Does your baby really need nursery water? It is marketed as good for your baby but is it really necessary? This "special" liquid is not a necessary thing to give to your baby. Infants do not need extra fluid in their diet because breast milk & formula have plenty of liquid in them. It is also not wise to give water to infants because it does not have any calories.
This specialized kind of water is essentially sterilized water with fluoride and some minerals. Infants do not need fluoride until six months old and most pediatric dentists do not recommend supplemental fluoride even then. The minerals that are added to this water can be obtained through breast milk and formula and boiling the water can be done yourself. So why does your baby need nursery water? They don't. Boiled filtered water or bottled water with a low sodium content are just fine for your baby.
Beginning from birth:
* nursery water is not a necessity in your baby's diet
* infants do not need extra water in their diet because it does not have calories
* formula does not need nursery water mixed with it (see above for water recommendations)
* you can boil your own water or buy bottled water to mix with formula
* breast fed infants do not need supplemental flouride because it is bio-available (readily available) in the mother's milk
* breast fed infants only need a supplemental vitamin called Trivisol (vitamins A,D & E) which are not present in mother's milk
So you can spend your money on something else because Nursery Water is not necessary!
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