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    <periodOfReport>2012-03-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001452575</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Mead Johnson Nutrition Co</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MJN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001543979</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MacDonald Kathy Ann</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2701 PATRIOT BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GLENVIEW</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60026-8039</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Acting Controller</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            </securityTitle>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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                <value>Restricted Stock Units</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2019-03-11</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
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            <expirationDate>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each performance share converts into one share of common stock upon distribution.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Consists of 1,004 performance shares earned under the 2009-2011 Performance Share Award, with each performance share converting into one share of common stock upon distribution in the first quarter of 2012;  969 performance shares earned under the 2010-2012 Performance Share Award, with each performance share converting into one share of common stock upon distribution in the first quarter of 2013;  and 484 performance shares earned under the 2011-2013 Performance Share Award, with each performance share converting into one share of common stock upon distribution in the first quarter of 2014.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each restricted stock unit converts into one share of common stock upon vesting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes 1,251 restricted stock units that vest in equal installments on February 11, 2013 and February 11, 2014;  572 restricted stock units that vest on February 24, 2014;  and 480 restricted stock units that vest on March 2, 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Twenty-five percent of these options will vest on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the March 11, 2009 grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">One-third of these options will vest on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the February 24, 2010 grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">One-third of these options will vest on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the March 2, 2011 grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>newpoakam.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Eryk J. Spytek, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-03-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
