Feeding during heatwave

Wanting other mums opinions…
I have a 3 month old baby which I formula feed.
Between feeds would you offer your baby a few sips of water inbetween as we’re in a heatwave, or do you just offer more feeds?
At the moment as it’s so hot I don’t want him to get dehydrated so I fed every 3 hours. Is that enough or not?

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More feeds if your worried no water x

More feeds I found, even when on holiday etc. watered down formula if needed but they still need to consume the same amount of milk they would normally each day

This is a controversial comment - I contacted my health visitor and was advised to give cooled boiled water in this weather. I appreciate we get mixed advice on water but I decided to give my little one small amounts of water.

I’ve been told by every hv/midwife/feeding specialist that babies are absolutely not to have water or watered down formula. Follow the formula guidelines for scoops per ml and just feed baby more often if you’re worried about dehydration. Adding more water to their formula can upset their tummies. If baby is having plenty of wet nappies and seems okay in themselves don’t worry yourself x

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