Advices Needed for Making My Daughter to Take Viatims

If she doesn't like it you can try pedia sure
http://pediasure.com/faq.aspx

OR Gummi bear vitamins

http://www.gummybearvitamins.com/

OR

http://www.sunrisewd.com/products/dailymultipleliquid_vit...

Which you drink or drop into foods.

GOOD LUCK

M

Hi E.,

I agree about checking with your doctor if your vitamins are prescription and if there are alternatives. If they have added iron, they will taste "yucky" to a child. Anytime you give a child a vitamin or medication, make sure your child knows what it is. We do use the gummy vitamins for my son, but they are stored out of his reach and he knows he has one vitamin before bed every night. (He also knows vaguely what candy is, but by name, like "m&ms" or something, so he doesn't seem to confuse the two.) We tell him what his medications are when he takes those, too. If she needs just a general vitamin and really fights it, you can also just make more of an effort to meet her needs in her diet. With toddlers that is the tricky part which is why doctors often recommend they take a vitamin supplement. Good luck with this!

We had this problem as well at age 2 and a few months. The doctor gave him a liquid vitamin and it was mixed with a too sweet base. It smelled aweful and I am sure it tasted worse--he could taste it even mixed in 8 oz. of milk or juice. So we switched to an OTC toddler vitamin. My son likes Flintstones and didn't like the gummie ones. It is pretty much trial and error as to which you child likes. I am not too worried since he eats reasonably for a toddler (sometimes picky but some things from every food group) and has no real health issues. Obviously it is up to you but I felt it was better to get some benefits from an OTC vitamin without the fight than try and force the perscription ones and have him get it less often.

Gummi vitamins. They are wonderful. My son reminds ME when I forget to give him his. I found them right at Target in the pharmacy section.

If it's the chewables, I started those when my kids were two and three. What I did was this:
I called them fruity candies, and I got them to take the first one by having them chase it with an M&M. After a while, I eliminated the M&M and now they love it. I let them pick the flavor they want (by color) and they remind me if I forget.

Hi E.,
My son has texture issues and won't take vitamins in pill form either. Ask your doctor if it's ok for your daughter to take liquid vitamins. My son takes Poly-vi-sol. It's sold in the grocery store next to kids regular vitamins. It's a liquid and I just add it to his juice in the morning. If you add it to whatever she's drinking, she probably won't even know the difference.

Here is my recommendation for your daughter.

http://www.shaklee.net/healthmatters4u/product/20057

It is an Infant & Toddler powder that you can mix into her drink. You can also look at the Product Brief which has all the details for you to compare with what the DR. advised. I am sure you will be pleasantly informed.

Enjoy the video http://content.shaklee.com/shaklee/flash/show.php?video=Baby

Please be cautious of drug store/discount store/and even health food store vitamins. They are usually full of sugar, lacking in nutrition, and some have been pulled off the market for lead contamination. The Infant Toddler mix is made by a company with 53 years experience and a record of quality products.

They are all I used with my family.

L.
www.nosickvisits.com

If it's in liquid form (not sure about pill form...), Target will flavor it for free. CVS will do it for a small fee.

Ask for a prescription for the liquid drop vitamin, you can add it to her drink, milk or whatever, she wont even know!

One of the tv doctors said that the best thing about vitamins is that they reassure Moms that children are getting the nutrients they need. We want to guard them against future diseases by being sure they don't have a chronic shortage of any vitamin.

Hi E.,
Are these a prescription vitamin or over the counter? There are many types of chewable vitamins available if it's just a standard OTC vitamin. If it's a prescription type, let your doc know that your daughter won't take them. If it's just for general nutrition, any run of the mill vitamin is fine, if it's to treat a specific vitamin/mineral deficiency, I would let the doctor advise what to take/try.
I would advise against the advice you received from one poster to call them a candy, and I also would not give those gummy bear vitamins. You don't want kids to think vitamins are candy. Vitamins are in the same category as medicine, and if a kid thinks they're candy, when you aren't looking, they may take the bottle and overdose. Vitamins can be poisonous when taken in too great an amount.

Are you talking about the liquid drops? If so, I know what you mean. We gave them to our 16 mo. son and it seemed that it must have tasted pretty bad from the look on his face. So, I started putting it in his juice (50% juice, 50% water) and he doesn't even know its there.

Crush it up and sprinkle on the peanut butter side of her PB&J sandwich so it sticks. She won't be able to taste it at all or very little.

T.

E., we had the same problem with our daughter who is now two and a half. We found a great vitamin supplement called Vemma which is in liquid form. Our daughter loves the taste and even asks for her Vemma every day! In fact, since she has been taking it she has been very healthy and not getting sick like she used to. We get it at www.vemmabuff.com, so go there and order some, it is great stuff!

B.

Flintstones are always my favorite. The Dollar General has gummy vitamins too that are a big hit around here.

Nanc