Hi Winnie
In answer to your question:

Isn't there some way babies can be monitored for Vit. D status if there is
any risk they might not be getting enough?  Just because some wind up with a
metabolic deficiency shouldn't be reason enough to bombard everyone with
that substance "just in case".


My observation is:
Where I work in Melb Australia we measure the mothers vitamin d status
antenatally and if low, When the baby is born that are commenced on
Pentavite infant vitamins 0.45mls/day (sorry I am at home so can't refer to
the levels)

Pentavite contains :

Active Ingredients: Each 5ml contains: Retinyl palmitate (equiv. to Vit.A
3600 IU)...1.98mg Thiamine hydrochloride (Vit.B1)...............1.2mg
Riboflavine sodium phosphate (eqiv. to Vit.B2 1.8mg)...2.5mg Dexapanthenol
................................640ug Nicotinamide
................................15.8mg Pyridoxine hydrochloride
(vit.B6).............300ug Ascorbic Acid (vit.C)
.........................95mg Vitamin D3
..................................22.5ug

All the term babies I have seen on this have been from 'dark skinned covered
up mums'. We have a proportion of African, Moslem and Somalian mums. We do
not treat all breastfeeding babies on mass with supplements.

Cheers
Karen Clements RM IBCLC
Melb Aust

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