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Baby water with added Fluoride....

Mrs.HMommyMrs.HMommy
in February 2011 Moms
So I saw the Gerber as a purified baby water w/o fluoride, and it prompted me to google the benefits or recommendations out there for fluoride or non-fluoride added water for infants. I'm reading warnings about it being unsafe ?? Did I miss something? When I FF DS I used baby water as a must but now I'm worried about giving it to DD. Are you using nursery water? 
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Re: Baby water with added Fluoride....

  • MrsN41809MrsN41809
    I am using the gerber nursery water. I was always told by everyone that fluoride is better for them especially when they start getting their teeth. 
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  • Lucky_DragonflyLucky_Dragonfly member
    I was told by the pedi to not use that water because you don't know how much fluoride is in the water and you can give them too much.
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  • twirlyjack73twirlyjack73 member
    OMG fluoride is very controversial.  Personally I'm against it.  My mom & a group fought to get it out of our county's water supply when I was a child & won.  In a nutshell the fluoride added to the water supply is not the fluoride naturally occuring from the earth.  It is a by-product of industrial chimney scrubbers that in the 40's & 50's big business didn't know what to do with other than polluting the waters.  Big biz & the gov't did a study & found that it "seemed" to prevent cavities only in children & only ages 6-8.  So why are we all drinking it, why not add caffeine on Mondays to our water supply & aspirin on Saturdays?  I mean how dare they add that to our water.  Plus like someone said you can't regulate what a baby consumes vs an adult b/c of size.  Furthermore more progressive countries including all of Western Europe, Japan, & some other countries have completely banned it from the water supply b/c of what I stated plus altho it 'might' help with cavities for a certain age group, it is definately known to cause cancer.  If you were to have a prescription for it the bottle comes with a skull & cross bones design for a warning.  It's basically big business.  However if you talk to any dentist about it they are all for it in the same way that medical doctors generally do not agree with any alternative or natural medicine b/c they are indoctrinated by the info they get from where- the ADA- (more big business) giving them papers on how good it is.  You think they read the reports on how not good it is?  Fat chance, they'd have to come across that info somewhere plus it's drilled into them.  There, that's my rant.  Btw I have only 1 cavity.
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  • Mrs.HMommyMrs.HMommy
    I'm so shocked from all the stuff I'm reading abt this topic. DS was an infant now 5 years ago and EVERYONE I knew used Nursery water so thats what we did. I'm going to start using the gerber pure I think at least until DD gets teeth. Thanks so much for all the info. I love when people are well educated on a topic and passionate about it. One of the reasons I love our board!! ;)
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  • Lucky_DragonflyLucky_Dragonfly member
    FYI- DS takes 0.5ml of fluoride each night because we have well water and there is not a skull and cross bones on the bottle. If its regulated properly then its fine.
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  • FeliOlandFeliOland
    Forgive my ignorance, but what's 'nursery water'?
    If it's what I think it is (water that the baby drinks), I thought if they breastfeed the milk has everything they need in there. No need for water. Is the nursery water than for formula feeding babies?

    Just wondering...

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