BeachyBronzer
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like abidec multi vitamin drops or something like that?
I give LO abidec every morning with her breakfast. Its easy to pop in as its in a little syringe that i put towards the back of her mouth and she takes no problem. My HV told me to give them regardless but im not totally sure it was the right advice as im sure shes getting everything she needs from a very varied diet. Im going to ask another HV and see what her opinion is.
I give multivitamin to my DD when I remember. I asked the HV last week why they recommend it now and it's recommended by the Dept of Health due to the increase in rickets. This is probably due to uk's rubbish weather, kids staying indoors more and increased use in factor 50. Our kid's bodies aren't making so much vit D.
Bear in mind though that virtually all baby multivitamin drops contain d2 which is a form of vitamin D that is not natural to the human body thus it is more poorly absorbed and it can take much longer for levels to increase. Vitamin d3 is the form that the body can access easily, it's not vegan and may not be suitable for those with lanolin allergy as that is where it is derived from. D2 at the 400iu level that is in most baby multivitamin drops may not be adequate. I know adult d2 supplements tend to contain 2-2.5 times the level you'd get in a d3 containing supplement, to compensate for this. Infant formulas contain the same level as vitamin drops but it is d3 xx
Bear in mind though that virtually all baby multivitamin drops contain d2 which is a form of vitamin D that is not natural to the human body thus it is more poorly absorbed and it can take much longer for levels to increase. Vitamin d3 is the form that the body can access easily, it's not vegan and may not be suitable for those with lanolin allergy as that is where it is derived from. D2 at the 400iu level that is in most baby multivitamin drops may not be adequate. I know adult d2 supplements tend to contain 2-2.5 times the level you'd get in a d3 containing supplement, to compensate for this. Infant formulas contain the same level as vitamin drops but it is d3 xx
So its already in a lot of formulas,so no need to take multivits?
isnt vit d in eggs and other foods like nuts?
Bear in mind though that virtually all baby multivitamin drops contain d2 which is a form of vitamin D that is not natural to the human body thus it is more poorly absorbed and it can take much longer for levels to increase. Vitamin d3 is the form that the body can access easily, it's not vegan and may not be suitable for those with lanolin allergy as that is where it is derived from. D2 at the 400iu level that is in most baby multivitamin drops may not be adequate. I know adult d2 supplements tend to contain 2-2.5 times the level you'd get in a d3 containing supplement, to compensate for this. Infant formulas contain the same level as vitamin drops but it is d3 xx
So its already in a lot of formulas,so no need to take multivits?
isnt vit d in eggs and other foods like nuts?
It's in all formulas at that level as it is legally required in the UK, the farley's formulas used to contain vitamin d2 but they were all discontinued a few years ago. All infant and follow on formulas now contain the RDA of d3. If your baby or toddler is having 500ml of formula a day they don't need vitamin drops. I'm not sure about nuts but I believe that eggs do contain some vitamin D, as do some types of oily fish, fortified cereals and most dairy substitutes. Evaporated milk and powdered milk has to have it added by law, a throwback from when these things were used as homemade infant formula, but there is no requirement for fresh or uht animal milks to have it added and naturally animal milks are a poor source of vitamin D xx
Bear in mind though that virtually all baby multivitamin drops contain d2 which is a form of vitamin D that is not natural to the human body thus it is more poorly absorbed and it can take much longer for levels to increase. Vitamin d3 is the form that the body can access easily, it's not vegan and may not be suitable for those with lanolin allergy as that is where it is derived from. D2 at the 400iu level that is in most baby multivitamin drops may not be adequate. I know adult d2 supplements tend to contain 2-2.5 times the level you'd get in a d3 containing supplement, to compensate for this. Infant formulas contain the same level as vitamin drops but it is d3 xx
Bear in mind though that virtually all baby multivitamin drops contain d2 which is a form of vitamin D that is not natural to the human body thus it is more poorly absorbed and it can take much longer for levels to increase. Vitamin d3 is the form that the body can access easily, it's not vegan and may not be suitable for those with lanolin allergy as that is where it is derived from. D2 at the 400iu level that is in most baby multivitamin drops may not be adequate. I know adult d2 supplements tend to contain 2-2.5 times the level you'd get in a d3 containing supplement, to compensate for this. Infant formulas contain the same level as vitamin drops but it is d3 xx
You can buy Vegan D3 now. It's in spray form, you spray it on your tongue. It's called Vitashine, just Google it. My brother and husband are Vegan and my brother gets it off the internet. The kids and I are veggie so we have the lanolin based D3.
I start vitamin syrup once they are of formula.
I asked my HV about this as my LO is nearly 8 months and only just manages 3x 6oz bottles in a 24 hour period (sometimes she doesn't finish the bottle and I just cannot get her to take any more) - the HV said they are mainly worried about vitamin D intake and that if she was having a serving of full fat dairy at every meal then not to worry with the supplements
Seems the advice we all get is different, it's too confusing