This May Be a Stupid Question...

[Anonymous]

One of the reasons that there is a large increase in kids and preschoolers cavities is the consumption of bottled water instead of tap water.


Good article here:
http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=a8ff55bc-c7a3-48ac-b92e-ba08793a58d4

[Anonymous]

PP here. I just read some of the comments from that article and people seem to dispute fluoride........

[Anonymous]

We live in DC and had our water tested. It was safe. As for bottled water with flouride, be careful. I've heard that some of those brands contain too much flouride and can cause a condition of the teeth called flourosis.

[Anonymous]

For the DC Newbie:

DC water is safe in most households. DC had used chloramine in the water instead of chlorine. This caused more lead to leach into the water. There was a big uproar over this a few years back. So now they have switched away from chloramine, they replaced a lot of lead lines, and they continue to do it.

You can have your water tested easily enough. WASA used to do it for free and give you a report, but commercial sources will do it as well. Then you can drink it with confidence, save your child's teeth, and then you don't have to find a BPA free bottled water source (hehe).

[Anonymous]

I use formula and boil my water for one minute and put in a large pitcher to use throughout the week (trying to address the post about serving formula at room temperature, which we do). I heard you should boil for only 1 minute or it will actually make it worse.

Anyone know whether boiling for 1 minute removes the fluoride?

[Anonymous]

Thanks to 20:33 -- you eased my mind, as I prefer to use tap water for environmental reasons. Plus, you never know where that bottled water is actually coming from! It's probably just DC tap water...

[Anonymous]

I have found that if I make up the formula with hot water, the baby throws up WAY less than if I mix it up with room temperature water. I mix it up with hot water, then put it in the fridge and "serve" it either cold, room temp or warm, depending on circumstances.

As far as water filters go, the labels generally say they take out "lead taste" "cholorine odor" etc. -- in other words, the stuff is still in the water. And if you don't remember to change the filter regularly you are actually adding more contaminants to the water you drink than if you didn't use one at all, since the filter become soaked with the stuff it's filtering out and then adds it to the new water. I spend a small fortune on bottled water delivered to our house -- it's healthy and it tastes great, too.

[Anonymous]

Just want to echo the pp who said you don't know what's in bottled water, so it may not be any better than tap water. Dasani, for example, is basically just tap water.