Cod Liver Oil for 6 Months Baby?

Can you say why you feel it's necessary to give an infant any type of supplement? What symptoms does your baby have? What's your goal in giving cod liver oil? Who told you that it was advisable?

As others have said, you never, ever give things to an infant unless they are a specific product made for babies (baby food, formula) or as directed by a qualified pediatrician or her/his staff nurses. If you don't trust your pediatrician, get another one you can talk to.

Sorry, but I've never heard of giving cod liver oil to a baby. Better ask your pediatrician.

This is a question for your pediatrician. Please call him/her and ask. You can also speak to a nurse if the DR is not available.

See what your pediatrician says.
If baby is on a vitamin D fortified formula - there's no need.

What does your pediatrician recommend? That's where you ask first.

This is a 6 month old baby whose main source of nutrition is formula/breastmilk. Do not give him or her cod liver oil.

As a kid (this was early 70's) my mom gave us cod liver oil during a phase. I have never heard of it being given to babies. I would definitely ask paediatrician before administering any supplement. Sometimes they can have an adverse effect. I can't imagine the need for it.

Why would anyone do that? I haven't heard of anyone feeding that to an infant with food.

Formula and breast milk have 100% of an infant's daily needs. Food is only for teaching them to chew and swallow. Not to give them nutrient. Baby food has about zero nutrition.

It starts losing nutrients as soon as it's made, then as soon as it's processed in the vfactory, then while it sits in packaging waiting to be delivered to the store, while it sits on the shelf in the store, then when you bring it home it has nothing left in it.

It's flavored goo that fills the baby's tummy and they are starving for nutrients so they eat more, they look like they're a great eater and are gaining weight but it's empty calories since the food had no nutrition. They eat and eat and eat and get nothing out of it.

So give the bottle first then offer a bit of rice cereal mixed to a runny consistency to help them learn to swallow stuff. Later on you can add foods that you fix yourself. But formula and breast have 100% of what your baby needs that first year.

Please don't do this!!! I'm sure you think you're doing something "healthy" for your child, but you AREN'T. Babies are not 7 year olds or adults. And this baby is just BARELY old enough to be eating solids. Formula or breastmilk is what is NECESSARY the first 12 month for a baby. Feeding solid food before this, with doctors saying to start at 6 months, is just to help babies learn to eat. It helps with oral musculature, the sensory of food in the mouth, different textures, and GENTLY getting the intestines and colon used to food. That, AND preventing allergies are why you introduce one food a time and take it slow. And the formula or breastmilk is still the MAIN focus.

Your baby's intestines and colon do NOT need cod liver oil. Those are delicate tissues, U.. Cod liver oil is NOT delicate.

Let your baby be a baby. Don't push all of your ideas onto your children. It's one thing to do it to yourself. It's another thing to do it to your little "mini-me". You could cause damage that isn't reparable.

No, please don't give this to your baby. They should have breast milk or formula.

If your pediatrician has no problem with you giving this, there are many natural health websites that have up-to-date recommendations for brands and doses. I supplemented my younger kids with fish oil when they were babies (and people thought I was weird) but it does seem that high-quality cod liver oil, which is high in vitamins A, D, and K, is coming back into fashion as a better choice to supplement with as you get the Omega 3 fatty acids and vitamins that we tend to be deficient in, particularly D.

Please don't listen to folks who say that a supplement that has been used for generations is going to cause irreparable harm to your child. If you really are in AK, vitamin D deficiency from short days and cold weather might be a very common issue (I would imagine it is, as it is in New England and we are south of you) and supplementing with cod liver oil may indeed be a perfectly healthy choice. Do check with your baby's doc first to be sure though. Mine wasn't really up on fish oil and omega-3 fats when my oldest was a baby so she didn't endorse supplementing but didn't think it was a problem either.