My daughter is 16 and her pediatrician (in NoVA) never prescribed them. She's fine.

Unlikely you did permanent damage, so just start now.

A lot of things are about further reducing small risks. If the risk of dying from a disease is 1 in a 1,000, but a vaccine reduces it to 1 in 100,000, then definitely get the vaccine, but getting it 6 months late is unlikely to do much harm.

Similarly, some things are very likely to make a small difference, like increasing your exercise from 15 to 17 minutes a day. Every bit helps, but it probably doesn't help a lot.

So start giving the recommended vitamins, but don't beat yourself up about starting late.

Anonymous wrote:4 healthy kids. Never did the drops. It seemed scammy as most supplements do.

Ahh yes, my pediatrician loves pushing scams on me.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent of 4 healthy kids here, none of whom ever had a vitamin D drop or supplement. You can sleep peacefully tonight.

I agree that OP has little to worry about, but I’m concerned that so many of you don’t understand how evidence and risk work.

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Right??

I've never worn a seatbelt and I'm fine, ergo no one needs to wear a seatbelt.

4 healthy kids. Never did the drops. It seemed scammy as most supplements do.

Anonymous wrote:Never did it with babies 2 & 3.

Same! Tried to do it with baby 1 but often forgot, and by the time 2/3 came around we gave up completely. They're all doing great, brilliant thinkers many years later.

Anonymous wrote:Parent of 4 healthy kids here, none of whom ever had a vitamin D drop or supplement. You can sleep peacefully tonight.

I agree that OP has little to worry about, but I’m concerned that so many of you don’t understand how evidence and risk work.

Parent of 4 healthy kids here, none of whom ever had a vitamin D drop or supplement. You can sleep peacefully tonight.

I also forgot with my second until about 6 weeks! He also seems healthy and happy, who knows. Sometimes things are ideal and we don’t ge there and all is fine. If it’s that important they should actually be reminding/telling us! My pediatrician didn’t say a thing something just reminded me it was a thing around 6 weeks and I was like oh woops.

BF mom only with my last, no drops, but I took a D3 supplement. Perf healthy baby

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Anonymous wrote:Since the baby is getting formula, no harm.

Not unless they are getting the equivalent of at least five six-ounce bottles of formula a day.

https://healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/feeding-nutrition/Pages/Vitamin-Iron-Supplements.aspx

There's really no need to be so rigid about it. Nobody had the drops 30 years ago and the incidents of rickets were almost non-existent except among babies who never saw the sun.

It's not rickets that is the main concern anymore.

Ah. Yes, there are some people who are posting all over the internet that vitamin D deficiency is causing ALL the diseases including covid. It is true that some conditions are more prevalent in latitudes that receive less direct sunlight, but there is no link to vitamin D in infancy. If that were the case, wouldn't we see less of these conditions in babies who were exclusively formula fed?

I exclusively breast fed and never did vitamin D drops. My kids are adults and very healthy.

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Anonymous wrote:Since the baby is getting formula, no harm.

Not unless they are getting the equivalent of at least five six-ounce bottles of formula a day.

https://healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/feeding-nutrition/Pages/Vitamin-Iron-Supplements.aspx

There's really no need to be so rigid about it. Nobody had the drops 30 years ago and the incidents of rickets were almost non-existent except among babies who never saw the sun.

It's not rickets that is the main concern anymore.

Another sporadic giver of Vitamin D drops. I'm sure there's a benefit but you're talking about a statistically significant benefit, not like a really noticeable. Rickets is exceedingly rare in children who get proper nutrition. The MS connection might motivate some people to remember.

BTW, my kid is much older now and gets a vitamin daily with a full dose of iron because she won't eat meat and it can be hard to get enough iron on her diet. But I can also be sporadic about the vitamin. Usually she has to remind me and sometimes our routine changes a bit and I forget for a few days and then we remember and are good about it. Just like the vitamin D drops. And the thing is -- every time you do it, you get the benefit. Even if you forgot the last 5 days. Maybe not as much of one, but still some. So just congratulate yourself for remembering now, do your best, and don't stress about it. This should be like #423 on things to worry about for the parent of a new baby, especially if you have an older child as well. You're okay!