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boiled bottled or tap water when abroad (for 8 month old?)

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luche · 12/09/2005 20:05

At home I give my 8 mo old cool boiled tap water. Have read that you shouldn't give bottled water to babies as too mineral rich. However, we're off to a Sunsail club in Greece (Galini - if anyone's been top tips would be welcome) and I'm unsure whether I should boil the bottled water or simply use bog standard tap. What do you think?

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Twiglett · 12/09/2005 20:05

boiled tap water

Skate · 12/09/2005 20:09

I think you can use the tap water boiled but you can also get low sodium (or sodium free) bottled water which is suitable to use.

Hazellnut · 12/09/2005 20:10

A friend of mine today had rung the hv about this (she is off to spain) and the hv said, because of the different mineral content of overseas tap water you should use evian. Presumably evian has a similar mineral content to UK tap water - but she did say this should be once boiled too.

calpopscalum · 16/09/2005 18:32

Iasked my gp and he said not give a child under 1 any form of bottled water if you're in Europe due to the high mineral content. Some also add fluoridea nd other things. boiled tap water was fine for our wee ones in Spain. However a well meaning friend agve my ds some evian out her bottle when he was small and he was sick soon after. He wasn't a sicky baby and was fine afterwards.

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