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Infant Vitamin D Drops for Healthy Bones in Children What is vitamin D and what does it do? Vitamin D is a nutrient that helps keep bones and teeth strong and healthy. People can make vitamin D in their bodies by exposure to sunlight. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough sunlight in Alaska during the colder months of the year to be able to make enough vitamin D. Vitamin D is found in some foods, especially oily fish and marine mammals, and in foods with added vitamin D (like milk). Why don’t babies and toddlers get enough vitamin D? Some babies are born without enough vitamin D. Some babies and toddlers don’t get enough vitamin D after they are born from the foods they eat. Low vitamin D can cause rickets (soft bones). Infant vitamin D drops can prevent rickets. What is rickets? Rickets is a disease caused by low vitamin D that results in soft bones. In infants, rickets can cause seizures (convulsions) from low calcium. In toddlers, rickets can cause curved legs, bone pain, and poor growth. Has rickets always been a problem in Alaska? In the past, rickets was rare in Alaska. Most Alaska Native women had enough vitamin D from a traditional diet that included oily fish and marine mammals. Now, rickets is more common because many pregnant women have low vitamin D levels and more babies are born with low vitamin D levels. Recommendations for pregnant women Pregnant women should take daily vitamin D supplements to prevent rickets. Pregnant women should take one Vitamin D tablet containing 1,000 international units (IU) per day. Recommendations for infants Infants should take daily vitamin D supplements to prevent rickets. • Infants getting any breast milk: Give two drops of infant D drops per day. There are 400 IU per drop, so two drops will equal 800 IU. • Totally formula-fed infants: Give one drop of infant D drops (400 IU/drop) per day. There are 400 IU per 32 ounces of vitamin D in infant formula. There are many types of vitamin D drops. Use vitamin D drops that give 400 IU with one drop from the bottle..

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