Bone pain or sensitivity, dental deformities, decreased growth, increased bone fractures, muscle cramps, low stature, and skeletal deformities such as rickets are all indications of vitamin D insufficiency in children and adults.
Babies are at risk of rickets, a disorder that affects the way bones grow and develop if their vitamin D levels are insufficient. Give your baby a daily vitamin D supplement to ensure they get enough (a dose of drops every day).
Vitamin D is required by all children from the time they are born. Each day, children under the age of 12 months require 400 IU of vitamin D, children aged 12 to 24 months require 600 IU of vitamin D.
Some of the symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency include: