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Q&A: Formula for Extra Vitamins?

Should I occasionally give my baby formula for the extra vitamins?
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By Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA, Lactation Specialist
Updated March 2, 2017
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Nope. Your breast milk contains everything baby needs. Ignore formula advertisements. Unless there is a medical reason that your baby can’t get enough milk from your breasts, she’ll never need so much as a sip of the stuff.

If your pediatrician feels that baby needs a vitamin supplement (recent studies have some doctors recommending adding Vitamin D), liquid infant vitamins are available at most local drugstores.

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