How to give vitamin drops to BF baby?

[NichyNoo]

Hello all

I am breastfeeding my 17 day old DS and have been given vitamin drops from the doctor. He is supposed to take 10 drops a day. However the instruction leaflet is designed for FF babies and older children as it says to add the drops to fruit juice or a beaker of milk.

There is no pipette or syringe so I am wondering if I can somehow pour the drops from the bottle into his mouth? I don't really want to express every day and add the drops to a cup of milk but guess I will have to if all else fails. Has anyone else got around this problem?

Thanks!

I have always used a syringe, and squirted into the side of DS mouth - most chemists have syringes they will give you if you ask.

Mind you DS often spits them out because they taste vile, so I do often end up expressing to put them in milk so DS will take them

What does he need vitamin drops for? Are you in the UK?

Is there a medical reason for this? If not you have an old fashioned doctor who is talking crap.

Why do you need vitamin drops? It is not standard for babies to need them unless he has been diagnosed with a specific problem?

Hi all - no I'm in Belgium. Apparently all babies are prescribed them here. I spoke to my mum and she said I had them in the UK when I was born 30 years ago as well (and was BF).

I wondered if they were necessary to be honest but the pediatrician said all newborns are prescribed them.

In the UK they are advised from 6 months to 5 years ie. not from newborn.

Sounds like a load of tosh to me, Breastmilk has everything your baby needs, would chuck drops in bin tbh

I wouldn't bother with drops either.

There, thats my tuppence worth in!

It's not standard advice here (UK): I'd suggest you take a multivitamin formulated for post natal period youself, and forget about ones for the baby, at least until the very dark days of winter and peak cold/flu season.

Agree that you should take a good post-natal vitamin yourself (Pregnacare or similar) and ignore the baby drops. Your milk has everything your baby needs.

I dont know anyone who bothered with these.

All kids in sweden have to have vitamin D drops from birth to two years old. With DC1 I used to put them on a spoon (a soft one, the type you'd use for weaning) and give them to him that way. For DC2 I just drop them straight into her gob from the bottle - she just seems to open her mouth when I do it, or if not, gently push her chin a little bit until she opens her mouth.