Podcast

Water: When to Offer Your Baby Water and How Much

Why most babies don't need any water besides the amount they are already consuming from properly prepared formula and/or breastmilk
How the new foods your baby is learning to eat also contribute to fluid needs...even if intake isn't that great yet

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In this episode, I’m covering:

Why most babies don’t need any water besides the amount they are already consuming from properly prepared formula and/or breastmilk
How the new foods your baby is learning to eat also contribute to fluid needs...even if intake isn’t that great yet

You can practice open cup drinking with your baby starting at 6 months of age. Practice with ½-1 oz of breastmilk and/or formula but hold off on water until your baby is closer to a year. My favorite open cup for BLW is the ezpz Tiny Cup - you can get 10% off with code KATIE10 at ezpzfun.com.

SUBSCRIBE to the Baby-Led Weaning Made Easy Podcast here - new episodes are released on Monday and Thursday and subscribing means you’ll never miss what’s new (+ you’ll get notified about special bonus episodes too!)
FOLLOW Katie’s baby-led weaning Instagram page @babyledweanteam for daily video trainings - lots of great info on introducing high water content foods (but skip the extra water early on!)
SIGN UP for Katie’s free online workshop “BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS: How to get your baby to try 100 foods before turning 1 without you having to spoon-feed purees or buy pouches” - everyone on the free workshop gets a copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS LIST so you can focus on trying new foods and wait until later to do water.