My 3month old daughter drinking alot of water is it normal?

[surreytrace]

Hi,
My Daughter just turned 3months and has started to drink a bottle of water bout an hour after her bottle of milk. This is my first child i was just wounderin if this was normal or not?

[JarethTheGoblinKing]

Depends. How much milk does she normally drink in a day?

[surreytrace]

shes on 8oz of hungryer milk every 2-3hours. I got told thats ok because shes sleepin through the night and is makeing up for what she has missed through the night

[TanteRose]

you mean she is drinking a bottle of water after EVERY bottle of milk? That is way too much water.

I don't think it is recommended to give much water to babies under 6 months

you should ask your MW for advice

[JarethTheGoblinKing]

Does she really need the hungry baby milk? Calorie wise they're the same as stage 1, they just have a different ratio of casein to something else (sorry, can't remember, it's been a while :) )

How many bottles does she have? At about that age DS was on 7 x 7oz bottles in a 24 hour period.

[JarethTheGoblinKing]

I assume she's just on milk, no solids at all?

[surreytrace]

but it seems like she is crying for it wont sleep until u give her some :S

[colditz]

Give her normal milk, not hungry baby milk. She will drink more of it, will get more nutrition and won't need the water. If she's crying for a bottle, that bottle needs to contain milk.

[colditz]

Also, are you overdressing her? The weather is very warm and really she only needs short sleeves and short legs.

[colditz]

By normal milk, I mean stage one baby formula, NOT cow's milk.

[TheRealMBJ]

Give her normal formula and then when she wants more, give her more formula. Don't try to fill her up by forcing her to take more than she wants at a feed. Don't offer water. It is not recommended at all.

[mrsgordonfreeman]

Give her more milk, just normal formula, don't bother with the hungry baby stuff. She doesn't need extra water.

If you're worried, go see your HV or GP.

[mejon]

As others have said, water isn't recommended or needed at this age. DD2 is 6.5 months and I've only just started giving her a little bit of water when she's having solids. She probably has at most 1 or 2oz of water a day. If she's crying for more after an hour, it is because she's hungry rather than thirsty especially if she's been filling up with water.

[4madboys]

what everyone else has said, she doesnt need that amount of water!

offer her milk and if she wont take it because she is full then maybe offer her a dummy? she could just be wanting to suck for comfort?

[surreytrace]

thxs i think ill give her more milk see how we go :)