Vitamin D drops?

Question

When I was in the hospital, the nurse mentioned that we needed to supplement with vitamin D drops for a breastfed baby, but never told us how much. My husband went out and got some, and they were 1000 IU. I just got to reading up on it, and apparently that's way too much! So reading into it a little more, I saw that I could take them instead to increase the amount she gets from my breastmilk, but there seems to be conflicting advice on how much I should take. For anyone that's chosen to up their amount instead of supplementing their baby, how much do you take and was it approved by the doctor?

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Our pediatrician said 1 ml. So the whole syringe it comes with. My daughter loves it

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I give my little one Enfamil Tri-Vi-Sol. It's got vitamin A, C and D, and his pediatrician said that's fine. We give him 1ml.

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Ask your pediatrician.

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My pedi gave me the option of taking the vitamin d myself which I felt would be easiest to do. She instructed me to take 6000 IU a day. Just call your pedi, I'm sure they can just tell you over the phone.

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I'm super confused on this as well. My first daughter was EBF and no one ever told me to give vitamin d but now I am breastfeeding my second daughter and her pedi told me to give vitamin d. Is it really necessary? My daughter seems super heathy and the first one is definitely healthy. She's 3 now and never had the vitamin d

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My doctor prescribed a vitamin a, c, and d supplement for my little one. The vitamin D portion is 400 IU. I told him that I was already taking vitamin D with my multivitamin and he said it was recommended that she take some too.

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My baby hates the Enfimil drops she would spit them back up. I ordered ones off of Amazon that is just one drop on my nipple a day(when I remember) that said I am taking a post natal vitamin with 2000IU in them (500% daily value) and my doc still wanted me to supplement, I do when I remember

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Our package said 0.25ml

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I take 2000mg a day, our 2.5 year old takes 1200iu a day, and our NB takes 400iu a day. I take it in pill form. The girls take this.

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You probably got the pill form, but you should get the liquid form. The liquid form comes with a syringe that allows you to monitor the correct dosage and you just add it to baby's bottle once a day.

Vitamin D drops?

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