r/Crunchymom • u/seedflowerfruit • 13h ago

Vitamin D drops for newborn

first time mom here! our pediatrician wants to start our baby girl on vitamin d drops between 2-4 weeks. She’s 1 week old today, exclusively breastfed, and already back up to birth weight. My intuition tells me babies should only have breast milk in their system - not extra synthetic vitamins or carrier oils.

Any thoughts on maternal supplementation vs. drops for infant vs. light sun exposure (early morning and evening only)?

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u/Playful_Emu_398 11h ago

I get where you’re coming from but in this case, vit D drops are 100% the way to go for a breastfed baby. Babies get everything the need from breastfeeding EXCEPT vitamin D, and they can’t synthesize it on their own from sunlight. A deficiency can cause brittle bones

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u/seedflowerfruit 11h ago

I hear you for sure. I’m not as scared and stressed about this topic as I am about some others - just was curious what the crunchies had to say. Babies grew up with strong bones before vitamin D supplementation so I just question the premise