Suggested by my pediatrician....

My relative who lives in the US and is also a paediatrician did recommend giving iron supplements. I haven’t heard from my paediatrician here. Babies do get some iron during delayed cord clamping but after 4 months they need iron. We can provide it by giving them iron fortified food - like nestum rice cereal. I was thinking of adding iron supplement and see if my baby can take it. I will try to find something over the counter and share with you. Again it is not as important as vitamin d3 that is why we don’t hear it that often.

Things to know about Iron rich foods: 1. Adding meat or seafood to a meal will increase iron absorption from eggs, dals, vegetables in that meal. 2. Calcium-rich foods in the same meal will impede iron absorption, so avoid combining iron with dairy foods. 3. Iron-rich foods absorb better in the presence of vitamin C. 4. Iron-rich vegetarian foods include lentils and other legumes (dals), beans (rajma etc), dried fruits (raisins, dates, prunes, apricots etc), leafy green veggies (broccoli, different saag/keerai varieties), millets (ragi, etc). 5. Vitamin C is in mangoes, tomatoes, pumpkin, lime and other citrus fruits, capsicum, etc. Bonus: fermenting, sprouting and soaking grains and dals hugely increases how much iron is absorbed from it. Spinach is not easy to absorb iron from. Too many chemicals in it that impede absorption, phytates, oxalates, fibre.

I gave the one my Paediatrician suggested.

Haven't given any iron supplements. Paedtricain provided with vitamin D3 and calcium supplements.