what kind of water do you use?

BLONDIE6FT

just started using formula, so i have a few questions

tap,bottled or distilled (noticed this in the baby aisle)?

if you breastfed, how many days/weeks did it take to transition with formula? did you mix it together?

do you boil your formula water, microwave (i know it says not to, but just asking) or warm water from the tap?

thanks for the help! (feel free to add any other info you think i may need to know about formula....)

jkinslow

At DD's 6 month appointment, the pedi told us to start using Nursery Water with fluoride. She said that babies this age need some fluoride in their water but some tap water has too much. As for warming the bottles, we do not warm the water before we mix it with the formula. If we make a bottle to give to her immediately, we just give her the bottle at room temp. (We do not refrigerate the water.) Otherwise, we refrigerate the formula & heat it in the bottle warmer or put the bottle in a glass of hot water to heat it.

ali-1411

Water from the tap.  I would only microwave if it came premixed out of the fridge.  Just shake it first to mix in the hot spots.

ali-1411

Tip:  the blender kicksass for mixing large batches of formula.  For awhile, the blender was a permanent appliance on our counters.  It sat next to the coffee pot

I would make about 24 oz at a time and keep in the fridge.  Use it as needed and microwave it for about 20 seconds. 

Ruby44

We used distilled water at first. Pedi always said it was ok to use tap, so eventually we switched to just tap.

We used warm water from the tap. We did not microwave. 

I did not transition... BFing was not working with so we just started giving her formula. 

Angie&Doc

just tap water

Emer

We used tap and bottled, depending on where we were.  We used both at room temp, no heating needed.

MrsJEC

We use tap water as well.

KittyFX

We use tap water but from the fridge which is filtered. We make each bottle individually. I fill a container with water from the fridge and let it sit at room temp- we use this to make the formula and do not warm it.