Iron supplementation in a healthy term breastfed baby should be staed at the age of: (A) 2 weeks, (B) 4 weeks, (C) 6 weeks, (D) 8 weeks
Answer is D. .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.