When to start giving water to infants?

cooks2010 · Mar 24, 2014

When can infants start having water? At 1 yr or 6 months?

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preethiitech · Mar 24, 2014

After 6 months ..

By one year the baby will be eating solids and water is a must then. Until 6 months, water is not necessary only if a baby is exclusively bf

Chitravivek · Mar 24, 2014

With my first kid my doc asked me to start water right when I started solids so close to 6 months. Ask your ped.

Sparks · Mar 24, 2014

Yes as others said..start giving water when u start solids I.e around 6 months.

guesshoo · Mar 25, 2014

It depends on how heavy the baby is. If the baby's weight is on the lower end, it is better to defer giving water. Over-hydration could cause electrolyte imbalance in babies and could lead to something called water poisoning.

My baby just about made it to the lower end of the percentile chart, so I breast-fed her after every meal for a few min or if she seemed thirsty till she was 9 or 10 months old. She would stop herself after a couple of mins if she were merely quenching her thirst.

A sip here and a sip there of water should be fine after 6 months in most cases. It is supposed to be better to wait until after the child is 9 months old.

mathiravi · Mar 25, 2014

Start water when you start solids.. Mine was not a fan of water that much. I used to give rice kanji , oats kanji and mashed veggies in a little watery consistency. Apart from that when ever he is thirsty, he comes to me for milk. I was feeding him until he turned one.

ramyaramani · Mar 25, 2014

I gave water for my first one only after she turned one. She was on the lower percentile in weight and paed advised me to BF her after every solid feed. This way she had something with nutrition rather than plain water.