Dear Lactnetters: As I was online one day "talking" to other mothers of breastfeeding infants, one mom kept referring to the AAP recommendation that breastfed babies get vitamin and iron supplements at four months old. This encouraged me to actually go to the AAP's website <http://www.pediatrics.org> and search myself. The result? There is no such AAP recommendation about vitamins and iron in the breastfed baby. There is something about flouride supplements in babies over six months old whose drinking water is not flouridated, but no policy statement about vitamins. As I said to the mom online, some pediatricians may say that bfd babies need supplemental vitamin/iron, but the AAP doesn't say it. The current lactation literature supports the idea that the healthy, full-term baby does not need supplemental vitamins/iron, and will receive all that he needs from dietary sources when he is on a mixed diet. Lisa Jones, LLLL in Wellington Florida, USA