Drinking water?

[bagsundereyes]

DD1 is 12 weeks, weighs around 6.5kg, and is formula fed. I am getting conflicting advice as to whether she might need additional cool boiled water to drink -any thoughts?
Also, this sounds really stupid, but how would I tell if she's thirsty as opposed to hungry? thanks all .

if you make the formula up according to the instructions, the formula will be his food & drink, IFYSWIM

if the weather is terribly hot, some cooled boiled water can be offered, but as long as he is weeing and pooing normally, he is not dehydrated or constipated

still have small tummies at this age,so not great to fill it with water if it is not necessary...

sorry, her food and drink !

I never gave mine water until they were on solids

I never gave extra water till ds started solids around 23 weeks. He was never constipated (although did go 3 days between poos - but were always soft and explosive)

i got told in my child development class that people make up bottles using ounces not mls, therefore if they want a five scoop bottle they put 5 ounces in which works out at about 140ml instead of 150ml (as formular is usually 1 scoop to 30ml).

over 6 bottles that works out at 60ml of water missing from the baby's diet. therefore it is recommended that babies on formular using the ounce measurements have water instead.

but why don't they just label bottles with mls so peope wouldn't get confused

or make the formular for ounces not 30ml!

on hot days it is also a good idea to give water as breast milk goes more watery for the baby but formular doesn't change.

all the bottles i had were marked with ounces and mls.....

I doubt very much you can get ounces only on formula bottles in the UK - I haven't seen any ever!

Are you in the US, kream?

sorry should have said the bottles should have mls only so people don't measure in oz and get mixed up. sorry.

never made bottles up with formular myself. dd1 was on infatrini, ready made high calorie milk and dd2 is bf.