12 Vitamins Pediatricians Give Their Own Kids

Supplement with vitamin D

Breastfeeding provides babies with plenty of health benefits, but an adequate amount of vitamin D isn’t one of them. So you’ll need to provide supplementation for your little one to ensure he gets enough. “All breastfed infants should have vitamin D supplementation, 400 IU per day, to support bone health,” says Natasha Burgert, MD, a pediatrician in Kansas City, Missouri.

While it’s important for breastfed babies, it’s also key for kids—especially as we slather on the sunscreen to protect their skin and keep them from manufacturing the “sunshine vitamin” in their own skin. Research links vitamin D levels with bone and muscle health—and researchers may have found correlations between vitamin D deficiency and health issues like heart disease, cancer, and multiple sclerosis. Find out the nine signs you’re not getting enough vitamin D.

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