From James Akre's "Infant feeding: the physiological basis", 1989:

"It takes only brief exposure to sunlight to produce sufficient vitamin D;
to satisfy a week's requirements for white infants in a midwestern US city
the exposure time is 10 minutes unclothed or 30 minutes with only the head
and hands exposed."

Nikki raises a good point with that ubiquitous blanket-over-the-bucket
technique.  I'll start talking to mothers.  I had a mother comment yesterday
that her daughter is usually too hot when she bundles her in culturally
acceptable ways, but she figures people will think she's a bad mother if she
doesn't...

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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