In the Northwest, rickets is usually due to too little sunlight on a baby's skin. All babies who receive only breastmilk for 6 months or more, all breastfed babies of color, premature babies, and infants weaned to vegan diets. Weakness, unable to stand or walk, slow growth, seizures, irritability. The easiest way to prevent rickets is sun exposure. Since sun is limited in the Northwest, Vitamin D should be given once a day for the first 2 years.
Vitamin D is available at stores without a prescription.
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