bottled water ok to make baby formula?

Question

my son is five months old. is it ok to make his formula with bottled water now? our water is "hard" and all the calcium deposit 'leftovers' make me nervous.

Answer 1

The poster above me posted an article about how flouride should be reduced in the water that you mix formula with, but my pediatrician disagrees. She told me that I can use tap water (but be sure to check about your area), and that the babies need the flouride. In fact, if you buy the baby water at the grocery store, it has added flouride. I'm not sure who's right, but I really trust my son's ped. I know that there's no flouride in bottled water, so I would check with your child's ped. Boiling the tap water is also an option.

Answer 2

Yes it is. In fact I'd recommend it. We were going to buy bottled water for our baby's formula (make sure you have sodium free water though) but we bought a Britta Filter Pitcher instead. We have no problems. We leave the Pitcher sit out on the counter so it's always at room temperature too. Just fill the bottle to the right mark, add the formula and your off to feed the baby!

Answer 3

Actually distilled water is best for making baby bottles, however it may also need sterilized for babies under a certain age or with weak immune systems.

The main reason to use distilled water is that it contains no fluoride. The US Dental Association say fluoridated water should not be used to make infant formula.

However high mineral content of some waters can be taxing to a babies kidneys.

http://www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/infantsformula.asp
Infants, Formula and Fluoride

The ADA offers these recommendations so parents, caregivers and health care professionals have some simple and effective ways to reduce fluoride intake from reconstituted infant formula:

* For infants who get most of their nutrition from formula during their first 12 months, ready-to-feed formula is preferred to help ensure that they do not exceed the optimal amount of fluoride intake.

* If liquid concentrate or powdered infant formula is the primary source of nutrition, it can be mixed with water that is fluoride free or contains low levels of fluoride to reduce the risk of fluorosis. Examples are water that is labeled purified, demineralized, deionized, distilled or reverse osmosis filtered water. Many grocery stores sell these types of drinking water for less than $1 per gallon.

* Breast milk is widely acknowledged as the most complete form of nutrition for infants. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends human milk for all infants (except for the few for whom breastfeeding is determined to be harmful).

Parents and caregivers should consult with their pediatrician, family physician or dentist on the most appropriate water to use in their area to reconstitute infant formula. Ask your pediatrician or family physician whether water used in infant formula should be sterilized first (sterilization, however, will not remove fluoride).

Answer 4

Bottled water is fine.

Answer 5

when i stopped breast feeding my daughter the only water she would take was nestle bottled water. It was really weird but that was what we used to make her formula.

Answer 6

I use bottled water for my son and he's fine with it. If you use Dasani bottled water, that's actually just tap water.

Answer 7

Yes i would get nursery water for the baby or if you can't get that then get distilled water i don't like tap water for any of my children

Answer 8

They make water for babies by the gallon's. It can be bought at any store.

Answer 9

YES, water is water, but i really dont perfer water from the sink