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Low iron levels

My babes has low iron levels, so she's getting on iron supplements. I'm still confused... She's breastfed, and she eats iron rich foods, daily! The sighs of her being anemic are not there. Idk, haha first time mom so I don't get it, but anyone else have this issue?
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  • Babies need iron to grow and develop; you don’t want to find out they’re low by waiting until symptoms show! My 2yo has tested low a couple of times so they put him on an iron supplement, but I would never have guessed he was low without the test. So she’s eating meat and eggs, iron-fortified cereal, stuff like that? Breast milk has very little iron in it. What iron there is is very well absorbed, but there’s just not that much which is why babies need dietary iron starting before a year old. And iron-containing foods should not be served with cow dairy, because the calcium in dairy blocks the absorption of the iron.
  • Does she eat food with copper in it? Copper controls how much iron the body keeps so you can be getting all the iron but if your copper is low you can still show up as anemic
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