Dr. Chheda – 💧 You start feeding water to your infant after 6 months of age. Before 6 months of age, they’re getting plenty of hydration with either breast milk or with formula. You don’t need to feed them any extra water.

What will end up happening if you give them water is that they will fill up on the water. Now they won’t eat because their stomach is full, and then they’re not gonna get the nutrition or the calories that they need.

So no, you don’t need to give your infant water until after 6 months of age. And then at that point, they can take about 4 ounces of water a day, just tiny sips at a time, especially after they eat. And that’ll help clean all the food out of their mouth. So don’t introduce water before 6 months of age.