With such a huge variety of baby and toddler vitamin supplements available to buy, it can be hard knowing exactly what your child needs.
With such a huge variety of baby and toddler vitamin supplements available to buy, it can be hard knowing exactly what your child needs and if they really need them.
‘Vitamins and minerals are essential for normal growth and development particularly in the early years as your child’s body is growing quickly and they’re used for chemical reactions within the body,’ says Julie Clark, registered Family Nutritionist and author of. ‘Their key roles are to help the body use up the calories in food, process fat, protein and carbohydrates, and help in the repair and building of cells and tissues.
From the age of six months, your baby needs 7.8mg of iron. ‘While formula is fortified with nutrients, including iron, you should also ensure that you wean him using iron-rich foods such as meat, dark poultry meat, beans, pulses and dark green leafy vegetables,’ says Jo. It’s worth remembering that calcium can prevent the absorption of iron so giving him milk at the same time as a plate of baked beans could potentially limit the iron content of the beans.
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