Table 1.
The amount of iron intake that a normal term infant receiving the recommend daily allowance (RDA) of formula or breast milk would receive in the United States.*
| Month | RDA milk (oz/day) |
Iron, mg/day | Vitamin with iron (10 mg/serving) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-iron formula | Low-iron formula |
Breast milk | |||
| First month | 23 | 8.28 | 3.22 | 0.345 | 300 |
| Second month | 29 | 10.44 | 4.06 | 0.435 | 300 |
| Third month | 29 | 10.44 | 4.06 | 0.435 | 300 |
| Fourth month | 30 | 10.8 | 4.2 | 0.45 | 300 |
* Breast milk has 0.5 mg/L of iron, equivalent to 0.074 mg in 5 oz [35]. High iron formula has 1.8 mg/5 oz of formula and low iron formula has 0.7 mg/5 oz of formula.