How many months can babies take cod liver oil?

For new parents, the arrival of a baby brings too many surprises, but also brings problems. There are many things that parents don’t know about this soft little friend. For example, take cod liver oil. Some say it is good for the baby to grow taller and also helps supplement calcium. But some say it cannot be eaten. Eating too much is not only bad for the baby but may also cause poisoning. So what should we do? Let’s talk about at what age should babies eat cod liver oil?

Rickets occurs throughout the world and is more common in temperate zones. my country is located in the temperate zone, and the incidence of rickets is relatively high. It is especially common in infants under 1 year old.

Some pregnant women who are pregnant in winter and spring are very likely to give birth to newborns with congenital rickets if they do not supplement vitamin D and calcium in the late pregnancy. Newborns rarely get sun exposure, and breast milk and cow's milk contain very little vitamin D, which cannot meet the daily requirement, causing rickets to worsen and affecting growth and development.

In order to prevent rickets in infants, newborns must take cod liver oil under the guidance of a doctor when they are half a month old.

Rickets is a common chronic malnutrition disease in infants and young children. It is caused by abnormal calcium-phosphorus metabolism due to insufficient vitamin D in the body, which prevents calcium salts from being deposited normally in the growth areas of bones, resulting in bone lesions and deformities. It also affects the functions of the nervous system, muscular system, hematopoietic system and immune system.

Although rickets rarely directly threatens life, it is easy to be ignored due to its slow onset. Once obvious symptoms occur, the body's resistance has been significantly reduced, making it easy to get pneumonia and diarrhea. After contracting the disease, the course of the disease is long, the condition is severe, and the mortality rate is high. Therefore, rickets poses a great threat to the physical and mental health of infants.

Vitamin D in the body is mainly formed by the action of the sun, because the ultraviolet rays in the sun can convert 7-deoxycholesterol in the skin into vitamin D3; secondly, food also contains a small amount of vitamin D, especially concentrated cod liver oil.

Above I talked about the issue of babies eating cod liver oil. I believe that after the above introduction, everyone knows that supplementing cod liver oil is to prevent the occurrence of rickets. For babies of a few months old, the most correct way to eat cod liver oil is to start eating it half a month after birth under the guidance of a doctor. Of course, the amount must be fed according to the doctor's instructions.