when do you start giving babies water
As a newborn, babies get all the fluid they need from your breast milk or formula milk. But as you introduce solid food, their appetite for milk starts to reduce. At this point you may want to consider extra forms of hydration, especially as their activity levels increase. Until they are 6 months old though, there is no need for your baby to drink anything but breast milk or formula. Once they are 6 months old and you are introducing foods to them, you may like to offer them a small amount of water at mealtimes (tap or filtered is fine).