When you have a baby you are flooded with information, feeding, sleeping, transport, keeping your baby happy, entertained, safe.
It’s overwhelming. So it’s not unusual that new parents use Google at twice the rate of before they had a baby.
One of the most common searches for new mums – after “Will I ever get this baby to sleep, and “Will I ever sleep again” – is about baby feeding, and at this time of year it’s whether or not you can give your baby water.
And the simple, yet frightening answer is no. You can’t.
Experts warn that giving babies water can lead to serious complications such as malnutrition, diarrhoea and can even be fatal.
A frightening report in The Mirror with the headline “Why you should NEVER feed your baby water - and how it could be fatal if you do” is making new mums seek Google's advice even more, terrified that they might be inadvertently putting their babies at risk.
So, what’s the real story?
Well, it is true that water intoxication can happen, but it’s pretty rare and difficult for a baby.
Registered dietitian Katie Zeratsky of the Mayo Clinic told BuzzFeed: “In terms of a baby, in most cases they would get too full to do this, so it would be more challenging to create this situation in an infant. It’s not impossible, though."
Last year a couple from the US state of Georgia were arrested after their 10-week old baby died from watered down breast milk which caused her brain to swell.