Drinks for one year olds!

[babalicious]

I know really daft question! but i forgot from having my firt child!
my daughter is 14 months, do i still need to boil the water first before giving it to her or can she have bottled water now (none of us drink our tap water its not very nice). Also what else can i give her to drink/
thank you

[ummmm]

It'll be fine. I stopped boiling water and sterilizing when my kids started to lick shoes and stuff....

[redcrx]

watch the sodium content of bttled water.
tbh if shes happy drinking tap water then id give her that or continue to boil it rather than give bottled all the time.

[ann_h]

Milk, water, fruit juices watered down half and half.
I would avoid commercial squash boxes or fizzy drinks purely because they are acidic (teeth) and create bad habits in expecting very strongly flavoured overly sweet drinks .Also Ribena is NOT recommended for under 3 years old for some reason.

[babalicious]

thank you! i'm asking mainly because we go to france on tuesday and i'm not sure what to give her to drink, do i boil there tap water or boil some bottled water, for her milk bottles as well?

[redcrx]

at 14 months, unless she has a dairy allergy, she ought to be able to drink cows milk rather than formula.
What i did when i went to Turkey with my 15 months old was to buy cartons of follow on milk for bed (we had no fridge) and give her bottled water with a very low sodium content during the day

[babalicious]

yes i'm gonna put her on cows milk when we get back from france, but didnt want to give her there cows milk so i am taking follow on milk with us. thought it would be better taking powder than a load of cartans cause she has one in morning and night so would need to take 10!