Nutritionists and paediatricians have reaffirmed that giving water to babies in their first six months when they are undergoing exclusive breastfeeding is unnecessary. The experts, made the declaration at a one-day symposium orgaanised by Promasidor Nigeria Limited on Tuesday in Enugu. The theme of the symposium was ‘The Nutrition Wisdom of Infant Feeding Choices.” They include Professor (Mrs.) Ngozi Nnam, the President of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN), Dr Ngozi Ibeziako, President of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), Mrs. Stella Umunna, a retired Deputy Director/ Head of Nursing at Iyi-Enu Mission Hospital in Anambra State and Dr Patrick Eze, former National President, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM). They also called on husbands, mothers-in-laws, government and the society in general to support women to exclusively breastfeed their babies in the first six months and apply wisdom in introducing alternatives afterwards.