https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:53:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-996386 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:42:54 +0000 Crisark 996386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: Great suggestion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-996345 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:28:49 +0000 Maysprout 996345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Fluoride is good but like anything else in excess it can have negative effects - so while at lower levels fluoride strengthens teeth if it's consumed in excess it can weaken both bones and teeth. One of the problems with babies is they consume basically all their calories through drinking so it's a lot easier to consume fluoride in excess if both formula is fluoridated (most is to a low level) and the water used to mix it is heavily fluoridated. A lot of dentists seem to know the current research on fluoride so I'd probably ask them to help get the right balance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-995899 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:17:25 +0000 Crisark 995899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: You can get nursery water that has no added Fluoride. That's what we used for Anna until we switched to the Ready to Feed formula.<br /> It's not all Fluoride infused. And in all honesty, it's filtered water. Not a big enough deal to stress over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-995503 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:43:27 +0000 Adira 995503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Oh good!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-995499 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:41:58 +0000 Smurfette 995499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I just called the phone advice nurse and she said the tap water is fine from the city. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-995491 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:38:28 +0000 Smurfette 995491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: We actually have the Gerber, which says no added fluoride. But now I wonder if she needs it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-995486 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:37:35 +0000 Mrsbells 995486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I used gerber water because the nursery water has added flouride which I didnt want </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-995481 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:36:50 +0000 Smurfette 995481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Glad that it isn't me. I feel like both seem to be what people do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-995474 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:35:18 +0000 mediagirl 995474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I have never heard of nursery water! We used filtered water when she was little and then started using tap. Using tap was important to me once she got teeth, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-995472 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:35:00 +0000 teamjse 995472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our whole family drink Sparkletts water and that's what I used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-995469 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:34:16 +0000 looch 995469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So which is it, flouride is okay or not? I admit I am confused! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water/page/2#post-995468 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:33:25 +0000 Adira 995468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't FF, but my pediatrician said we could use tap water for it! We live in a city and she is familiar with our water though, so it probably depends on where you live and stuff. I suspect you're fine using tap though! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-995416 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:21:07 +0000 ShootingStar 995416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: Did you actually get someone to do that? I filled out an online form a long time ago, and never heard anything. We had been thinking about getting a whole house filter because our water leaves orange marks everywhere and weren't sure what to buy. </p> <p>I read our water report every quarter and I know they say it's fine. But I'm still skeeved out by it. I can't imagine giving it (unfiltered) to the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-995163 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:22:40 +0000 purrpletulips 995163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was using formula with DD, I used tap water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-995041 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 05:25:02 +0000 Smurfette 995041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: really? Good to know </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-995031 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 05:03:25 +0000 jaclyn 995031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use tap water too. In fact, at our last pedi visit she asked if we had city or well water to determine whether we needed to supplement with fluoride starting at our next visit. Since we have city water, she confirmed that there's no need to supplement as fluoride is added. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-994875 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 23:03:36 +0000 wheres_c 994875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>if you are a homeowner, our local home depot will analyze your water for free... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-994359 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 19:47:28 +0000 googly-eyes 994359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use(d) either filtered tap water or bottled water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-994086 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:52:49 +0000 Mrs. Polish 994086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use tap water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-994084 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:52:33 +0000 GrapeCrush 994084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just used tap that went through the zero water filter or a Brita. By the end we were just using tap </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-994075 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:49:49 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 994075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: you can use it but it's ok to use tap as well :) ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-994068 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:47:00 +0000 Smurfette 994068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: so I checked and the nursery water we have is Gerber and says no fluoride but don't use it? Just tap? And not filtered? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-993936 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:37:46 +0000 loveisstrange 993936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We checked our water table first to makesureit was good but we used tap water the entire time. She still drinks tap water, as do I. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-993909 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:24:49 +0000 luckypenny 993909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tap water. But in the Bay Area our tap water is super good :) in the beginning I used a Brita but that's because I was OCD </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-993899 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:19:20 +0000 keiki_mama 993899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When LO was on formula we used tap water. I'm from the bay area and our tap is terrific but I've visited places where I couldn't stomach the tap water (ie. Phoenix). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-993882 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:11:29 +0000 wheres_c 993882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use boiled tap, distilled, purified or spring. Anything without flouride! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-993778 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:32:46 +0000 Torchwood 993778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As a nanny I used bottled with one, and later tap with another until they got a fridge with filtered water and they used that. I wouldn't use tap water, but I don't feel comfortable with flouride since it's poisonous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-993750 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:22:36 +0000 MrsF 993750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have always used tap water. Our pedi said it was the way to go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-993740 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:20:28 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 993740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tap water. Baby benefits from all the minerals and flouride. No need to filter all that stuff out. Municipal water is by and large terrific. You should get a summary of your water's content once a year in a mailer or you can go on your local municipal website for details.</p> <p>I'm adding a link that validates my approach with a statement from the AAP.<br /> <a href="http://aapnews.aappublications.org/content/31/10/37.5.full" rel="nofollow">http://aapnews.aappublications.org/content/31/10/37.5.full</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ff-moms-do-you-use-nursery-water#post-993635 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:45:42 +0000 cascademom 993635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used distilled water for bottles. He drinks filtered fridge water from his sippy. </p>