My daughter (17 months) is on a ovo-lacto
vegetarian diet. Today my paediatrician
told she has vit d deficiency. She's not
independently walking and we feel her
forehead is a little protruded. She has
been on vit d and calcium supplements..But
still...Deficiency..Can anyone pl. Help
with some advice
thanks in advance,
joyce
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 01-28-06 12:25pm
Supplement her diet with food. High
quality foods that contain protiens and
calcium and d vitamins. It will require
her having store bought milk fortified
with vitamin d, let her go out in the sun
which is a very good way to help her body
to make vitamin d.
Being a vegitarian as an adult is fine but
you are taking a serious risk of causeing
even more harm to her by maintaining this
vegan diet.
She is a baby and needs foods from every
source available.