Because my mission here is to inspire, motivate,
and help families travel with babies,
toddlers,
and young children, I was delighted when Bravado Designs got in touch so we could talk about
breastfeeding and travel.
The Baby category has a lot of helpful tips
and tricks for moms taking care of newborns,
toddlers,
and young children - topics range from helping babies get over acid reflux to
breastfeeding in public.
There has been concern raised about a resurgence of vitamin D deficiency
and rickets among infants
and children, with reports emerging in the United States from Alaska, 1,2 Iowa, 3 Nevada, 4 California, 5 North Carolina, 6 Texas, 7
and mother - infant pairs in Boston, 8 among others.9 The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in
young children also appears to be high in other countries, including England, 10 Greece, 11
and Canada.12, 13 One study from China found a 65.3 % prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among 12 - to 24 - month - olds, but few cases (3.7 %) of radiographic or clinical rickets were noted.14 Previous studies suggest risk factors to be dark skin pigmentation1,3 - 12
and breastfeeding without supplementation.1 - 7, 9,12,13 To date, reports have focused primarily on
young infants compared with
toddlers.