Vitamin D drops

So my baby is 9 weeks old now and EBF. The midwife briefly mentioned the vitamin D drops when he was newborn, but I forgot about it tbh.

So my baby hasn’t had any vitamin D drops as I completely forgot about it and it was never followed up with the health visitor, so I completely forgot!!! 😭

Now after googling it, I’m SO scared that my baby is going to suffer because I haven’t been giving him the vit d drops.

I feel like this worst mum in the world 😭

Has anyone else ever forgotten for this long?? And was everything okay? I’ve ordered some on Amazon and they’re coming today

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Omg you’ve just reminded me as well. My son is 6 weeks old. Thank you 😅

I didn’t know about them! Just ordered them now, my little girl is 5 weeks old x

I keep forgetting!! I’m sure it’s okay, just try to keep up with it from now (I’m going to aswell 🥲)

Also forgot , ordered some last night after seeing a post on here !

I think a lot of people forget as it's a relatively new recommendation! I know people who didn't give them and their babies were fine, although I am giving! Don't stress too much, just start giving when they arrive xx

No need to panic, plenty of babies do absolutely fine without the extra vitamins. It's just to try to ensure they're getting enough. All you can do is start giving them now :)

I didn’t start until about 6 weeks! My mum also said I never had any as she didn’t know about it, so I think it’s a new thing, and I seem to have done fine haha xx

We only just started too, don't worry! Health visitor didn't seem concerned when I said I give them when I remember!!

My little one (7 weeks) had her 6-8 week check today & the HV explained and convinced me to get the drops today defo not to late.

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