https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:06:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317916 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:59:40 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2317916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If its covered I'll drink it. We don't drink tap water here, it tastes gross. So as long as its in a pitcher or a bottle, I'll drink it. I worry about dust (its dusty here!) and dog hair lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317852 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:24:17 +0000 Reese 2317852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes.. if its covered in a Contigo or something. If it is in an open glass I dont. I feel like it has dust on it or something. Weird, I know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317836 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:15:10 +0000 Mae 2317836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a same-day rule. I use the same water glass I refill throughout each day (and I prefer room-temp water so no hurry to drink it). But I won't drink water from the day before if it somehow got left out. Never know if a cat stuck a paw in it or something lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317830 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:11:29 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2317830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will drink it if it's in a glass glass, but not out of plastic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317603 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:24:36 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 2317603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally do! And DH thinks it's gross. But he has to get a new glass every sip of water, I swear, and then leave mostly full glasses of "old water " all over the house. He also claims it it will be useful when the aliens come :silly: but I hate picking them up all the time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317527 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:33:45 +0000 Truth Bombs 2317527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't if it's been sitting in plastic.</p> <p>It's funny you phrase it that way though because my LO always asks me "Mama is this old water or fresh water?" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317523 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:31:04 +0000 snowjewelz 2317523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha uh, yeah... I have never thought about old vs new water! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317516 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:28:46 +0000 BlueWolverine 2317516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe he knows that the aliens are coming.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lny5m1HnlSM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lny5m1HnlSM</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317513 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:28:28 +0000 daniellemybelle 2317513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>By the way, my husband even gives the dog new water every day! He pours the last day's water out in the yard every morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317504 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:18:44 +0000 looch 2317504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It gets slimy after a day or so, especially in plastic bottle. So I try to drink fresh, and let the tap run to flush out the pipes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317498 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:12:21 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2317498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never even thought twice about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317496 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:10:38 +0000 catlady 2317496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do not. DH does. LO will if she is given it, but if I'm the one giving her water, I will usually give her new water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317450 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:48:37 +0000 daniellemybelle 2317450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love that you drank the "old part." </p> <p>I don't like water that has been sitting out because I feel like it could get germy? Especially if you put your mouth on it and then the germs just keep growing on there... I realize it's your own germs but it grosses me out if I think about it.</p> <p>If it's in a bottle, that doesn't bother me as much for some reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317442 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:46:26 +0000 buttermilk 2317442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't like to drink old water. I'm sure its all mental but I feel like I can taste the dust lol. I also like very cold water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317430 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:38:12 +0000 yellowbird 2317430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drink day old water! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317428 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:36:04 +0000 mrbee 2317428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rosegold: He turns 6 in a few months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317426 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:35:40 +0000 mrbee 2317426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>&lt;&lt; “If you have clean water in a clean glass, you’re fine for a day or two,” he says &gt;&gt;</p> <p>@jlm22: Great article! I don't drink water older than a day or so though... the main time I drink "old water" is if it's been out overnight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317424 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:34:55 +0000 rosegold 2317424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: how old is he? my girl has become SO particular about (what seem to me) the smallest things since turning four. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317421 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:33:28 +0000 jlm22 2317421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to side with your son on this one :silly:<br /> I remembered reading something about this and I just found it:<br /> <a href="http://time.com/3104999/old-water-sick/" rel="nofollow">http://time.com/3104999/old-water-sick/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317407 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:17:09 +0000 nana87 2317407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only toss it if it's been out a few days and I can see dust on it , haha gross :silly: I tend to leave water glasses littered around my home so that I can have one in each place rather than carrying it with me, and it really bugs me when someone else (usually dh) goes through and picks them up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317400 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:11:06 +0000 dagret 2317400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I think it tends to taste old or dusty if it sits out for a while uncovered. I usually use "old" water to water our indoor plants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317396 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:06:54 +0000 littlebug 2317396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Ha, reminds me of the little girl in Signs who won't drink old water because "it has amoebas in it." </p> <p>I have no problem drinking old water if it's my own cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317387 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:57:02 +0000 kiddosc 2317387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll drink water in the morning that was sitting on my nightstand all night, or water that was in my water bottle overnight on my desk. I'm not picky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317381 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:52:04 +0000 ms.line 2317381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll drink old water but my DH won't. And if he "catches" me drinking old water he'll go pour it out and get me a new glass. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317379 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:51:32 +0000 yoursilverlining 2317379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on how desperate I am!</p> <p>I won't usually drink old water from a plastic cup or opened plastic bottle, because old water gets a weird plastic flavor that doesn't seem healthy to be eating. Plus, I really prefer ice water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317375 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:49:37 +0000 Ree723 2317375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. We all use water bottles and I will usually empty the bottle a few times a day to put fresh water in there (eg before nap time, before dinner, and again before bed). To be fair though, the water is usually at least half gone before I dump it.</p> <p>I feel like sometimes the water takes on a plastic-y taste if it's been in the bottle too long, which is just gross. Also, with my LOs, I worry about food particles that may have gotten in their cup, so refreshing it after meals helps with that.</p> <p>ETA: when I said we drink from water bottles, I meant the heavy duty Thermos bottles for DH and I, and Camelbaks for the LOs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317374 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:49:05 +0000 twodoghouse 2317374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually drink from the same Contigo water bottle throughout the day. I just add water on top when I get low but would never throw out "old" water! I'm super not picky about water though - always drink tap, room temp water doesn't bother me. I don't drink from bottled water bottles that have sit in the car, though. Well, unless I'm desperate, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317372 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:48:23 +0000 birdofafeather 2317372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's in my house, I'll drink it if it's been out all day. But if it's a water bottle in my car, I dump it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317371 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:47:45 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2317371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll drink water that's been in my water bottle for a couple of days or water that's in a glass for for several hours. Sometimes I will add ice to freshen it up a bit and make it colder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-old-water#post-2317367 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:42:47 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2317367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha I will! I don't care at all. </p>