Anyone not give iron for more than 4 months?

[RainbowGift]

This is for all parents of babies born under 35 weeks. Did you give iron supplements for 6 months to a year? I know that a full term baby has a 6 month store of iron stashed away from the last few months in the womb and so I am supposed to give the iron for at least 6 months (probably more- probably 6 months past the due date). I feel the babies have problems digesting the iron and I have stopped giving it after 4 months. I told my pediatrician and she just marked it down instead of saying anything about it. If she had told me to continue, I would have. I am still thinking about starting up again, I don't want the babies to have worse problems due to not getting the iron then they are having DUE TO the iron.

I was wondering if anyone else dropped the iron and if it isn't actually that important? I am breast feeding and the babies seem very healthy.

 

[Marleysgirl]

Andrew was discharged at 11weeks with a prescription for iron (sytron), folic acid, and vitamins. He'd been receiving them when in NICU.

I think we gave them for a couple of weeks before stopping .... Bad, I know.

 

[RainbowGift]

Thanks! He is one and doing well?

 

[RainbowGift]

Ohhhh, nearing two!!!

 

[AP]

We had to stop them, she couldnt keep them down with the reflux

 

[Srrme]

We stopped them a few weeks after he was discharged. He would throw up ALL day anytime he was given iron. He's perfectly fine now.

 

[xxClaire_24xx]

we still give them and extra prescribed as Ellie has blood problems and also iron problems and she is doing good otherwise we did think that each other, I mean i thought OH was giving her them and he thought me, for 3 days and she ended up back in hospital x

 

[112110]

I gave Brayden his iron until he was about 4 months old, am supposed to still give it to him. He does perfectly fine without it though