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> 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.

parent suzzer99 6 months ago

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