You have a patient who just gave birth and she wants to exclusively breast feed the infant. What recommendation should you give?

a. In between each feeding, give the baby some water.
b. Breast feed for only 4 months.
c. At 6 months begin to supplement the breast milk with formula.
d. At the beginning of 2 months of age give a multivitamin supplement for infants that contains 200 IU of vitamin D.


d

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