Is It Safe To Give Drinking Water To A 2.5 Months Old Baby?

Posted on Fri, 6 Mar 2015

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Fri, 6 Mar 2015 Answered on

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Question : My baby is 2.5 months old. When can she start drinking water?

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (51 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You can start water by 6months of age

Detailed Answer:
Hi....you can start water by 6 months of age. Till then the best us to feed only exclusive breast feeds. Even thirst will taken care of by milk even in tropical summer.

Water is not indicated till 6 months of age.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar