Do FF babies need to drink water?

[Curly]

This thread has certainly gone off on a tangent! It does say on my tin of formula not to change the proportions except under medical advice. So to my mind that says that there can be valid reasons for changing the mix and that MCHNs and paeds who do advise this aren't necessarily talking rubbish as most people on this thread seem to think.

I have no plans for adding more water to DD's formula and never did - I was wondering about separate drinks of water.

It just worries me that there are people on this thread who HAVE been advised to mix the formula differently by a MCHN or paed and that they may not continue to do that based on the suggestions of people in this thread. This is why I said that I felt that if anyone had doubts about the advice they had received after reading comments on this thread, they should go back to the source of the advice and question them further before discontinuing.

I say this with love, truly, I always post suggestions genuinely wanting to help the OP - but I would not disregard instructions from a paed or MCHN based on advice I received in a forum. Not without checking first. I'm a cautious girl at heart.