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Newborn vitamin D



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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 23 2021, 10:57 am
Do you all give your newborns vitamin d till age six months?
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allthingsblue




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 23 2021, 11:00 am
Yes because I breastfeed
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 23 2021, 11:02 am
Never did.
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amother
Crimson


 

Post Tue, Feb 23 2021, 11:13 am
When I remember 🙄 (BF babies)
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tweety1




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 23 2021, 11:27 am
I had to give my baby vitamin d when dc was a newborn because of a very low level. Specialist told me then it's a good idea as a general rule to give all kids newborns too vitamin d. My baby needed 5000 but for newborn and infants 1000 a day is enough.
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 23 2021, 11:28 am
I formula feed. With my first I didn’t but my second was a preemie and his daily formula oz the first 4 months of life weren’t enough so Ped recommended vitamin D.
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amother
Denim


 

Post Tue, Feb 23 2021, 1:56 pm
Never heard of this before.
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 23 2021, 3:17 pm
And iron drops also?
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amother
Taupe


 

Post Tue, Feb 23 2021, 3:41 pm
I never did, I instead supplemented my own diet with more vitamin d and took a vitamin d pill along w/ my postnatal pill. Look up La Leche League on vitamin d in newborns.

Also you can ask your ped how much sun exposure your baby can have. We get vitamin d from the sun so a short walk w/ baby will help them produce their own vitamin d. The worry is that the baby will get too much sun. But like a 10 min walk should be fine. Double check w your ped
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margal




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 23 2021, 3:54 pm
I give vitamin d for my breastfed baby per my pediatrician's recommendation
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 23 2021, 4:48 pm
Doc recommended starting at 6 weeks but we started supplementing with formula at that point so didn’t do it very long. We did begin when she started declining formula at around 8 months.
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