Bottled Water for 1 year old

Delilah

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

dora37

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

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.

vixarooni

never knew you couldnt give a baby bottled water.

modgit

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

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

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. 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

As a one off "emergency" I think you have absolutely nothing to be worried about

kmeast

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

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. :-)