Comment by akaru

1 year ago

They drink more if they are formula fed and use that as a water source.

Again, it is physically impossible for an infant to drink as much water as an adult.

  • That's true but infants are far smaller than adults. It takes a lot less (of anything) to have an effect on an infant.

  • They drink more as a percentage of ingested materials. They are small and suffer increased effects.

    • True. I wouldn't give a baby anything that doesn't have a safe chain of custody and history of purity and reliability. Even in the 1970's from whence I came, my parents didn't trust tap water for anything more than brushing teeth and showering because the water had floating crap (scale) in it and high hardness.

      Personal water intake history:

      70's - 1993: Name brand bottled water from grocery stores

      1993 - 1997: Self-service distilled or reverse osmosis water store, and remote pump at home

      1997 - 2001: Carbon block, multi-stage, under sink filtration

      2001 - 2018: Add reverse osmosis

      2018 - present: Add UV stage

      PSA1: Alkaline water is a scam

      PSA2: Buy a water softener, whole house filter system, under-counter RO system, and maybe an indoor tankless water heater together on a wink-wink commercial purchase order (taxable) and have it freighted to your driveway (liftgate charge). It saves thousands on plumber markup and allows buying a TCO cheaper and better system.

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  • I am not following how your point is relevant. Dosages are different for kids and adults. Even different for kids of different sizes.