Giving Babies Water to Drink Posted: 02-24-07 17:14pm
When and why do you add water to baby's
diet?
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Sail Away
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 1170 Location: Missouri
Posted: 02-24-07 17:18pm
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.
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Sunflower_pie81
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Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 5041 Location: to hell with this crap
Posted: 02-24-07 18:43pm
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.
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laura_friesen
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 610 Location: , Canada
Posted: 02-24-07 18:55pm
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
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hopefulmjz
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Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 4777 Location: , USA
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Posted: 02-24-07 19:24pm
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.
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