Vitamin D?

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My pediatrician said it’s not necessary to give my exclusively bf baby vitamin d drops. I’m reading a lot of people do... 
Anyone else’s dr say it’s not needed?

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I've never heard a pediatrician say that. I'd always heard pediatricians say no matter how much the mother consumes, like vitamin k, not enough will pass into the milk.

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Never gave it to my child lol

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I was never told to give it 🤷🏻‍♀️ My daughter is almost 10 months

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It isn’t necessary. I never did, I just took a high dose myself

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If you can’t get baby out for at least 20 minutes a day in the sunshine, then vitamin d is a good addition for breastfed babies.  Especially if you live in a northern climate.  We do a fish oil with vitamin d (Nordic naturals) on any days we don’t get outside.

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I was told when baby is exclusively breast fed one drop on ur nipple for one feeding ... vit d isn’t a good solid source of vit d ( the only one it’s really lacking )

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Depends where you live. In the UK they recommend vit d for baby as we don't get enough sunshine especially in winter.

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My baby pediatrician recommended and called it in for my baby. Which we dont get outside often enough so I know I dont have good vitamin d levels so I'm fine giving my baby the drops.

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That seems odd. I take 4000 IU daily as well as give my son a vit d supplement which was recommended by his doctor

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My daughter's pediatrician said to give the vitamin d drops. My best friends pediatrician never said she had to. I never remembered to give it to her and her doctor didn't seem concerned

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