Hellobee Boards Topic: When did you start offering water? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 18 Oct 2026 18:22:44 +0000 autumnlove on "When did you start offering water?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-water#post-757009 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:46:22 +0000 autumnlove 757009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 6 months with solids. </p> JoyfulKiwi on "When did you start offering water?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-water#post-757000 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:44:42 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 757000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard that if a baby is EBF, they don't technically need extra water to be hydrated. My son is 7 months and his daycare just started giving him water in a cup so he could practice his cup skills. I'm not worried about if he's actually drinking it though. </p> mrskc on "When did you start offering water?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-water#post-756988 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:43:10 +0000 mrskc 756988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: yes it's starting to get hot where I'm at. 90s all this week already! So it would probably be good to give him water so he doesn't get dehydrated. </p> MamaMoose on "When did you start offering water?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-water#post-756946 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:37:56 +0000 MamaMoose 756946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will probably start right at 6 months. We live in the South and it's starting to get HOT HOT HOT so I'm looking forward to being able to start giving her water in the next few weeks so I don't have to worry about dehydration. </p> Weagle on "When did you start offering water?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-water#post-756935 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:36:20 +0000 Weagle 756935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started offering it regularly when she got the gang of solids at 7ish months. I just let her drink whatever she wants from the cup. I've never measured it. </p> mrskc on "When did you start offering water?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-water#post-756907 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:29:49 +0000 mrskc 756907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 6.5 months now. Am I supposed to start giving him water? He's still pretty much EBF. I offer him solids, but he's not actually really eating any of it yet. He just spits most of it out. </p> <p>How old was your LO when you started giving them water? And how much? </p>