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Suggest Dosage For Vitamin D Drop
Question: Hi dr. My 5.5 month old baby is on bf and fm both mainly on Formula milk. I am giving him Vitamin d drops. But this time I found that the concentration of drops is 800 iu/ml whereas earlier I had given medicine with 400iu/ml. Please let me know if it would be harmful to continue with 800iu/ml concentration.
Brief Answer:
You need not worry.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
Let me assure you that excess intake of vitamin D will not do any harm. However, you can safely shift to half the dose (0.5ml) of daily dose of Vitamin D 800 IU/ml. You need not worry.
Let me emphasize on the fact that breast milk is the best possible milk for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Moreover they make the child more prone to complications and infections. Mother's breast milk is produced on the demand of the baby. Hungrier the baby, more vigorous is the suck. More is the suck, more is the amount of breast milk produced. Giving formula automatically reduces the demand of the baby and thereby the production of breast milk. All you need to do is to switch back to exclusive breast feeding and the production will increase automatically. All you need to do is to monitor the urine output. If the frequency is more than 6 times in 24 hours, you would know that the amount of feeding is adequate. If the amount of passage of urine is less or if the child is lethargic you would need to take the child to a doctor without delay.
Feel free to write back in case of further queries.
Regards
You need not worry.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
Let me assure you that excess intake of vitamin D will not do any harm. However, you can safely shift to half the dose (0.5ml) of daily dose of Vitamin D 800 IU/ml. You need not worry.
Let me emphasize on the fact that breast milk is the best possible milk for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Moreover they make the child more prone to complications and infections. Mother's breast milk is produced on the demand of the baby. Hungrier the baby, more vigorous is the suck. More is the suck, more is the amount of breast milk produced. Giving formula automatically reduces the demand of the baby and thereby the production of breast milk. All you need to do is to switch back to exclusive breast feeding and the production will increase automatically. All you need to do is to monitor the urine output. If the frequency is more than 6 times in 24 hours, you would know that the amount of feeding is adequate. If the amount of passage of urine is less or if the child is lethargic you would need to take the child to a doctor without delay.
Feel free to write back in case of further queries.
Regards
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