How much water??
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Topic: How much water??
Posted By: Brenna
Subject: How much water??
Date Posted: 29 March 2007 at 8:27pm
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Brenna's feeds are as follows:
Wake up - b/f and solids (pureed fruit or veg) Late Morning - formula (between 180 - 280 ml) Arvo - b/f Before bath - formula (between 180 - 220ml) After bath - b/f About 9.30pm - b/f Some people have told me she should be having water. I'm not sure when to give it to her thgough as I don't want her to 'fill up' on water and then not feed properly. She's not constipated. so should I just carry on as is?? Or does she need water??? Advice please......... -------------  My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 29 March 2007 at 8:38pm
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If she's breastfeeding she'll be fine - breastmilk is the perfect composition for her. It's recommended to start offering water from a sippy cup around 6 mths more to get them used to the cup than to get any great quantity of water into them.
My two struggle to finish their bottles let alone extra water, but they do like to chew on the sippy cups. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 29 March 2007 at 9:39pm
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I have no idea if you should be giving her water or not - Ashleigh is fully formula fed so I have been giving her water for a while now. I offer her a sippy cup of water generally when she wakes from a sleep as long as it is at least 1/2 an hour before a feed is due. She will normally have about 4 long sucks and thats all so she isn't getting much at a time and wouldn't be filling up on it! ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 29 March 2007 at 10:00pm
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If you see she is consitpated you can give something like 10 to 20ml. Otherwise I wont bother until a bit later.
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