Formula powder?

chemily8 · April 2014

Hello. I BF but have recently started supplementing for my own sanity. So far I have only used the ready made formula. I am out of that and have powder. What water do I mix with it? Is water from my brita filter ok?

Jenniferomeo · April 2014

No. It still needs to be boiled. I buy the gallons of baby water from the store.

chemily8 · April 2014

What! ? Seriously? What if I'm on the go?

Melissa1506 · April 2014

I use water from my brita filter. My pediatrician told me at my last check up that we needed to start using tap water so he gets the fluoride, I don't like our tap water so I use the brita filter and she said that is fine.

roo1oo · April 2014

As long as your child does not have any health concerns, water that you can drink is safe for making formula. I use tap water. DC uses filtered or bottled water. It does NOT have to be boiled.

ASmallWonder · April 2014

Jenniferomeo said:

No. It still needs to be boiled. I buy the gallons of baby water from the store.

This is totally not true.

chemily8 · April 2014

Oh thank you I gave her some filtered water and then saw that at midnight last night about it being boiled and got a little panicky haha. Thanks ladies

VegasGal1978 · May 2014

I supplement too. We use tap water, per our pedi.

OliviaG722 · May 2014

Tap water, bottled water, brita water, we use it all! Boiling water is not necessary. However, just be aware if you use tap what's in it. Just where we live our tap water has a lot of iron in it so it made our son constipated.

jenni812 · May 2014

On the go recommendation:
Pre-fill bottles with water (boiled, filtered, what have you) and use a formula dispenser. Shake and serve! You could also bring bottled water and just pour what you need.

I got my formula dispenser on amazon for like $3. Love it.

spotco2 · May 2014

We buy gallons of Nursery Water at the grocery store. It's about $1 per gallon. It's purified, distilled water without fluoride added.

On the go it depends on how long we are going to be gone, but there is normally a gallon stored in the wifes van. We keep a couple of regular water bottles (some plastic, some stainless...think hiking or bicycle style bottles) that we fill up in the morning.

We have used regular bottled water before and our pedi said that was no problem.

We have really crappy tap water here so we don't use it, but would if it came down to a hungry baby and that's all we had.

Tess024 · May 2014

Yeah, not necessary to boil the water. I use the water jugs from the store ($.50!)

Jenniferomeo · May 2014

@elmoali‌ That is what I was told by my pedi because I asked her. I have a Brita pitcher and wanted to use that water and she said it still needed to be boiled. So I just buy the gallons of baby water for $1.

ETA- I went onto Britas website and this was in the faq...
" Is filtered water good for babies? Can I use BRITA Water for preparing my baby's formula and bottles?
Yes. Babies also benefit from the advantages of filtered water, for example the reduction in heavy metals such as lead and copper. Nevertheless, it cannot be emphasised enough that drinking water must be boiled for the preparation of baby food. This also applies to filtered water. "

ASmallWonder · May 2014

@Jenniferromeo no disrespect

But that's just your pedi's opinion. There is no medical reason to give boiled water unless a LO has a medical condition.

Jenniferomeo · May 2014

@elmoali‌ Not arguing at all, just answered a question based off of what my pedi told me. After reading all the responses I was like damn I'm just going to use my Brita water then, and then I went on Britas website and it still says to boil. I get it though but it's just as easy for me to buy a gallon.

roo1oo · May 2014

Brita is covering their ass. If someone has a well thats contaminated and then they think by putting it through the Brita it'll be ok for baby to drink, then baby gets sick, Brita could be on the hook for a bunch of money. In general, if water is considered safe for you to drink, its safe for baby to drink.

shaunessa · May 2014

jenni812 said:

On the go recommendation: Pre-fill bottles with water (boiled, filtered, what have you) and use a formula dispenser. Shake and serve! You could also bring bottled water and just pour what you need. I got my formula dispenser on amazon for like $3. Love it.

lol, my son is almost 3 months old and I just figured this out! I was hauling around a tub the whole time! My friend was like "oh no, they have these dispensers, you know?!"

rexgirl06 · May 2014

Ha. We have a makeshift formula dispenser (read: Tupperware container) but I'm about ready to go to the custom one so I don't have to worry about any more spilling while on the go. I sadly carried around a tub as well for a few weeks until I decided it was madness.

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