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Vitamine supplement in 10 months old bf

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Jomaja · 27/06/2007 14:30

Hiya,
was told that I have to give extra vitamins to my bf ds as he is still bf. Eating not too good at the moment, so is hv right (I suspect not but am a first time mum so would like to hear some advice).

Thank you.

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tiktok · 27/06/2007 15:14

Yes, she's right - current advice is that breastfed babies can have vitamin D supplements after 6 mths. Reason is that modern lifestyles may mean the baby doesn't get out of doors often enough to make his own vitamin D.

You can be sure that if you are white-skinned, and you get outside for even a short time with your baby on most days of the week, you will enable him (and you) to make his own.

If you are black or Asian, you would need to get outside rather more, and most of the concern with vitamin D is for Asian and black babies, as they need more sunshine than our pathetic climate proides

Vitamin D supplements are already in formula milk.

It's not that breastmilk is 'short' of Vit D, but our lives these days may be.

In Norway, where all babies are breastfed and it's dark a lot of the year, all babies and children get Vit D supps.

You might find the supplement is packaged with A as well - no real need for A, though.

If you feel you and your baby are out and about enough, then you won't need the supps.

Your HV should have explained all this, but most don't seem to understand it.

Brangelina · 27/06/2007 15:18

Here in Italy you get advised to give vitamin D supplements from birth for breastfed babies. I personally didn't the first 3 months or so as I really thought there was no point(DD was a summer baby and it is sunny here) but she had them in the winter that followed as I didn't take her out as much.

Jomaja · 27/06/2007 16:21

Thanks so much for the messages! So no need then for a multivitamin supplement.

We are out every day so he should get enough sun and hopefully vit d, have some here with flouride in but haven given him those (it's common to give that in Germany where I am originally from).

Thanks again!

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