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Vitamins/flouride
dyg201
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What vitamins are you giving LO now? Our pedi gave us a script for a multi vitamin with flouride but I'm not sure I want to give LO extra flouride. Anyone giving the enfamil ones?
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Re: Vitamins/flouride
I probably wouldn't do vitamins with fluoride because it is already added to tap water and too much fluoride isn't good for your teeth.
Mine suggested iron fortified drops this past appointment, but I'm going to pass. Unless DS is showing an iron deficiency, I don't see the point in giving him more.
I doubt the fluoride would hurt much, but if you're wary about it, you can always choose to skip or ask for a prescription without it.
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I have a (personal) problem with the amount of flouride pushed on us by modern medicine so I would be hesitant to give it to my child. When we were breastfeeding/pumping, LO was supposed to get a multivitamin but never really did. Now that he is solely formula-fed, he's not getting any multivitamins.
His ped did say that as he gets a little bit older we will need to start feeding him some protein. She hasn't requested that we get him a multivitamin yet.
I think it depends whether you BF or FF. While I was still able to BF our pedi recommended vit D. Once I had to switch to formula he never said anthing about vitamins again. Formula has pretty much everything a baby needs so I'm not going to give her anything.