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Oh, baby. How much stuff do babies need? Radio National Australia, The Pineapple Project September 2022

Dr Pamela Douglas14th of Jan 20244th of Jun 2024

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How much stuff do babies need? It's probably less than you think. We tend to spend big on our little ones, hoping to give them the best start in life. And those tiny socks are just so cute! But what's the stuff we actually need versus what's nice to have? And are we just trying to buy the "best" stuff so we can feel like good parents? Here's how to save more money for those rainy days (hello, teenagers) and still feel like we're raising a happy, healthy bub.

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  • Jess and Kate Flood

  • Karen Ferry, creative director and writer

  • Dr Pamela Douglas, a general practitioner and researcher with a special interest in perinatal mental health and breastfeeding medicine

  • Veronica Milsom, comedian, mum and host of Zero Waste Baby podcast

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Do breastfeeding women or their infants need to take vitamin D supplements (with a word about pregnancy too)?

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About vitamin D

Why does vitamin D matter?

Vitamin D is an essential nutrient for human health and development, helping with absorption of calcium in particular, and also phosphorous, from food passing through the gut. Insufficient vitamin D can reduce calcium absorption by up to 50%. Severe vitamin D deficiency in infancy and childhood results in

  • Nutritional rickets including leg deformities, delayed closure of the fontanelles, weakness of the bones, and delayed dental eruption or caries

  • Increased propensity for respiratory infections

  • Cardiovascular problems.

Symptomatic vitamin D deficiency in childhood is a re-emerging global problem.

During pregnancy, physiological adaptations occur to meet the fetal demand for calcium, with 80% of…

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