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vitamin D supplements

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in August 2011 Moms
For those of you who've had your babies and are breastfeeding, where you told to give your baby vitamin D supplements? Our pedi told us to give them to her because they don't get enough from the breast milk. I never supplemented DD#1 and she was/is as healthy as can be. I always thought breast milk had everything baby needs, that is why I'm doing it. Is it really necessary to supplement? I certainly don't want to deprive her of something she needs.
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  • crkreativekidscrkreativekids member
    Did your daughter get a Vitamin D shot after she was born?  There are some who believe a Vitamin D shot increases the risk of cancer in children.  I believe the shot is some times too much Vitamin D at one time and that is were the increased risk comes from.  If you decide to opt out of the shot than the alternative is to supplement, and this is especially important for those breastfeeding.  Hope this helps!!
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  • NurseLaLaNurseLaLa member
    I will be supplementing in the fall and winter months, since we don't get a lot of sun out here and I don't eat a lot of dairy products. Vitamin D isn't very abundant in natural sources. For example, salmon has a really high amount of vitamin D, but you would have to eat a full salmon a day to get the daily recommendation.
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    imagecrkreativekids:
    Did your daughter get a Vitamin D shot after she was born?  There are some who believe a Vitamin D shot increases the risk of cancer in children.  I believe the shot is some times too much Vitamin D at one time and that is were the increased risk comes from.  If you decide to opt out of the shot than the alternative is to supplement, and this is especially important for those breastfeeding.  Hope this helps!!

    PP's comment applies to the vitamin K shot, which newborns receive routinely to prevent rare but highly dangerous brain bleeding in the weeks after birth.  Babies do not receive vitamin D shots at birth. 

    My pediatrician did recommend a Vitamin D supplement.  We are doing it every other day or so since from what I have read there are no downsides to it for the baby, but I'm not being hypervigilant about it because I know I have sufficient Vitamin D in my own system through supplements and plenty of time outside.  You can read more about it here (not sure if you've used Kelly Mom before, but great site and heavy on evidence/citations): https://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/vitamins/vitamin-d.html.

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    imagevstevens:

    imagecrkreativekids:
    Did your daughter get a Vitamin D shot after she was born?  There are some who believe a Vitamin D shot increases the risk of cancer in children.  I believe the shot is some times too much Vitamin D at one time and that is were the increased risk comes from.  If you decide to opt out of the shot than the alternative is to supplement, and this is especially important for those breastfeeding.  Hope this helps!!

    PP's comment applies to the vitamin K shot, which newborns receive routinely to prevent rare but highly dangerous brain bleeding in the weeks after birth.  Babies do not receive vitamin D shots at birth. 

    My pediatrician did recommend a Vitamin D supplement.  We are doing it every other day or so since from what I have read there are no downsides to it for the baby, but I'm not being hypervigilant about it because I know I have sufficient Vitamin D in my own system through supplements and plenty of time outside.  You can read more about it here (not sure if you've used Kelly Mom before, but great site and heavy on evidence/citations): https://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/vitamins/vitamin-d.html.

    HTH! 

     Wow, I need to go back to bed for the rest of the day.  Sorry about my brain fart, I feel like a complete idiot!  OP, hope I didn't confuse you too much!

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  • SarahRuthGSarahRuthG
    My pedi had us start DS on the vitamin drops. I am mixing them in with a formula bottle once a day, he takes most of it. He is 90% breast milk fed but gets a little formula everyday. The drops smell like gross child's cough syrup. I'm wondering if he will take it better in breast milk. But I spend so much time and effort pumping right now I'm scared he will out right refuse it and I will waste the milk. Once I get a supply built up I will give it a shot though.
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  • S-TunaS-Tuna member

    imageSarahRuthG:
    My pedi had us start DS on the vitamin drops. I am mixing them in with a formula bottle once a day, he takes most of it. He is 90% breast milk fed but gets a little formula everyday. The drops smell like gross child's cough syrup. I'm wondering if he will take it better in breast milk. But I spend so much time and effort pumping right now I'm scared he will out right refuse it and I will waste the milk. Once I get a supply built up I will give it a shot though.

    We mix medicine in with about half the amount of BM he typically drinks just to make sure he will finish the medicine and not waste the BM.

    We started on poly-vi-sol with iron in the NICU, but the pediatrician told us to switch to just vitamin D when we got home. We remember to give it to him most days. 

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