Drinking water

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• Babycrazy1

  Mar 16, 2010 10:40AM

  Hi
  
  As i had my lo in the summer, i used to keep a bottle a day just for drinking water and used to offer it regularly mainly in the middle of two feeds. Sometimes he wouldnt be bothered, but other times he would drink quite alot.
  
  HTH XX

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• mithical

  Mar 16, 2010 10:52AM

  Hi babycrazy1, thanks for the reply. Was that something you were encouraged to do by mw or hv? Also I wouldn't want to fill him up, so he takes less milk. Can this be a problem? x

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• Babycrazy1

  Mar 16, 2010 11:03AM

  My HV suggested it to me at the very beginning, mainly i think to help keep him regular but i mainly did it during the hot weather and during the winter started him on his cup. Personally my lo is never full, especially as he was fed 4hourly if he took water at 2hours it wouldnt effect his next bottle at all. I think the best thing to do is trial and error. I just didnt want lo thirsty.
  
  XX

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• Bambina_Mia

  Mar 16, 2010 11:14AM

  I offer Emilia a drink of water at 4:15pm. She doesnt always take it but I want her to get used to taking it before the weather gets really hot. My heath visitor said to offer a couple of oz's a day, just to help Emilia poo and so she is introduced to another taste.
  Emilia has a split feed at 5 and 6:15 to help her settle for bed and the drink of water doesnt seem to interfere with them. She usually takes about 1oz of water
  
  HTH
  Joanna

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• mithical

  Mar 16, 2010 11:23AM

  Thanks. I did give him water a couple of times, to try to extend feed times. But decided that was a bad idea because of growth spurts. But at least I know he will take water. ) xx

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• mithical

  Mar 16, 2010 3:23PM

  Thanks girls. xx

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