[ChristyMarie]

I have a question and I can't seem to find an answer anywhere. One of the neonatologists at the hospital where I delivered said that we may need to give him an iron and vitamin B supplement. I plan to ask my pediatrician about this at our next appt but I wanted to do some research first as I've never heard of this.

Does anyone have any info?

Thanks!

 

[webjefita]

It was probably Vit. D. which your baby can get naturally by spending a few minutes in the sun daily. Especially during the summer, my ped. agreed we didn't need this. I also don't give the iron but I don't have any info on that right now.

 

[Clarinet]

I don't know if it depends on the child, but I have two healthy daughters that haven't been supplemented with anything. We even went through the winter without Vitamin D, although I did try. But the baby kept gagging and I didn't think it was worth scaring her off medicine so we did spend time outside in the snow.

 

[alegna]

Was your baby a preemie? Did he have any other issues?

I wouldn't even consider it for a full-term healthy baby, but some preemies have different issues.

-Angela