Do You Give Your Children Gummy Vitamins?

We tried gummy vitamins, because my son liked the look of the bottle, characters.. I agree they are junk. It took 2 gummies vs 1 regular. Then reading the %s on the back, the serving of gummies were a fraction of the serving of the regular in most areas. So when the gummies ran out I went back to regulars. My 2y old is on the Flintstones 1st, and my 8y old is on the Kids Centrium.
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I give my 2 and 5 year olds a multivitamin every morning, but am strongly against gummy ones, because I think they stick in their teeth and seem too much like gummy snacks (which I don't feed them anyway). Although they eat extrememly well, it is out of habit and peace of mind that I give them a multi - I've read things ranging from "it can cause a vitamin imbalance", to "it is an insurance policy". I give one per day, of a vitamin that requires 2 per day. Meeting in the middle??!!

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My kids are 2 and 6. My 2 year old would eat the whole bottle if I let him. My 6 year old gives me a hard time--but she HATES everything! She takes 'em though.

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I stay far away from the gummy vitamins. My family loves the Gummy Bear candy -- it is almost a staple in my house. For this reason - I did not want my 5 yo to mistake the gummy vitamins for the gummy candy. My daughter eats a very healthy diet and takes Flinestone vitamins in the morning (I loved them when I was a kid so I am passing on the tradition).

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I try to steer clear of the gummie vits bc they are so much like candy. If you compare them to regular vitamins, they always have fewer vitamins and in lesser amounts. My kids love the Animal Parade line of vitamins (multi, C and D3)and esp in the winter, I give the D3 and C. Just make sure that you get D3 not the D2. D3 or Cholecalciferol, is the naturally occurring form. My daughter has been taking these since she was 2.(wanted to be like big brother) :-)I have only found these in natural/organic stores.

Hi! The dentist told us not to give gummy vitamins because they can get stuck between teeth (especially as kids get older and the teeth get closer together in the back). We use the Flinstones Early Years for 2-3 year olds. They're hard chewables, and my daughter LOVES them. We keep them on a high shelf so she can't get into them (childproof top, too). Also, our pediatrician said to avoid vitamins with iron at this point.

I am NOT very up to date on these things, but I do give my son OJ with Calcium/Vit D and my pediatrician recommended it to me last week for my three year old on the days he doesn't drink much milk.

Our dentist is VERY against gummy vitamins. My niece, at the age of 3, had 4 cavaties which the dentist believes was due largely to gummy vitamins.

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Have you tried Nordic Naturals brand? The have a multi-vitamin and a DHA that is NOT worthless at all. Both of my boys eat them and it really helps with the days when all they eat is a cracker, a yogurt & an apple.

Vitamins should supplement already good nutrition, so hopefuly they will be healthy with either form. I used to give me kids gummies, but my DSD thought she would eat more than her fair share...so I nixed that quickly. If you do give them gummies, make sure there is no Iron in it so they don't over do it. I give me kids a chewy flinstones vitamin - those are great and gummies are not necessary.

There were no gummy vitamins when my kids were little. When they came out with them, I thought, "Yeah, that's not a good idea." I felt kids would think they were candy. I gave my kids the chewables and made them understand that they were NOT candy. And I made sure they were in bottles with child safety tops.

My son can't have dairy, so he gets a flinstones vitamin with calcium everyday. We don't do the gummies because I don't want him to think they are the same thing as the candy, that way he won't get into them and try to eat them all, which could be really bad! Just what we do, good luck!

my kids hated those vitamins.. they are shaped like fish right?? they love the regular gummie vites though. If you want to try an alternative, ground flaxseed also is high in omega 3 oils and fiber. you could buy some, they have organic at farm fresh, and you mix it in ANYTHING.. it has no taste ... Ive sprinkled it on icecream. But with any fiber increase, you must drink enough water (or fluids) and add fiber to the diet slowly so you won't get backed up!! one tsp. per day this week.. two per day next week. Just a suggestion! good luck

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i never discussed with pediatrician, but the pediatric dentist said to steer clear of gummy and sticky items. we do the flinstones vitamins. we started with the yellow label and now do the red label.

We give gummy vitamins but we have also used regular chewable vitamins. My 3 1/2 yr old does not drink enough milk so our ped recommended vitamins for Vit D.

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My son is 7, we've been giving him Gummies since he was two, and he's done great with them! No cavities either! I understand the worry though.

I haven't really done any research, so I am interested in what others know too. I don't give a multivitamin regularly because I feel my daughter has avery high level of nutrition. the only time I give a multivitamin is when we have a virus in the house or something is going around school, etc. And I want to boost her immunity.

I do give an Omega supplement because we are not big fish eaters and I worry we don't get enough. I use Nordic Naturals because I have heard from a few people that they are a good brand in terms of how your body processes them. My five year old eats them although she says they don't taste good - compared to a FLinstones which she had tried - but they are berry flavored. I take tha tas a good sign since i have issues with things tasting like candy to get a kid to eat them. That's why I don't use Gummies.

We give my 3-1/2 year-old son one gummy multi-vitamin with lunch everyday. He's not crazy about veggies, and I want to make sure he's getting the Vit D he needs (although he loves all dairy, so that's probably not an issue). He likes them, and we haven't had any problems. He'll sometimes ask for another one at dinner, but we tell him he can only have 1 per day, and more might make him sick, and he's fine with it. Good luck!