Iron supplementation in a healthy term breastfed baby should be staed at the age of
.However, human milk contains littleiron, so infants who are exclusively breastfed are at increased risk ofiron deficiency after 4 months of age. The clinical repo recommends giving breastfed infants 1 mg/kg/day of a liquid iron supplement until solid foods, such as iron-foified cereals, are introduced.
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