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HW wrote at 2007-07-28 16:04:29
My doctor said that infants' kidneys are not developed well enough to process too much water.

Caitlin wrote at 2009-04-17 20:16:47
Water intoxication can result if an infant is given water in addition to breastmilk or formula. Breastmilk and correctly made up formula are overwhelmingly made up of water anyway. The World Health Assembly advises no supplementary water (or any other foodstuff or liquid) be introduced until the baby is 6 months of age.

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Pediatrician, retired. I trained at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia some years ago and I did private practice here in Winston-Salem for 30 years until I went full time to the Wake Forest Medical School until retirement.

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