Mineral Water and Children

[FickleFairy]

Hi All,

A friend mentioned to me that you shouldn't give mineral water to babies due to all the minerals in it. I can find quite a bit of info on this but am struggling to find out when it is ok for them to have it?

My DS is 3 and I give him water all the time, thinking it is better than squash etc, but I do always give him bottled water, thinking the taste is nicer than tap (which I hate).

Am I doing the wrong thing or is it ok now he is 3?

Thanks

As far as I am aware children can drink bottled water from the age of 1 as long as the sodium and calcium levels are reasonably low.

I found this site which seems to have some information about it.

Water is much much better than squash also I used to mix fresh fruit juice with water when my 2 were little as a change from water or milk.

I gave mine bottled water from 1 and they are now 9 and 5 so it cant have done them that much harm. They still love it.

Thankyou

Hi lilmisssmummy I am off to read your link.
We have asked this question also as are going travelling with dd[she will be 13 months]. The advise we were given was to use boiled water only. When I did question this it was to my cousins Dr [she is having chemo at the moment but hopes to come with us] and we were told that still bottled water is classed as stagnate water and neither my dd nor my cousin should have it for that reason. The Dr asked me would I fill a bottle with water seal it for 3 days and give it to dd, if I would then give her bottled water if not boil tap water or carbonated drinks Still not able to get my head around giving my baby fizzy drinks, I can only imagine the looks I would get filling her sippy cup with Coke Cols