Your baby and DHA

DHA amount for babies

To increase the amount of DHA your baby gets from your diet, try adding more fatty fish—such as salmon or Atlantic mackerel—or eating foods like DHA-enriched eggs. You might also want to talk to your doctor about a DHA supplement.

By age three, your baby's brain growth will be 85% complete. A baby's brain contains Omega-3 fat and most of that fat is DHA, a brain-nourishing nutrient. Their brain will never grow this fast again—that's why DHA is important for your child early in life.

If you’re using formula, consider DHA-enriched nutrition. DHA is an important building block of your baby's rapidly developing brain—and DHA-enriched infant formulas are an easy way to give your baby DHA. In fact, 9 out of 10 doctors who would feed infant formula to their own children would use a DHA-enriched formula.

Talk to your doctor about DHA-enriched infant formula. For a list of other questions to ask your doctor at baby’s first well visit enfamil.ca/firstdoctorvisit.