I suggest we leave the breast milk suggestions aside and answer the question. If the OP is asking about formula, she has a reason to give it, and it's absolutely none of our business to tell her what to do with her boobs.
As others said, boiling tap water and then cooling it down is perfectly fine with the water quality here.
We actually have a thermos with boiled hot water and a glass jar with boiled cooled water on the counter top. This way, we can use some of each to mix the right temperature with short notice. The thermos and the glass jar get sterilized once a week, as well as the bottles.
PS: If a pediatrician told me to give a baby any type of water without boiling it, I'd be looking up numbers of other pediatricians in a hurry.
My ped told me to use boiled tap water unter 3mo, and normal tap water from then on.
I breastfed my kids for ages, but never sterilised anything and they're both still alive and not sicker than any other kids. But then I never had to deal with pacifiers and bottles and such.
thank you all for your responses. i agree breastfeeding is the best option however it doesnt always work as planned. i had intially hoped to breastfeed my baby for a year, due to various reasons that plan just didnt work. Once again thank you all
From Brita website (
http://brita.ca/how-brita-works/freq...brita-pitchers )
Question: Does the Brita® Pitcher add or remove sodium?
Answer: Brita® does not add or remove sodium
On a similar topic ... any additional input on this thread Softened water and baby formula?
Interesting looking into this recently and there is a difference between UK/WHO and European advice from the food safety angle (e.g. see the side of Aptamil packs which differ UK/Europe). The general recommendation is to boil tap water or bottled water (as neither is sterile) and let it cool before making up formula, as discussed on this thread. In the UK (and the WHO advice follows this too) it's considered that the risk that the formula powder itself is non-sterile and contaminated with a nasty bacterium is relevant too. So they say boil the water, let it cool 30 minutes to 70C, then add the formula, and then cool it fully to store or feed. The logic is that boiling water added to formula destroys some of the nutrient value, and that 70C water kills the bacteria in the formula. Whether you can be bothered to do this in the middle of the night is another matter, but the bacteria that have been found in all brands of infant formula are particularly nasty for young babies and have caused many deaths worldwide.
http://www.who.int/foodsafety/public..._Bottle_en.pdf