https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:34:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind/page/2#post-302632 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:13:43 +0000 SAHM0811 302632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got Zero Water at Bed, Bath and Beyond. They have a website and reviews on Amazon. It's like Brita, but it filters water in more stages with the purpose of removing more contaminants. It comes with a digital water tester too. Love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind/page/2#post-302615 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:06:35 +0000 regberadaisy 302615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NYCaliMama: what's the Zero Water filter system? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind/page/2#post-300635 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:48:01 +0000 Sweet T 300635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started practicing with water in a sippy cup when DS was around 7 months old. We've given him nursery water or gerber pure when we had it. Otherwise, we just pour some from our Brita pitcher. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300620 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:34:47 +0000 SAHM0811 300620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started DD #2 on filtered tap water in the sippy at around 6 months. She only took sips here and there. Really started drinking a few oz at around 10 months. Love the Zero Water filter system, btw... Good alternative to Brita, IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300408 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:14:35 +0000 spaniellove 300408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: Yup, Marlton! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300396 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:57:19 +0000 kokobee 300396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we gave LO water after starting solids. he used to drink Nursery Water but now drinks Gerber Pure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300375 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:08:14 +0000 tequiero21 300375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: paramus =) are u in jersey too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300374 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:06:06 +0000 lemondrop 300374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Brita water from our tap around 5ish months. He also gets water from a straw when we go to restaurants (trap water in the straw with my finger and let go when it gets to the baby's mouth). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300344 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:11:35 +0000 spaniellove 300344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: Nowhere in NJ? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300289 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:59:44 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 300289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our water is all boiled for drinking as we have no water treatment :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300282 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:54:53 +0000 yoursilverlining 300282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use regular tap with her formula, and honestly, I never even thought about it. When she's ok'd to drink water, tap it will be. I've never even heard of special baby-water before to be honest! Our tap water is clean and tasty; which is more than most of the world can say. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300216 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:16:16 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 300216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: Us too. Tap water is actually far more regulated than bottled, so that's what we do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300209 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:11:45 +0000 Mrsbells 300209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I give my baby the same water that I use for mixing formula. She has only had water a few times and she usually drinks less than an oz. We use gerber pure water </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300123 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:24:03 +0000 Freckles 300123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I believe Dasani and Aquafina are just filtered water, not spring water. They would contain fluoride, but still considerably less than tap water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300032 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:45:21 +0000 looch 300032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where I live, they do not use chlorine to purify the water, so we were comfortable using tap water from the beginning, in formula or in the bottle when we had some really bad bouts of hiccups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300025 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:42:57 +0000 tequiero21 300025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Heard jersey puts no fluoride in water, so use baby bottled water... For formula... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-300007 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:35:56 +0000 loveisstrange 300007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not really planning on doing water in a cup until closer to a year. </p> <p>However, we do regular tap water with her formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299987 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:28:50 +0000 pinkcupcake 299987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I checked our city's website and they had a FAQ that explained how our water supply worked. </p> <p>@crash806: @Honeybee: Thanks for the info! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299882 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:50:36 +0000 Honeybee 299882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Sorry, I realized it seemed like I was saying it's not at all regulated, and that's not true. It is regulated, but not as strictly as tap water, and the FDA allows higher levels of bacteria than than the EPA. That's what I get for multi-tasking and trying to write a paper and a board post at the same time!</p> <p>I think it's all the same? I really don't know if some bottled water companies are safer, or have a better track record than others. Most bottled water companies simply filter and bottle city/municipal tap water, though. So it's not actually a different product from your regular tap water; it's just been pre-filtered and repackaged for convenience. For example, Dasani water is Detroit city water that has gone through a filtering process. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299880 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:49:43 +0000 Weagle 299880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The ped just told us today that we could start giving LO water, though I think we'll wait a while. I think we'll use water specifically for infants/toddlers when we do. DC water isn't exactly the best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299872 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:45:50 +0000 regberadaisy 299872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/MWF/index.asp" rel="nofollow">http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/MWF/index.asp</a></p> <p>For anyone else that didn't know like me you can check on the CDC site!</p> <p>@Honeybee: scary! How do you know which bottled water is better than others then? I'd always assume it's all the same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299858 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:38:18 +0000 Honeybee 299858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MungBean: Our city also doesn't add flouride. Ask your dentist, but ours said not worry about it at this point (DD is 2). They said as DD gets older, we can start using flouridated toothpaste (she has to be able to spit it out instead of swallowing it) and flouride supplements/treatments. We'll probably start when she's around 3.</p> <p>@regberadaisy: (ETA: Sorry there actually are some regulations, but it's not nearly as extensive as the EPA's monitoring. The thresholds for bottled water regulations are very low while tap water regulations are very high. I don't want to give the impression that it's totally unregulated, just not the same types/standards of regulations as tap water, and not by the same agencies.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299856 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:38:03 +0000 lavender 299856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: They should tell you if you google your hometown and fluoride.</p> <p>@MungBean: If your city or town doesn't add fluoride to it's water you can get a RX from your ped/dentist. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299849 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:36:15 +0000 regberadaisy 299849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MungBean: how do you find out if your city does?</p> <p>@Honeybee: interesting. I'd always assumed this bottled water is for consumer consumption that it's regulated by something similar to FDA? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299842 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:33:37 +0000 pinkcupcake 299842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 7 months so I've been giving her little sips of water here and there. We have been doing both bottled and filtered tap from the fridge, but our city doesn't add fluoride to our water. I wonder if it's necessary to look for bottled nursery water with added fluoride? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299829 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:29:26 +0000 Honeybee 299829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Additonally, tap water is heavily regulated by the government and must meet certain testing standards on a daily basis. Bottled water is not regulated as heavily, so there are no guarantees that bottled water is cleaner than tap water (in fact, in most instances, it isn't). (Edited for clarification) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299811 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:22:35 +0000 regberadaisy 299811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so glad I started this thread bc I did not know about the fluoride!</p> <p>@pastemoo: any reason why? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299805 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:19:42 +0000 heffalump 299805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 6 months. I gave her filtered water from the fridge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299733 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:46:12 +0000 erwoo 299733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We drink filtered tap water at home. Tap water actually has fluoride which will help with their teeth grow strong and with less problems later in life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-give-your-lo-water-what-kind#post-299706 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:34:40 +0000 Mrs. Bee 299706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>you should give tap water (filtered or boiled) because it has fluoride. apparently kids have more problems with cavities these days because parents give bottled water.</p> <p>oh haha caffeinated just said the same thing! </p>