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Offline Michelle72

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Cooled boiled water
« on: August 10, 2006, 11:39:08 am »
I have been giving my son cooled boiled water since starting solids but what i want to know is when can you give water straight from the tap or bottled water??? I read somewhere you can stop boiling the water at 6 months, but i am not sure so i have just continued to boil it to be on the safe side.
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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2006, 13:58:26 pm »
FWIW, I never boiled our water.  We are on well water with a UV light, so I know there is no chemicals or bactieria in it. 

According to Super Baby Food, it refers to boiling for the "very young baby".  You can always put a call in to the ped and ask them.

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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2006, 14:29:43 pm »
I never boiled our water...I think it largely depends on where you live and how confident you are in your water system.
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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2006, 14:31:34 pm »
I boiled the water up until dd was 20mths
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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2006, 14:38:36 pm »
My lo has always had bottled water..
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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2006, 15:43:15 pm »
here in the uk we are advised by the health visitors to boil up to 6 months and after that tap water is fine
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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2006, 19:22:05 pm »
It is dependent where you live I think. Here is Scotland we have lovely fresh water that comes from reservoirs and it is safe to drink straight from the tap, but somewhere like the S.E of England have 'hard water' which often contains lime and should really be filtered.

I read that most bottled water contains sodium so is not ideal for young babies  :-\ I guess everyone gets different info depending where you live!
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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2006, 19:43:43 pm »
We've discussed this before, a while back. In America and Canada, bottled water is just plain water, whereas in Europe, it's mineral water (which obviously has minerals in it, incl sodium), so it's OK to give los bottled water in America, but not here.

FWIW, I stopped boiling water at about 6 months, but our water is lovely and soft (you should see my hair when I wash it down South :o :o). It really depends where you live.

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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2006, 19:44:46 pm »
Ha ha - just read back my post - sorry about the double entendre (not planned!)  :-[ :D
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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2006, 20:24:43 pm »
Bottled water in the UK/Europe is ok depending on the brand, eg. Evian is ok.  If you read the bottles they either say 'not suitable for under 36 months' or 'suitable for a low sodium diet' and those are the ones to go for if you're out and need to buy bottled.  HTH. 

Caroline, I live in the South and have curly hair and I love it when I wash it anywhere but here as it goes all springy and curly.  Here it's rubbish! 

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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2006, 20:43:42 pm »
I live in Norway and the water is very good here, just being careful, but its so good to hear from other what they think. thank you all.  Interesting to hear the difference between American bottled water and European.
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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2006, 21:17:19 pm »
I still boil the water here as i don't trust the water ! there was an outbreak of some sort ( sorry long word i can't spell ) last year and we had a boil water notice as a lot of people were seriously ill .

p.s  i have family in Norway Michelle
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« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2006, 21:19:24 pm »
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Re: Cooled boiled water
« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2006, 11:05:41 am »
Thanks Ryan's mam, I am not Norwegian but my partner is. We live 50Min's south of Oslo.
 Yeah but I still boil the water as its not a problem, I boil the kettle for my cup of tea in the morning anyway, ha ha
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« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2006, 12:05:43 pm »
I have family in Arendal ,Porsgrunn and Krogre ( sp ? )
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