I took my 3 month-old virtually excl BF DS2 (he has formula if I go out) to the doctor's yesterday after he became distressed and threw up a couple of feeds. The doc diagnosed a viral infection and said I was to give DS2 Calpol, but also that I was to give him water to drink.
I'm sure you aren't supposed to give water to BF babies, right? Why is this, and should I because the doctor said so?
Mind you he also claimed that wet nappies were the cause of eczema on my DS1's upper back, so what does he know?