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Tri-Vi-Sol

post #1 of 28
3/31/08 at 3:00pm
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Anisa went for her 1 month check up today and the doctor prescribed Tri-Vi-Sol, a vitamin A, C, and D suppiment. She said all breast fed babies need this because these vitamins are not in the milk. Has onyone heard of this? I don't want to give her anything unnecessary, but if she needs it... My first instinct is not to give it to her because babies have been exclisivly breastfed for thousands of years, babies survived on only breast milk before this suppliment came along...

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post #2 of 28
3/31/08 at 3:03pm
i say go with your instinct. breastmilk is perfect!
post #3 of 28
3/31/08 at 3:05pm
My pedi recommended Poly Vi Sol for Eli for the vitamin D. I bought them and tried to give them to him once. He promptly spit the dose back up. I make sure he gets some sunlight every day for the vitamin D instead. My pedi never said anything about the others. She did just say today at his appt that breastmilk is fine until 6 months. After 6 months of age there nutrients that only 'food' can provide for neurological development.
post #4 of 28
3/31/08 at 3:05pm
Vitamins definately aren't a bad thing either though. It's not like a drug. Are you in Canada? I recall my mother gave my younger brothers ( the youngest is now 10) tri-vi-sol as infants. I never knew if it was just because she was BFing though. (she did exclusively BF for over a year with each of them) and one of my brothers was severely jaundiced, which may have also been the reason for the vitamins.

But when i had my DS in the US, nothing was every suggested to me.
post #5 of 28
3/31/08 at 3:09pm
I have a very BFing friendly pediatrician who has never once suggested vitamins with either of my kids. Although, come to think of it, we didn't start seeing her until ds was a little past a year old so this is the first time I've ever seen her while actually having an infant...I'll ask her opinion on them next time we see her just out of curiousity, but I honestly doubt I'd give the vitamins to her regardless since we're heading into spring/summer and dd will get plenty of sunlight on a daily basis.
post #6 of 28
3/31/08 at 3:11pm
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I am in USA. I had never heard of this being given is why I was asking. My step mom and my mom both had my two brothers when I was 13 and step mom exclusivly breastfed my one brother (My mom tried to breastfeed other brother, but she tried for 2 weeks and he wasn't getting anything) and the doctor never gave them either this... I guess it couldn't hurt...

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Originally Posted by ButterflyStarburst View Post
Vitamins definately aren't a bad thing either though. It's not like a drug. Are you in Canada? I recall my mother gave my younger brothers ( the youngest is now 10) tri-vi-sol as infants. I never knew if it was just because she was BFing though. (she did exclusively BF for over a year with each of them) and one of my brothers was severely jaundiced, which may have also been the reason for the vitamins.

But when i had my DS in the US, nothing was every suggested to me.
post #7 of 28
3/31/08 at 3:13pm
Don't do it! I gave it to my son once when he was a baby on "Dr." recommendation and he was sick all day. It was horrible and projectile. I threw it out. They don't need it. Just make sure you are eating a healthy diet and the baby will be just fine.
post #8 of 28
3/31/08 at 3:39pm
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Originally Posted by isra1986 View Post
Anisa went for her 1 month check up today and the doctor prescribed Tri-Vi-Sol, a vitamin A, C, and D suppiment. She said all breast fed babies need this because these vitamins are not in the milk. Has onyone heard of this? I don't want to give her anything unnecessary, but if she needs it... My first instinct is not to give it to her because babies have been exclisivly breastfed for thousands of years, babies survived on only breast milk before this suppliment came along...
Isra, I would skip the Tri-Vi-Sol. I'm not sure about your particular doc, but so many doctors are less informed on breastfeeding than they ought to be, and think bfeeding is so inefficient or whatnot. Go with your gut Momma!
post #9 of 28
3/31/08 at 4:47pm
Yeah, that's a bunch of bull that the doc said your baby "needs" them. And vitamins can be like drugs. Unless they come from a food source, they are not high quality, and many people's bodies don't do well with them.
post #10 of 28
3/31/08 at 4:51pm
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The breast milk must be good. Anisa is in the 75-90 percentile with everything. The doctor was surprised and said Anisa was borderline 'big'... She stared out at birth in the 20 percentile
post #11 of 28
3/31/08 at 4:52pm
I wouldn't give them, breastmilk is perfect for them. Just make sure you eat well.
post #12 of 28
3/31/08 at 4:54pm
make sure your doc uses a breasfeeding chart instead of the standard that is based on formula fed babies. breastfed babies grow at different rates that formula babies so what may be big or small on their chart is still most likely perfect for your baby!
post #13 of 28
4/1/08 at 1:15am
Our last pedi tried to get me to put my son on it, he spit it up right away! I tasted it and know why he spit it up, nasty stuff! I think babies get all they need in our milk and trust in your body to nourish your baby!
post #14 of 28
4/1/08 at 10:44am
nak - read recently that mama continuing to take a prenatal vit may be good for Vit D?
post #15 of 28
4/3/08 at 4:35pm
I think it is dangerous to just reject the drs advice outright w/o any research. It is true that back in the day kids were fine w/o Vit D, but they were also living very different lifestyles which often included lots of time outside, and cases of rickets may have been more common too. So that arg falls short.
That being said, do your research. kellymom is a good place to start.
post #16 of 28
4/3/08 at 6:42pm
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Well, the doctor said herself how big my daughter was and how healthy she was. She is more advanced than she should be. She is doing things and has been doing things way ahead of schedule. Thats why I asked for people on heres advice. Even my mom and step moms advice (They both breastfed, and neither one of them were given this suppliment). I always find the best advice comes from other mamas who have btdt. I am not rejecting the doctors advice, just questioning it, lol.

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Originally Posted by Selesai View Post
I think it is dangerous to just reject the drs advice outright w/o any research. It is true that back in the day kids were fine w/o Vit D, but they were also living very different lifestyles which often included lots of time outside, and cases of rickets may have been more common too. So that arg falls short.
That being said, do your research. kellymom is a good place to start.
post #17 of 28
4/4/08 at 11:32am
My ped in Seattle for DD1 (now 3) who was very pro BF recommended poly-vi-sol once we started feeding solids. She said to try Tri-vi-sol if DD1 didn't like or didn't tolerate poly-vi-sol well. DD didn't really like poly-vi-sol as an infant but I didn't bother to try tri-vi-sol at that point. She liked it just fine later (maybe after she was one?) and will actually ask for it today.
post #18 of 28
4/4/08 at 12:56pm
FWIW, my pede said that Vitamin D is the only supplement worth considering, but a better alternative is just to make sure that Baby gets sunlight as much as possible (obviously not direct, intense). Whenever it's sunny (not common in the northeastern US this time of year!), we make sure she gets some time either sleeping or playing in the sun, usually coming in through a window and not in direct outdoor light.

She also said that rickets is very, very, very uncommon in fair-skinned babies - low amount of pigment means they absorb most of the Vitamin D that hits them. I'm not an expert - just passing along the advice given to me.
post #19 of 28
4/4/08 at 3:08pm
It's recommended over here once babes hit 6 months- I've never used it.
post #20 of 28
4/5/08 at 10:56am
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Anisa is half arab though so she is dark skinned. Shes the same color as my husband already.

I gave her the tri vi sol once and she spit it out right away and gave me a look like "what are you thinking" lol. I never gave to her after that.

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Originally Posted by slgt View Post
FWIW, my pede said that Vitamin D is the only supplement worth considering, but a better alternative is just to make sure that Baby gets sunlight as much as possible (obviously not direct, intense). Whenever it's sunny (not common in the northeastern US this time of year!), we make sure she gets some time either sleeping or playing in the sun, usually coming in through a window and not in direct outdoor light.

She also said that rickets is very, very, very uncommon in fair-skinned babies - low amount of pigment means they absorb most of the Vitamin D that hits them. I'm not an expert - just passing along the advice given to me.

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