Chris has mentioned an article she has written regarding vitamin D and
breastfed babies. Mead Johnson has been distributing its vitamin D preparation here
in the US for many years. NABA picked this up in its code monitoring project
in the summer of 2000. Mead Johnson's commercial discharge bags had coupons for
vitamin D for breastfed babies because breast milk "did not have sufficient
amounts" and needed to be supplemented! These coupons and marketing predated
the AAP's endorsement of vitamin D supplementation. Mead Johnson knew this
vitamin D recommendation was coming so they were prepared to make sure that breast
milk was once again seen as deficient. I have yet to see any documentation or
evidence that brief sunlight exposure for infants causes skin cancer.


Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA

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