hi i wonder if any one can help we are on vacation and you cant drink the water here so i have to make seth bottle with mineral water dose any one know if this is safe?

Yep. Try and find a well known brand if poss like evian or volvic etc This is what my hv advised.
We went on hols when Lexie was 6 months to Egypt, we were in the middle of no where and no shops so had to rely on the hotels bottled water. She was absolutely fine.
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i vaguely recall reading that babies can't handle mineral water...you're best to get one as close to normal water as poss i think
i'm sure if you google it something will come up

i think it has something to do with sodium levels or something ... i'd have a read up on it , i know you can use some bottled water but not sure which. however you do still need to boil it before using for baby

The main named brands have lower sodium levels in. xx

my HV said no becasue of the sodium, and that twice boiled local water was better than mineral water?

Argh so much conflicting things. This is something I wanted to find out I go away in April and can't drink the water where we go!

oh no im worried now, when i stay at my parents with baby, i always use boiled mineral water as the water is so hard where they live.

I jsut found this girls! Hope it helps!

Natural Mineral Water - This comes from a ground water source which is protected from all pollution and by law cannot be treated in any way. It undergoes two years of stringent analysis before it can be classed as an NMW. It is the purest form of water. However, NMWs contain high levels of minerals, some of which can be dangerous for your toddler. For example, the calcium levels in some mineral waters can be too high for a baby's kidneys to cope with. Similarly, the sodium levels in many NMWs are much higher than the recommended 350mg a day for year old babies. Since December 2003, NMWs suitable for making up formula will be labelled as such.

Spring Water - Comes from a single non-polluted ground water source but unlike NMWs it can undergo some permitted treatments, although it must comply with the Drinking Water Regulations. Unlike NMWs, there is no legislation requiring the mineral content to be printed on the bottle and because of this it's probably best avoided for your baby as there is no way of determining the sodium or mineral content.

Table Water - Is the trade name applied to other bottled drinking waters. It applies to water which may come from more than one source and may include the public water supply. You should treat this water in the same way that you would treat normal tap water if using it to prepare feeds for your baby

Sorry but there was no way i was giving my daughter the brown gritty tap water that was produced in Egypt. Wouldn't even wash her bottles or fill the steriliser with it.
Best thing to do is ask your HV, obviously alot of conflicting advise.
Where are you going on hols?
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