did your baby have iron supplements?

[hopedance]

Sam is on dalavit and iron too (he was a 30 weeker). they told me to only start him on dalavit if i stopped giving him nutriprem2. i switched over to 100% breastfeeding 2 days ago, so i started him on the dalavit yesterday, in 10mls of expressed milk. i also put the iron supplement in - i think they said he didn't need the iron either until his nutriprem was stopped - but it was a bit confusing because he didn't need to start it straight away anyway, not until day 56 or something random like that.

 

[MandaAnda]

That's right. No need for Dalivit or Folic Acid while the baby is on Nutriprem 1 or 2 (or breast milk fortifier, although few babies are sent home on that), as it's effectively in there. But early/low birthweight babies should be on Sytron from 4-6 weeks of age (my old NICU did 28 days, whereas my new one does 6 weeks of age), regardless of the type of milk they're on, as it's not in the milk like the other vitamins.

 

[keldac]

Mikayla was born at 33 weeks and she is on sytron(iron), dalivit (YUK!) and folica acid. She will need to take these for a year.
I put it into a syringe and add to her teat at the beginning of her bedtime feed - she never complains!

 

[CazH]

I give Freddy Dalivit 0.3ml once a day and sytron 1ml twice a day just add them to the milk as he gagged with them via syringe and stopped breathing once! I was told i have to give them till at least a year until fully weaned I have them on repeat prescription with his Nutriprem Milk