Giselle wrote:

<<<Now my question : In France , all newborns are given Vit K by mouth
at
birth (our fight is to get the nurses not  to give it in a bottle with
water) and then breastfed babies  are given a dose weekly as long AS
LONG
AS THEY ARE EXCLUSEVELY  BREASTFED. But of course, in France most
doctors,
when they write their prescription , don't imagine that a baby can be
exclusively breastfed for more than 2 months !
The problem is that the mothers are quite lost,doctors too, and
breastmilk
is somewhat perceived as devaluated . Is there another country which has
the same policy, and then how long is the vit.K given ? >>>

Here in the Netherlands it is given for 12 weeks pp. After that the baby
is able to make the vit k in the gut himself.
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Annelies Bon               http://www.flnet.nl/~0bon01/bfbronnen.html
mother of Dirk 7yo, Tom 5yo, Pieter 2yo
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