>"Babies today need more Vitamin D than they typically can get from sunlight"
>
>
>Dear Friends:
>     Is there evidence to support this? I've read that light-skinned babies
>can get enough vitamin D with several 15-minute periods of exposure per week.
>     Vitamin D is synthesized in sunlight.
>     warmly,
>
>Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
>Adjunct Faculty, Union Institute and University, Lactation Program
>Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation

Writing from sunny Colorado, where we have 300+ days of sunshine per 
year, and also a higher UV index due to the altitude, I think it's 
ridiculous for the AAP to say that all or even most babies *here* 
need supplemental vitamin D.  It only takes a few minutes of sunshine 
a day on hands and faces to make enough vitamin D.  This blanket 
recommendation does not fit the climate or demographics in this area 
at all.

Fortunately most doctors in this area seem to be aware of this and 
don't push the vitamin D supplements.

Margaret
mom of 3, whose children easily get enough sun exposure to generate 
sufficient vitamin D year-round
Longmont, CO

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