Vitamins are essential for your child's physical, emotional, and mental development; in fact, they are as important as the love you give your child. Perhaps, the only difference is that you can never have too much love. In the first year of life, a baby's weight triples compared to its birth weight. Such significant growth is only possible when a child receives adequate calories and rich nutrients. Calories are supplied by the metabolism of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates, but normal metabolism cannot occur without the necessary vitamins and minerals. Indeed, proper vitamin standards are the foundation for a healthy child and a healthy adult.
A child's food not only determines their weight but also how well they feel and act (and, of course, their appearance). Because a developing child's brain requires at least twice as much energy as an adult's, and because it cannot store the glucose energy it needs itself, this demand must be continuously met by food. However, calories alone are not enough, which is why almost all infants—whether breast-fed or formula-fed—need additional vitamin supplements. A newborn infant cannot adequately absorb sufficient vitamins during the first year because neither breast milk nor formula is enough. For this reason, and because it is very difficult to know how well food is absorbed by the intestines, the general rule is to give infants and children extra vitamins to ensure that no nutritional deficiencies occur during this important stage of development.