Children can not take vitamin AD drops for a long time, need to be based on the child’s physical condition and age to determine.
1. For children born at full term, you can start taking vitamin AD drops two weeks after birth, but also to increase the absorption of calcium, because the newborn child’s own intake of vitamin AD and often insufficient, additional vitamin AD drops can help children in the process of growth and development of sufficient vitamin AD, generally need to be taken until the age of 2 ~ 3 years.
2. For children born prematurely, vitamin AD drops can be started one week after birth.
It should also be noted that if a child is detected to have low vitamin D or has symptoms of rickets, the duration of vitamin AD drops and the dose need to be increased, which needs to be done under the guidance of a doctor.
However, vitamin AD drops need to be taken under the supervision of a medical professional.