Diaper Swappers

greenkmt · 06-22-2006, 10:05 PM

Breast Milk is PERFECT! Vitamin drops were invented mostly for formula fed babies. Most doctors don't know very much about BM or BF so I would not just take their opinion. My Dr. tried to get me to give my son floride drops with vitamins and I took them home and I didn't give them to him. My new Ped. who BF her babies until they were almost 3 told me that other Ped. try to over florinate and give TOO many vitamins. Search it out yourself ... HTH

http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/vi.../vitamins.html

hungrytree · 06-23-2006, 12:43 AM

Thanks everyone so much! I knew about the Vitamin D aspect and we have been taking him outside usually a little each day, but at least every couple of days. I pretty much agreed with what everybody said, it is just great to get some support from other moms

I do breastfeed by the way, I don't think I mentioned that in the OP. So no more vitamin drops for us! Man those things smell sooooo bad! I am very glad to toss them out.

For The Love Of Cloth · 06-23-2006, 11:26 PM

same thing for me!

mommy2zander · 07-03-2006, 10:33 PM

Our sons doc recommended vitamins for our picky eating 2 yr old, so we tried the enfamil drops.... the same thing happened, he puked! I actually took them back to walmart, they had no problem taking them back...

busybusymomma · 07-04-2006, 03:48 PM

I see you already stopped the drops, but wanted to respond.

We don't give the kids any vitamins at all... someday down the road if I decide to give them vitamins they will be whole food vitamins like the ones I take. Our ped never recommended them, although I think he does recommend fortified baby cereal (which we don't do either

).

aimeemarie · 07-05-2006, 02:19 PM

Hmm. My dr prescribed Alex poly-vi-flor at her 6 mth appt, I have probably given them to her a total of 4 times. 1 of those she puked up. I guess I should look at that more. I did know that they weren't necessary as little babes but I figured at 7 mos maybe she did need them. After all, I've always taken vitamins.

heather_c · 07-06-2006, 04:58 PM

This question is a great example of the variety of recommendations of pediatricians. My DS has seen 3 pediatricians in 3 different practices for well visits. He is 10 mos, but we moved and changed insurance.

Not a single one of them recommended vitamins, and my DS is BF and was EBF until 6 mos.

If they had been recommended, I would have declined based on my research of the topic.

havanadaydreamin · 07-10-2006, 10:15 AM

It was recommended to me along with flouride drops for my DD. I just chose to ignore that.

Once I stop nursing, I will probably give her vitamins just to make sure that she is getting what she needs. Right now, she gets all the vitamins she needs from me.

06-22-2006, 10:05 PM	#11
greenkmt Registered Users Join Date: May 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,067 Ratings: 23 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: vitamin drops Breast Milk is PERFECT! Vitamin drops were invented mostly for formula fed babies. Most doctors don't know very much about BM or BF so I would not just take their opinion. My Dr. tried to get me to give my son floride drops with vitamins and I took them home and I didn't give them to him. My new Ped. who BF her babies until they were almost 3 told me that other Ped. try to over florinate and give TOO many vitamins. Search it out yourself ... HTH http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/vi.../vitamins.html

06-23-2006, 12:43 AM	#12
hungrytree Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,275 Ratings: 148 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: vitamin drops Thanks everyone so much! I knew about the Vitamin D aspect and we have been taking him outside usually a little each day, but at least every couple of days. I pretty much agreed with what everybody said, it is just great to get some support from other moms I do breastfeed by the way, I don't think I mentioned that in the OP. So no more vitamin drops for us! Man those things smell sooooo bad! I am very glad to toss them out. __________________ No more CD's for us, all potty all the time here

06-23-2006, 11:26 PM	#13
For The Love Of Cloth Registered Users Formerly: tmolly Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,781 Ratings: 202 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: vitamin drops same thing for me!

07-03-2006, 10:33 PM	#14
mommy2zander Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: moorhead,mn Posts: 1,307 Ratings: 145 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: vitamin drops Our sons doc recommended vitamins for our picky eating 2 yr old, so we tried the enfamil drops.... the same thing happened, he puked! I actually took them back to walmart, they had no problem taking them back... __________________ Jennifer, mommy to zander, 5/30/04 & maddie, 7/8/07 & lizzie 10/01/09 born at home, breastfed, cloth diapered, co-sleeping, gently disciplined & loved Cleaning out the closets! New Cloth Wipes & Embroidered Shirts $6/dozen & /shirt!

07-04-2006, 03:48 PM	#15
busybusymomma Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 18	Re: vitamin drops I see you already stopped the drops, but wanted to respond. We don't give the kids any vitamins at all... someday down the road if I decide to give them vitamins they will be whole food vitamins like the ones I take. Our ped never recommended them, although I think he does recommend fortified baby cereal (which we don't do either ).