When to give water?

It has been very hot and humid here for the past few days and I was
wondering what the consensus was on giving a baby a little water to keep
them cool.


Holly is five months and a breastmilk via bottle fed baby and takes a little
cereal each day.

Anyone?

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..oO rach Oo.

".oO rach Oo." wrote in message
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It has been very hot and humid here for the past few days and I was
wondering what the consensus was on giving a baby a little water to keep
them cool.


Holly is five months and a breastmilk via bottle fed baby and takes a
little cereal each day.

Anyone?

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You could offer her water with the cereal. Otherwise I wouldn't bother.
Debbie

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".oO rach Oo." wrote in message
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It has been very hot and humid here for the past few days and I was
wondering what the consensus was on giving a baby a little water to keep
them cool.


Holly is five months and a breastmilk via bottle fed baby and takes a
little cereal each day.

Anyone?

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You could offer her water with the cereal. Otherwise I wouldn't bother.
Debbie

That's a good idea to add with cereal... Breastmilk in itself has a lot of
water in it to begin with. My ped had told me that there's absolutely no
reason to offer water to a breastfed baby. Breast milk already has a lot of
water in it, which offers hydration along with the nutrients.

..oO rach Oo. wrote:
It has been very hot and humid here for the past few days and I was
wondering what the consensus was on giving a baby a little water to keep
them cool.


Holly is five months and a breastmilk via bottle fed baby and takes a little
cereal each day.

Anyone?

Before 9 months you have to be cautious, as it's
pretty easy for them to get water intoxication, and a little
cereal isn't really much in the way of solids. (I'm certainly
not recommending that you up the solids--just observing that
she's on primarily a liquid diet, which makes it easier for
water to upset her electrolyte balance.) If you were nursing,
I would say not to give water at all and just put the baby
to the breast often to get plenty of the watery foremilk
that will keep her hydrated. Given that you're bottle
feeding, even though it's breastmilk, it's a little more
challenging as the composition doesn't change as much.
By and large, it's unlikely that she will need water.
Just give her plenty of breastmilk. If you feel that she
is truly in need of additional fluids, I wouldn't give
more than a very small amount of water in a day. Water
intoxication is scary, and with young infants you don't
have to give them gallons (or even quarts) of water to
get there.

Best wishes,
Ericka

..oO rach Oo. wrote:
It has been very hot and humid here for the past few days and I was
wondering what the consensus was on giving a baby a little water to
keep them cool.


Holly is five months and a breastmilk via bottle fed baby and takes a
little cereal each day.

Anyone?

She's getting plenty of water and liquids in her breastmilk. I live in CA,
and there isn't any recommended time to give water. You can always put it
in a sippy cup and see if she wants to play with it. If she drinks it,
okay, if not, okay. If she's thirsty, she'll drink breastmilk. If she's
hungry, she'll drink breastmilk. It's a food and a beverage, all at the
same time!

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Jamie
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