| ▲ | suzzer99 5 hours ago | |
> Infants are supposed to get vitamin K and other nutrients from breastfeeding, but we push formula. This is literally nonsense. From the article: > All newborns lack vitamin K. No matter how much vitamin K a mother consumes, it doesn’t sufficiently pass through the placenta, and breast milk contains only small amounts. That puts babies who are exclusively breastfed at a higher risk for vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Formula is fortified with vitamin K, but even with that, experts agree, babies should still get the shot. | ||