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water??

LPbean2LPbean2 member
in May 2012 Moms

maybe a stupid question, sorry! but my MIL just asked me why I am not giving DS water ever. At first I thought, well thats ridiculous, why would I give him water? No nutritional value, dont want him to fill up on just water (hes FF by the way). But thats kind of all I could respond with. Both she and my mother said that all of their kids had water from very early on, and they were both suprised that I wasnt giving him any. are there rules about this? any thoughts, or advice is appreciated!

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  • littleredfishlittleredfish member

    My LC had advised me that I could give DD small amounts of water (like 1ml no more than 3 times a day) back in the very hot summer days and ONLY if I found DD was sweating a lot. She is a very warm baby and on some days she would be totally naked and still pouring sweat. She said young babies can become very dehydrated if they sweat a lot and sometimes will try to eat a lot to compensate, but end up eating to the point of making themselves sick. Instead, giving them a small amount of water can help rehydrate them without that risk but the small amount of water does not fill them up at the cost of nutrition.

    Water is not necessary this early in normal conditions, it can just help in instances. Depending what climate you live in, it may not be necessary any more at this time of year. I haven't given DD water in almost a month now.

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  • IgnatusDemIgnatusDem member

    giving water to infants who haven't started solids can lead to water intoxication. https://www.babycenter.com/408_when-can-my-baby-drink-water_1368488.bc

    we breastfeed so the general rule is on hot days, they'll eat more often to stay hydrated, but I don't know the rules for FF babies. 

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  • mkflower3000mkflower3000 member
    I EBF, so not sure how water relates to FFing, but I know that we were told by our MW to give DD water when she was first born and was a little jaundiced (to help her pee more and flush it out faster). The one rule at the time was to give it to her after eating, so that her belly wouldn't fill up with water and make her less hungry. Now I don't think that this wouldn't really be an issue anymore. We also gave her some water when she got a fever around 2 months and wasn't really nursing (we were afraid that she would become dehydrated). Both times we made sure that it was boiled first and not straight out of the tap. It was also a fairly small amount - about a tablespoon. Did they tell you why they thought that you needed to give LO water?
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  • Stench99Stench99 member
    My pedi said that babies should not be given water unless they are constipated from solids.  He said they get plenty from formula/breastmilk.  Oh and no juice!  My mom was asking me about juice and she'll listen to my pedi, not me....lol.
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  • LPbean2LPbean2 member
    thanks for all the responses ladies! both of our moms are pretty old school so a lot of the advice is questionable to say the least. I never had any plans to give him water unless there was some kind of dehydration issues and talked with our pedi first. It was just one of those things that had never even entered my mind!
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  • joshandpandajoshandpanda member

    glad someone asked, I was going to... my grandma keeps asking me why Im not giving water... and I don't really have an answer for her... well, now I have a few things to bring to the plate for this topic! 

    We started solids about 3 weeks ago, and we haven't been constipated at all... actually, he is better with his stools now that we do puree right before bedtime...  

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  • bobbs420bobbs420 member
    Around 6 months is when you can usually start giving them small amounts of water in a sippy just for practice. We did this with DS1, and he was ready at a year to fully transition from a a bottle to a sippy because he was already so used to it.
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  • bellelambbellelamb member
    No need for water this young.
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  • inspired4lifeinspired4life

    I'd ask your pediatrician as every baby is different.  At my son's 4 month check up I asked about solids and was surprised when she told me I could start him on solids now (I questioned her about it like 6 times because I already had the 6-month date marked on my calendar).  My son is in the 97th percentile for height and weight, and has good head control (the nurse and doc were surprised at how strong he was).  He's clearly getting all the nutrition he needs and isn't having trouble gaining weight.  She also told me he could have water but not too much.  I've only given it to him once so far to see how he would handle the taste (just an ounce) and he chugged it down fine.  He hadn't pooped in days so I thought it might help get things moving (just my idea, doc didn't say anything about that).  I gave him distilled water because I was concerned about flouride and minerals in the bottled water and tap water.

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