We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Bottled Water for 1 year old

Options
Does anyone know of a safe or baby safe bottled water that i can give my dd.

Comments

  • dora37
    dora37 Posts: 1,291 Forumite
    Bottled water has high sodium levels which is not recommended for babies. Apparently Buxton Water has lower levels, however as previously stated bottled water is not recommended.
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Tap water is much much safer than bottled water. The government regulations on mains water are actually far stricter and far more stringent than the regulation required for bottled water. Unless of course you're talking about outside the UK.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • vixarooni
    vixarooni Posts: 4,376 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    never knew you couldnt give a baby bottled water.
  • modgit
    modgit Posts: 670 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    vixarooni wrote: »
    never knew you couldnt give a baby bottled water.
    No, I didn't either until we went abroad earlier this year with our then 6 month old, and intended to give him boiled bottled water for his bottles, I phoned Aptimil helpline and they gave me a sodium level to look for on the bottles which is safe for youngsters.
  • KittyKate
    KittyKate Posts: 1,606 Forumite
    My mum, who is having chemo at the moment, was advised by her nurse to drink lots of water but *not* bottled water. Apparently apart from the sodium levels, the water in the bottles can be months old by the time you drink it.

    She recommended filtered tap water, chilled in the fridge. I got my mum a Brita filter for £14, I've seen them as cheap as £8 in catalogue discount stores. Much cheaper than bottled water and the whole family can use it too :)
  • Delilah
    Delilah Posts: 148 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    i have a filter but i read somewhere that filter water isn't good for babies - and when i want to find that information now i need it it is no where to be found. :confused: i use boiled water now but i ran out at the weekend when i was out and had to use bottled water so was just wondering if it was safe??
  • amandada
    amandada Posts: 1,168 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    As a one off "emergency" I think you have absolutely nothing to be worried about :)
  • kmeast
    kmeast Posts: 223 Forumite
    I believe it is not safe to use all of the time, but when we went to Spain and there was no choice we were told to check the sodium levels on different bottles, as they vary quite a lot between brands.
  • Fritha_2
    Fritha_2 Posts: 1,447 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Delilah wrote: »
    i have a filter but i read somewhere that filter water isn't good for babies - and when i want to find that information now i need it it is no where to be found.

    This doesn't really help with your bottled water query but I found this (click on the first question it shows you) on the Brita website which is quite interesting. :-)
    Comping, freebieing and trying to pay the mortgage off early!
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.9K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.5K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.9K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.8K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.9K Life & Family
  • 257.2K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.