accidentally gave water

Girl it’s totally fine. You’re allowed to give the baby 2/3oz at a time occasionally if you feel they need it. Water intoxication takes a lot. Take a breath - relax - get some sleep! You’re baby is perfectly healthy!

@Tiff even with an 8 week old?

yeah relax, baby will be okay! only an ounce that is usually mixed in with formula anyways isn’t any harm

1oz is no biggie! Esp if it's been a few days and she seems normal. You would have noticed signs a lot sooner if there were any issues. The biggest concerns are water intoxication and malnutrition due to not drinking enough milk because its replaced by water. Sounds like neither of those are an issue with only 1oz. ❤

@Carina i immediately corrected the formula and fed it to her as i figured it would help push out that water somehow? i hope she’s okay, my mind isnt at ease

Yes you are totally fine. Did you add extra formula? Like if you had 4 scoops preportioned to 8oz water, did you just add the 4 scoops to the 7 remaining oz?

@Carina no she only drinks a 2oz at night so i added back an oz of water and put in one scoop per the formula directions

My granny used to give my dad water. She asked me how much water I give my LO, when I said none bc they say not to, she thought it was rediculous. She was sent home from hospital w/water for my dad. She was told to mix oil in with his formula too. You cant have done worse than our grandparents generation.

If she still drank the full 2 ounces of formula then I think you are fine. She just got a little extra hydration. I would be more concerned if she didnt drink the formula. But again, 1 oz of water is truly not going to hurt her. I know its scary when they are that tiny, but she will be ok! ❤

@Honor do you know if it was about the same amount? i feel like 1oz is a lot for her. this never happened with my first but i was just so sleep deprived 😞 i used my phone light and swore i saw the formula go in. my heart just hurts and feels so guilty

@Carina it never happened with my first but the lack of sleep with 2 under 2! i just swore i saw the formula go in. i felt to horrible then and still. i just had to call a 24/7 pediatric nurse line and even then i cant sleep now

She will be fine, I used to have to give my little one water to help with tummy problems (advised by the dr) at around that age, she will be totally fine, try not to over think it, *hugs* ❤️

They used to tell parents to give new babies water in the old days

All the health professionals I’ve consulted (midwives, doctor, pharmacist and health visitor) have all recommended cooled boiled water to ease constipation in my boy when he was around 6 weeks old. You can relax mama!

@Sarah wow that interesting... they had no recommendations for us, even my Russian doctor . Only exercise the baby.. wish they were more helpful about gas and water drinking

@Aliyah gassiness is THE worst! All the tummy rubs and bicycle legs in the world didn’t do it for my boy - we ended up with lactulose unfortunately

@Sarah same with my little lady, she was having an ounce of cooked boiled water a day, bicycle legs didn’t work or nothing, she’s been on laxatives now for about a year and a half now 🙈 slowly slowly weaning her down on them

Ill have to ask my Granny, but she was telling me it was an everyday thing

You're fine! Formula fed babies sometimes get water if they're constipated anyway and as this was days ago she's fine. It's not like she had a 6oz bottle of water or anything like that.

@Sian it’s the worst isn’t it? Turned out to be CMPA for my babe - cutting dairy has made all the difference

I know how that felt when my second child was an infant I used to do the same thing

Yup!

Once, when I was sleep deprived when my son was little I forgot to shake the bottle. So the formula didn't mix in. It was a 4 Oz bottle. He drank 2.5 before I realized. I shook the formula in with the 1.5 Oz that was left. He was fine. I cried for a minute and freaked out a little. But everyone told me that it was fine. And it was.