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Poll: Do you give your breastfed baby water?

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in Babies: 3 - 6 Months
If yes, is it from the tap? Bottle? Do you boil it first? If not yet, when do you plan on trying a little?Thanks![Poll]
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Re: Poll: Do you give your breastfed baby water?

  • RBCRBC
    I thought you were not supposed to. It can lower their electrolytes.
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  • yellowsnowyellowsnow
    ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!  Babies need calories to know when they are full, water doesn't have any calories, therefore they will not know when they are full and could cause water toxicity (don't remember the medical term, but means too much water in the system) and it can be very dangerous. 
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  • Mereou12Mereou12 member
    No, I don't, because babies don't need water. It could throw their electrolytes out of whack.
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  • RandiDeeAnnRandiDeeAnn
    Every once and a while. Not really enough to matter though. Sometimes when she has hiccups and when she won't poop for a few days, I water down some baby apple/prune, although sometimes she gets the juice straight.
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  • cinderellabellacinderellabella member
    No!! Absolutely not. Milk is alllllll they need.
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  • mattsbride2006mattsbride2006
    You aren't supposed to. Babies don't need water. Breast milk has everything they need. You can cause electrolyte problems if you do this. 
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  • Tonya_GTonya_G member
    Not until she starts on solids. Then just a little, basically to get her used to drinking out of a sippy.
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  • ZAngelZAngel member
    Yes, we do 2oz each day.  Although, she is eating solids and BM.  We usually give her filtered water after her morning veggie/fruit.
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  • mari_goldmari_gold
    Yes - sort of. He is obsessed with our drinks. After his dinner of solids, he gets to sit on my lap and drink a little water out of my glass.

    More ends up on our clothes than in him, though. He only swallows a few sips.
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  • KRIS05KRIS05

    LOs Dr actually told us to give him water from birth but it is the one bit of Dr advice I chose to ignore.  Eh...I think he gets everything he needs from BF. 

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  • poppyweedpoppyweed member
    When DD started solids last week we started giving her a sippy cup with Brita water. She drinks enough to flush out her mouth, then just chews on the sippy. No, they don't need water and yes, too much will throw off electrolyte balances, but an ounce is not going to hurt your baby.
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  • Mrs.tlcSMrs.tlcS member
    DS will get water after he's been getting solids.  We started DD with water around 8 months, and we'll probably do the same with DS.
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  • kreeper611kreeper611 member
    I mix his cereal with water.  I try to remember to get it from the fridge so that it is filtered, but sometimes I just grab it out of the tap.  I zap it for 20 seconds in the microwave just to warm it up a bit.  Since I've started mixing his cereal thicker, though, he's probably only getting 2T of it.
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