Anemic baby

The girls were given iron as standard when they left the Neonatal unit - it was in a liquid form called Ferrodan, and they had 1ml per day, which we just syringed in before their first feed of the day (bottle fed a mix of formula and EBM). Beware - it stains anything that it touches though!!! All babies who leave our Neonatal Unit are prescribed it along with Vitadol C.

My DD was prem so we went home with Ferrodan which lasted till she was 3 months I think, but when she was 8 months she was retested because of her continual illnesses and she was found to be anemic. So it was back on the ferrodan again for about 6 months from memory. Once she had teeth it was a real pain coz not only does ferrodan stain everything it touches (clothes bibs etc) but it can also stain their teeth so I had to be real careful about brushing them.

Edited to add that she also had vitadol C both times to help with absorption of the iron. I used to just syringe it into her mouth and she never objected.

Edited by Shelt

I know someone who had to give iron to their boy (he was a toddler thou), I can ask her how it went or you could too

was it me? My son has low iron. we had him tested just before he turned four I think. It looks like his iron is okay, but he can't store it. we have had real difficulty getting supplements into him. Spirulina is good (Taine won't touch) as is flax seed ouil for absorbtion. NEtierh of these are probably suitable for such a wee one though.