How long does it take for a baby to take cod liver oil?

Every time when the family hires a confinement nanny to take care of the child, the nanny will tell the child to take cod liver oil. However, for many new parents, cod liver oil is defined as for adults and children who are too young cannot eat it. In fact, children can also eat cod liver oil. Generally, the baby can eat cod liver oil 15 days after birth. It can be eaten after drinking milk in the morning. After eating, going out to bask in the sun will be more conducive to absorption.

When should babies take cod liver oil? What are the precautions for taking cod liver oil?

1. Avoid overdose

Vitamins A and D are both fat-soluble vitamins. Unlike other water-soluble vitamins such as B1 and B2, they cannot be eliminated in time. If the amount consumed exceeds the human body's needs, they will be stored in the body. Excessive accumulation will have toxic side effects on the human body. Vitamin A poisoning develops slowly, and common symptoms include hair loss, dry skin, itching, loss of appetite, seborrheic dermatitis, and increased intracranial pressure.

2. How to eat

For children under 1 year old, when taking cod liver oil, an adult must bite open the cod liver oil capsule, drip the cod liver oil into the baby's mouth, and then eat the cod liver oil capsule skin by himself, which can also supplement nutrition; for babies over 2 years old, their chewing ability has improved, so the baby can bite the cod liver oil directly and eat it all, but the adult must supervise the baby to make sure he chews it hard.

3. Don’t treat it as fish oil

The main raw material for making cod liver oil is fish liver, and its main components are vitamin A and vitamin D. Among them, cod liver oil has small molecules, which is especially suitable for babies with delicate stomachs. Fish oil is an extract of fish fat, belongs to fish fat, and its main component is unsaturated fatty acids. If you mistakenly give fish oil to your baby instead of cod liver oil, not only will it fail to replenish the vitamins that your baby lacks, it may also cause other diseases.