At 10:57 1-2-01 +0100, Rachel Myr wrote:
>Sorry to be a party pooper, but what would you call it when babies who are
>to be breastfed are given Vitamin K injection while artificially fed babies
>don't have to (Netherlands, at least a few years back)


Hi my favourite 'party-pooper' !

I felt that I had to jump in on this one.......
All Dutch babies get a single ORAL dose of vitamin k right after birth.
The breastfed ones start vitamin k regimen ( 25 micrograms per day ) from
the second week of life ( depending on the brand ) until they become 3
months of age ( when they're still breastfed by then, I'm sorry to say that
this is often not the case here unfortunately :-( ). The junkfed, ehhh
pardon me, artificially fed ones get their Vitamin K through the
manufacturer of the artificial stuff who's already added it to the can.

Just wanted to feel how it felt like 'party-pooping' myself..........

warmly,
Renate Rietveld, IBCLC
Rijswijk, THe Netherlands

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