i’m EBF, and just wondering if I need to give my baby vitamin D drops even though I’m still taking the prenatal vitamin. I don’t want to make her sick but I can’t find a direct answer online. I’ve been giving her drops once a day at 400 IU. Do I need to stop the drops or continue as I’m doing? Thank you
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The concentration of vitamin D in breast milk is low - so they recommend giving the baby supplements by drops for that reason I believe.

Continue. Vitamin D is essential and deficiency has a knock on effect, making you and/or baby more susceptible to illness.
I read a study recently that said 1200 IUs for baby produced even better health outcomes than the recommended 400 IUs. Very interesting (and promising). It’s virtually impossible to “OD” on D. Personally, we give our 4 month old between 400 and 1200/day. At minimum,!I would suggest doing 400.

It really won’t harm to give your baby a dose of vit D as well.

It’s really better to make sure they have all vitamin D they need, rather than risk complications of deficiency