Anyone take vitamin D supplements as opposed to giving it straight to your baby?

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I read that if mom takes a certain amount that can be sufficiently passed through breast milk then there’s no need to give it to baby with the dropper. Does anyone do this? Did your pediatrician approve?

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You have to take enough that you’ll start feeling side effects.  I just gave it through a dropper

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I do both. But I am vitamin D deficient so it’s more for me than it is for baby.

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I do. I take 4000iu a day

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Our pediatrician said it was an option and I would have to take 5000 iu a day. She said it’s generally not what they recommend because there is a slight risk of kidney stones for the mother. I found it to be much easier for me.

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From my understanding you have to take over the recommended max vitamin D dose to see enough in your breastmilk to be sufficient for baby.

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I just put the vitamin d in a bottle of breast milk and give it that way because he hated the taste by itself and would spit it up

Anyone take vitamin D supplements as opposed to giving it straight to your baby?

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