100% breastfed baby question.?
Answer:
I would not supplement with vitamin D unless..
- baby is extremely dark skinned
or
- you live in an area of the world where baby gets little or no sunlight.
Read the information at the link below.
You can give the liquid form of vitamin called Poly Vi Sol. It is sold anywhere vitamins are sold, wal-mart target. Please mix it with something though, breastmilk in syringe, because it is some awful stuff alone.
Here's a list of things that were recommended for breastfed infants to help with Vitamin D:
Gerber Vitamin Drops
Poly-Vi-Sol Drops
Tri-Vi-Sol Drops
Vi-Daylin ADC or Multivitamin Drops
Also, sunlight can help with the production of Vitamin D but be careful not to over-expose them to sunlight. Sunlight can also break down important vitamins in the body.
Bah, whatever you are reading trash it. Human's have gotten by just fine for thousands of years sucking only the boob. Forget all these studies that try to scare you about solely breastfeading.
I exclusively breast fed my youngest daughter until she was 6 1/2 months old. I did not give her any additional Vitamin D. She is now a very healthy 9 year old. If your baby's pediatrician has recommended additional Vitamin D, then I would ask him/her for additional information.
Whatever you ingest, your baby will too. As long as you have a good, healty diet, there is no reason to give a breastfed baby anything else.
My son's dr suggested vit.D when he was first born because it was winter and we get d from the sun. I used to sit next to a window in my house throughout the day with him. He also took vit d drops. You also don't need a scrip for it.
Breastfeed babies do not need to take vitamin D. Go to the website address below and type in vitamin D into their search box. It should pop up numerous articles on this subject, which are very helpful. Good luck!
Take them in the sun as often as possible. Don't worry about supplements.
With my first I was adviced to supplement and it didn't make sense to me so I did some reasearch (sorry did not keep it on hand). What I found is that when the milk properties are seperated researchers didn't find any Vitamin D (thinking we should be like cows and all I guess). Years down the road when someone asked the same question so many women ask about how babies lived before supplementation, they found that the milk in it's whole form does contain Vitamin D (no clue how this works, but glad someone questioned it). Don't bother supplementing.
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