HI Gonneke,

Yes, you are correct. They used to give all babies (regardless of feeding
method) one drop of Vit. K within 24 hours after birth and the breastfed
ones received a daily dose from the 8th day until 3 months of age (if
they're still breastfed by that time- remember we have a terrible
breastfeeding rate here- :-( ) .
Now it seems that the manufacturer has changed something about the dose and
recommendation is now to start on the second day of life instead of the 8th.
I don't have the exact dosage handy, but I can check it and verify it if
anyone is interested...........

regards,

Renate Rietveld, IBCLC
Rijswijk, The Netherlands

At 19:40 31-3-00 +0200, you wrote:
>Jack, in The Netherlands babies who are breastfed will receive a very small
>daily oral dose of vit. K for weeks! (10 if I'm not mistaken, Renate do
you know
>exactly?) They chose the oral route to not bother the baby by having to
give a
>shot and they chose the daily admission, because it is thought that
mothers will
>less easy forget to give it to the baby.
>And for the interpretation that bf is incomplete: they do not just suggest
it,
>they say it outloud! As with vit. D.


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