One of the most important things you can do as a new parent is to be sure to keep your new baby’s immunizations up to date and get regular well baby checkups.

Vaccinations are vital to keeping your baby healthy as well as preventing many common childhood illnesses such as measles and mumps. Many of these illnesses can be life threatening but with vaccinations can be avoided. While not all things can be avoided entirely immunizing your baby can greatly reduce the risks of contracting these illnesses.

Taking your baby for regular well baby checkups not only ensure that your baby is growing properly but will also be helpful in detecting any possible health problems early on thus making treatment much more effective.

Aside from keeping your child healthy immunizations are required by state law and mandatory to be kept current for your child to attend daycare and school.

The form in which a vitamin is administered can have some direct repercussions on its effectiveness. Other factors dependent on the form are more indirect, but may still have an effect on your health. For example, some vitamins are difficult for the digestive system to handle when present in large quantities or when not included in a meal. Taking vitamins by swallowing capsules, pills, or liquids may cause indigestion. It’s also a proven fact that many forms of vitamins are not completely absorbed. You may take a 500mg supplement of Vitamin C, but only absorb 10% of that amount.

Sublingual vitamins are administered in such a way as to avoid several of these complications. “Sublingual” refers to the fact that rather than swallowing these supplements they are absorbed into the body through the mucous membrane under one’s tongue. This method completely bypasses any possibility of digestive difficulties, as the vitamins enter the bloodstream directly. Absorption rates for sublingual supplements approach 100%.