Why do I need to supplement my baby with vitamin D? How to supplement vitamin D?

After more than 20 consecutive days of rainy days, it finally cleared today. The sun was warm through the window, driving away all the haze, and the heart became clear. The baby's grandmother hugged the baby in the sun, saying it was sun The sun promotes calcium absorption.

If you use the sun to promote calcium absorption, you should expose your arms, legs, and back. Expose your legs three times a week for ten to fifteen minutes each time, so you don’t even have your little feet exposed. [covering face][covering face][covering face]

We all know that calcium supplementation helps the development of bones and teeth. Is calcium supplementation enough? How can the baby's body absorb calcium after it enters the intestine?

Now Vitamin D is needed. Vitamin D is equivalent to a porter, transporting calcium from the intestine to the blood. However, as the diet contains few foods rich in vitamin D, and the content is very low, it cannot reach the amount needed by babies, so it is recommended that lactating mothers and infants can supplement vitamin D when necessary, which can improve the nutritional status of vitamin D for both mother and child. Promote the absorption of calcium and maintain a constant level of calcium in breast milk to facilitate the growth and development of the baby.

So only calcium supplementation is not enough. Vitamin D supplementation is necessary if necessary. Parents should check the amount when supplementing vitamin D. Do not overdose or small amounts. The details are as follows:

Full-term infants : start taking orally 4 weeks after birth, 400IU per day to 2 years old; premature babies, low births Weight infants and double (multiple) fetuses: Start taking orally at 2 weeks after birth, 800IU per day, and change to 400IU per day after 3 months to 2 years old.

Let us work together to care for the healthy growth of babies!




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