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Has your doctor recommended these and did you follow the recommendation? I am going to do my own research, of course (too tired right now when there's plenty of time before the next appointment) but I just wanted to find out what other mothers think about this and why.
The doctor made it sound like this is just some standard universal baby thing now, beginning I think she said between 1 and 2 months, and like there's no other acceptable way for her to get sufficient Vitamin D what with all the concerns about sun exposure, plus winter coming up. (As for my older kids, who won't consume the recommended amount in Vitamin D-fortified milk, I rely on limited sun exposure without sunscreen through our very fair skin.) She said breastmilk won't transmit enough of it. So she wrote a prescription for it. Which I took... but I did say something about doing my research.
I tend to be the kind of mother who starts out skeptical and wanting proof of the value of any universal medical "intervention." But I don't know, we live in a fallen world. Maybe this supplement is warranted. If we decide not to do the Vitamin D I'd like to be able to bring a printout or something to cite my good reasons why.
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Don't get me started - this is one of my biggest issues with recommendations for breastfeeding infants. For about 5 years it has become a standard recommendation to cover a few infants who are at risk for Vit. D deficiency (dark skinned, culturally wrapped infants at far north latitiudes).
Here are some resources I hope will be helpful:
LLL Press Release
LLL Press Release - second one
Sunlight Deficiency: Review of the Literature
Sunlight Deficiency: Helping Mothers Find the Facts
Does My Baby Need Vitamin D supplements? - Kelly Mom
Research has shown that human milk contains adequate vitamin D for at least the first 6 months of life if baby has some exposure to sunlight and mom is not Vit. D deficient herself.
Mom can up her Vit. D intake or sun exposure if she is deficient and that increases amount in milk - Vit. D deficiency in adults in US is very unlikely.
Bottom line on sunlight exposure - Caucasian baby, fully clothed without a hat, at 40 degrees N latitude can get enough sunlight exposure in approx. 15 minutes of exposure to sunlight a day. (And exposure is cumulative - it stores)
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and if mom is deficient it makes more sense for her to supplement and benefit both her and the baby than to give something to such a small baby. 
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JodieLyn wrote:
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Thanks for specifically pointing that out - that was what I was implying but didn't say in my haste.
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Perhaps I misunderstood, but I thought the pediatrician said Vitamin D was the only vitamin that didn't get transmitted through breastmilk. Maybe she actually said "transmitted effectively" or something...
Mom here is quite pale (incapable of tanning,) didn't spend too much time outdoors during the "daytime" in the summer but regularly took summer evening walks sans sunscreen while there was still sunlight. And, for many months, has been consuming plenty of Vitamin D in fortified milk as well as some fortified orange juice.
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the information I found at Dr. Hale's website says it transfers minimally.. but it does still transfer.. I found the info in a post talking about using super high levels to treat something in the moms.. and that it can cause problems for infants at a high enough level so it *does* transfer.
My question is.. if it's low in breastmilk why might that be a GOOD thing.
For instance you'll also hear about iron being too low in breastmilk but it's the form most readily used by the body so that a very high percent is used vs a much lower percent in other foods or what they use to "fortify" cereals and such with. So you shouldn't need near as much for the baby to have the proper amount of useable iron.
I just can't believe that God is that poor of a designer now as you said it is a fallen world and it may be more difficult for mom to get the nutrition to pass to the infant but unable??? that makes no sense.
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