It’s a Girl

So the word from the pregnancy/parenting media on vitamins is this: Take tons.

Moms are supposed to knock back megamultivitamins before, during, and after pregnancy. Babies are supposed to get vitamin D supplements (because breastmilk is low in vitamin D) and, after the age of six months, when their iron stores are depleted, a multivitamin.

The only problem? Conventional liquid vitamin supplements for babies — at least those prescribed by our doctor and dispensed at our local Walgreen’s — come complete with creepy preservatives, mostly methylparaben, and color and flavor enhancers like caramel color.

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