Oya,

 

My doctor also said that there is no need to give babies salt, he doesn’t feel that there is a need.  I believe him because I also grew up with SWCAH and my mother never gave me extra salt.  I know that I turned out just fine and so has my daughter.  As I got older, my mother gave me salter foods, so I believe that they’ll be just fine.

If you think about it in these terms.  As you get older you start to sweat a lot more, so salt is needed more.  Babies don’t really sweat or get too active and it just basically shows that infants whom are active, would need more salt to replace. 

But to each their own, if you believe you should give the child extra salt than that would be on your terms.  Many of the mothers here do give extra salt and I have asked this questions on why and they told me. 

 

Good luck making that decision.

 

Liz