Our pediatrician told us regular filters won't remove fluoride. We live in DC, so it's not the best idea to drink the tap water unfiltered cause over the past year there have been huge problems with high lead levels in the water. In fact, right before my daughter was born last February, it was released that DC was covering up the lead levels in the water, blaming individual homes, buildings, etc. They found out that it's the water lines in the city that are made of lead, so they were giving out free Brita filters to all pregnant women and families with young kids, as well as doing free blood tests for lead levels, for all district residents. When I was in the hospital giving birth, they had signs up in the postpartum kitchen that said "Do NOT drink the tap water. Ask for bottled." Shortly after she was born (like within 2-3 weeks) they started adding tons of chlorine to the water cause I guess that would reduce the lead levels. It was so bad that everytime I showered or bathed the baby it literally smelled like I was at the YMCA. Since then they've cut back on the chlorine. It's also DC policy that all kids get their blood tested for lead levels at 12 and 24 months. Madison loved that one, they had to do it with a needle in her arm and fill 2 vials! But anyway, that Brita filter better not be removing the fluoride cause it claims that it only removes a trace amount over the life of each filter.
Thanks TJ! We'll look for either Dannon or Nursery then. I did see Dannon once, but our local stores don't have it so I completely forgot about it.