Vitamins

These are usually given as Mother & Children's Vitamin Drops which contains the vitamins A,D and C.

The drops are given to preterm babies born before 35 weeks' gestation or who have a birthweight below 1800g, as these babies are at risk of a deficiency in vitamins A,D and C.

0.2mls (7 drops) are given daily once the baby is taking full milk feeds.

It is recommended that the babies stay on some vitamin supplementation until 5 years of age