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Show HELPFUL HINTS " ABOUT INFANTS H Q. Does infant formula supply enough of the essential essen-tial vitamins which my seven-month-old needs? A. Yes. Infant formula supplies essential vitamins and minerals at recommended recom-mended levels. Cow's milk is lacking in a number of important im-portant nutrients vitamins E and C, and the minerals iron and copper. The low iron level of cow's milk can be critical since iron undernutrition is the most common nutritional nutri-tional problem of American babies. Iron undernutrition is often characterized by pallor, listlessness and : irritability. : An infant's need for iron and other minerals often increases at the age of 4 to 6 months as the natural mineral min-eral reserves run out. Infant formula, such as Enfamil, can help replenish iron and ;. other minerals. Unfortunately, Unfortun-ately, this is the very time that many babies are switched from formula to cow's milk. Cow's milk contains only trace amounts of iron. The leading infant formulas are - available in With Iron forms , , c.pffering significant .levels of iron to help prevent iron undernutrition in your baby. And, Enfamil even has a significant level of iron in the Regular form. |