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[-] [email protected] 86 points 6 days ago

My brother had a kid and I always feel like some out of touch old man when we talk about it. Once he told me todlers can only have distilled water and I had to stop myself from going "Back in my day, my parents gave me tap water and I turned out fine!"

[-] [email protected] 119 points 6 days ago

I thought distilled water was bad for humans to consume as it leeches nutrients from you?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Tap water doesn't exactly have loads of electrolytes. I think though the normal advice is to give small children boiled water to protect them from water borne illnesses

It's probably more important in places with less safe water

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, it's to protect them from disease. In almost all circumstances a place with tap water from a municipal source is fine.

Premature infants might be advised to only get sterile water for a bit as an extra precaution, and people might also hold off a little longer on well water.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

But brawndo had electrolytes. It’s for what plants crave.

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