How does PROMIL GOLD help my baby’s motor skill development?
During the months leading up to their first birthday, infants work hard to master 3 major motor skills—crawling, standing, and walking. Your baby needs proper nutrition to fuel the efforts to learn these skills. Iron in particular is essential to your baby’s proper motor skill development. In fact, recent research has shown that babies who did not receive supplemental iron from ages 6 to 12 months crawled later than babies who received iron-fortified formula or an iron supplement. Meat, fish, shellfish, poultry, and dark green leafy vegetables are all good sources of iron, but your baby may not be eating enough of these foods yet to get sufficient iron. Follow-on formulas are perhaps the best way to ensure that your baby gets adequate iron. PROMIL GOLD is formulated for optimum iron uptake with an iron source that is easily absorbed by the body. PROMIL GOLD is also fortified with vitamin C and the nucleotide inosine monophosphate, also called IMP for short, to help enhance iron absorpt