A client called me and asked why her pediatrician gave her baby an injection
of vitamin k at the one month exam.  Baby was term, 6#10oz at birth, has
gained 3.5lbs
since then.  He told her that the fact that she was exclusively breastfeeding
was the reason he gave the vitamin k.  I have never heard of this practice.
Has anyone else.  Her real question to me was, "if breastmilk is the perfect
food for babies, why did her baby need vitamin K"?  I told her she should
have directed the question to the ped, but I would check into this.  Any
ideas?????

Thanks,

Marsha Perryman, RN, IBCLC
Chicago area

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