what age can i give my baby tap water without boiling it first?

Answer 1

I think it is generally safer to boil water until the baby is about 6 months old.
I stopped boiling the water as soon as my baby was about that age as i was also not sterilising the baby feeding bowl etc from about that age too.
Plus, by that age they are starting to stick everything in their mouths anyway!

Answer 2

in short health, your babies immune system is low so there is a risk of introducing harmfull bacteria and other contaminants if you dont boil the water. As your child gets older their immune system will not have a problem, but in the early months it can.

depending on where you live the quality of water varies. even in the UK, where despite the sales of bottled water, the water quality is excellent but there are still a few bugs and other contaminents in the water. In some other countries / areas the level of contaminants may be significantly higher. These contaminants can be introduced either through breaks in the pipeline network, syphoning back of contaminated water, or poor treatment at the reservoir & pumping stations), some are 'just' a feature of the water itself.

Boiling the water kills the bugs & Amoeba & plants that are in the water. It wont remove all contaminents such as potentailly nasty chemicals or taints or minerals that may be in the water. Boiling may reduce the amount of some chemicals such as Chlorine (used to sterilise the water), and it may reduce some mineral content

Answer 3

Depending on the quality of your water, the rule of thumb is 6 months. It is wise to phase your child in to drinking tap water by mixing a small amount of tap water with boiled (sterilized) tap water and increasing the mix until the drink is all unsterilized tap water. Start off with 10% of the drink being unsterilized tap water for one week. If your child does not display any moderate to severe change in health, then up the ratio to 25% in week two. If after week two no change to health is noticed then a 100% ratio can be used from week three.

This method is useful because it will introduce any viruses and bacteria in your local tap water in smaller quantities at first. If your child does not already have immunity against those viruses and bacteria in the water, then the child's body will develop immunity to them and the child is unlikely to become ill if the water is introduced starting with small quantities. The immunity begins to develop during the first week, and come week two the child immune system should be ready and can then start drinking more tap water.

Have fun with your kids

Answer 4

My 4 month old LOOOVES to suck so sometimes to get him to nap, if the pacifier does not work I will give him a water bottle. He only sucks a couple times before he's out cold. In those cases I use distilled (boiled) water. But with his formula bottles, I use tap. His doctor said it's okay and maybe better because of the extra iron and calcium found in tap water.

Answer 5

I started using tap water at about 6 months

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Answer 7

Stephen J has it right introduce gradually to help the body get use to the water in smaller amounts build it up wkly, this also applies to solid foods don't just feed your baby on baby jars keep them for introduction to food breakfast puddings snack but try to liquidise foods at dinner time to help the introduction of new foods to the body, milky puds made with baby's own milk are also a good way of introduction of solids.

Answer 8

Water doesn't need boiling once your baby is six months old. Some natural mineral waters have mineral contents unsuitable for babies. However there are bottled waters suitable for infant feeding and you may see this on their labels.

Answer 9

mine were drinking tap water at six months but i knew they had strong stomachs. if your child seems to get tummy upsets and diarohha alot i would boil all water for at least a year.

Answer 10

6 months