BF Moms: Vitamin D drops?

rocknrollgurl · December 2008

If you are EBF...do you give DC vitamin D drops daily?

lilcountrync · December 2008

I give DS his drops every morning.

blondie3379 · December 2008

I have them, but I have yet to administer them. We have been dealing with green poo, and I didn't want to start them, because they can actually CAUSE green poo. So, I am waiting to rule out a dairy allergy or foremilk/hindmilk imbalance before I start them.

Gah, that was a mouthful. ) Tri-Vi-Sol is what I have.

whitless · December 2008

I need to start them. I'll be using Poly-vi-sol

habsoilers · December 2008

Yes, DD gets Vitamin D drops everyday.

Jen&Len · December 2008

Were we supposed to do this from day 1? My pedi never mentioned this! I always thought we started at 6 months.

Breezy.Lives · December 2008

Nope. I gave them a few times, then did a bunch of reading on it and decided not to -- I was forgetting all the time any way!

babyike · December 2008

yup. we give DD poly-vi-sol everyday...i have to pump an ounce or so and mix in the drops and bottle-feed it to her though...otherwise we both end up covered in the brown goo (which smells like butthole and chicken broth...eeewwww, totally gross)

BabyCakes3 · December 2008

My pedi said to wait until 4-6 months.

mich11680 · December 2008

We started this weekend and she gets them in the morning.

uscalma34 · December 2008

Never. We get enough sun. I'm not too worried.

ss+el · December 2008

My pedi said to start them at 2mos. She said it is because we bundle them up to protect them from the elements and they don't get their Vitamin D from the sun. I imagine if I had a baby in warmer weather she'd have given me a different age to start them.

goodhartedmommy · December 2008

uscalma34:
Never. We get enough sun. I'm not too worried.

ditto. people have BFed for thousands of years without the vit d drops. I'm not a fan of giving unnecessary vits.

foodiequeen · December 2008

I agree...I was told by pediatrician to give him the drops. Then I did research and decided that DS didn;t need the drops. I just make sure he gets at least 15 minutes of sunlight a day. I get out with DS everyday so I am not that worried about it.?