him cow's milk for a couple months now and often give him ice water in his sippy cup. He don't really like it that much either.

pediatricians sometimes recommend that you give water once a day when your baby is eating a lot of solids. only because once they are on solids they can get constipated. but dalicia is right, my ped. also said that my son gets enough water from his formula-formula's main component is water.

I give melia a sippy cup after eating solids because she normally won't eat a good bottle after she eats. my pedi said that she should have a bottle right after she eats food. well she doesnt' take a bottle that well so i give her a sippy with a little water and she will suck on it a little while but not too much.

so as long as he is getting enough formula then i think it's fine to not give him water.

o ok, so basically if they eat lots of solids and not as much formula ( liquid) Then need to give them some water..gotcha..i see the doctor next week about landon and solids..cuz b4 i posted about him loving solids in the beginning and now he wont eat them ( rice and oats) I even tried the rice and bananas cereal...hope i didnt screw up or anything

Don't worry! It's not your fault he doesn't like them. Some babies are much more picky when it comes to their grub. Adriana loved baby food when we started her on solids. But now that she's been introduced to table food, she won't touch baby food. Not even the weird kind of juice in the little plastic bottles.