Baby Vitamins D

Discover our advice on vitamins for your children what they need to take when and in what quantity.

Baby vitamins d.

Vitamin d is only found in a few foods such as oily fish and eggs. Because mom s vitamin d status during pregnancy directly affects baby s vitamin d stores at birth and particularly during the first 2 3 months it is very helpful for pregnant women to make sure they are getting enough vitamin d. The best source of vitamin d is summer sunlight on our skin. But it s important to keep your child s skin safe in the sun.

Continue giving your baby vitamin d until he or she drinks at least 32 ounces about 1 liter a day. Baby child vitamins. Baby child vitamins. But if your baby is having more than 500ml about a pint of first infant formula a day they do not need a supplement because formula is already fortified with vitamin d.

Vitamin b12 vitamin b12 keeps the body s nerve and blood cells healthy and helps make dna the genetic material in all cells. If you re feeding your baby less than 32 ounces about 1 liter a day of vitamin d fortified formula give your baby 400 iu of liquid vitamin d a day starting in the first few days after birth. It s also added to some foods such as fat spreads and breakfast cereals.