Breastfeeding babies and waters/supplements

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Karina wrote:

>> Lesley wrote:

>>I've struggled

>>enough with my own horrible feelings of incompetence

>>without adding the burden of anyone else's judgment (oh,

>>the HV who told me to give him a bottle of water because he

>>was feeding too much springs to mind. ).

>Do BF babies need water, or don't they? (Older generation insists they do,

>but I have always ignored them).

>And do they need vitamin supplements, or don't they (Just checked the

>Norwegian advice where the BF rate is above 95%, and they do >recommend a

A/D

>vitamin supplement - eg cod liver oil - though I haven't done this either).

Its funny, I really don't remember writing that - did you find it in the

archives?

And no, breastfed babies do not need water, even in hot weather. If they

are thirsty they will tend to feed more frequently. As for supplements -

breastmilk is nutritionally perfect - each mother makes the milk that is

just right for her baby. I'm sure will tell you that when she was

in ?Kosovo she saw mothers and babies in the most appalling conditions who

were still feeding very ably. The Vitamin D thing came from some research

about babies " of colour " who were not exposed to sunlight at all.

Have a look at http://members.aol.com/tireswing/index.html, click on table

of contents then Old Myths that Will Not Die ; it has interesting research

based items on babies and water and also Vit D supplements and Why Vit C

does not cure or prevent colds.

Lesley

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> >>I've struggled

> >>enough with my own horrible feelings of incompetence

> >>without adding the burden of anyone else's judgment (oh,

> >>the HV who told me to give him a bottle of water because he

> >>was feeding too much springs to mind. ).

>

>

> Its funny, I really don't remember writing that - did you find it in

the

> archives?

> Lesley

If I didn't write it, then I must have missed it when someone came up

with the exact same experience as me. It was a week or two ago,

though, I think.

Phyllis

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> Have a look at http://members.aol.com/tireswing/index.html, click on

table

> of contents then Old Myths that Will Not Die ; it has interesting

research

> based items on babies and water and also Vit D supplements and Why

Vit C

> does not cure or prevent colds.

>

> Lesley

This is brilliant! I am going to force my DH to read the part about

getting cold makes you get a cold. He absolutely insists that it does,

which is definitely his French breeding coming out. They believe that

even the slightest draft will make you ill and are positively paranoid

about it.

Thanks for teh site!

Phyllis