Re: Very uncooperative toddler- Need fish oil advice! HELP!

[Guest guest]

> My 3 year old has suddenly decided she will not take her fish

oil. I

> was putting it on a spoon with chocolate syrup and peanut butter

cup

> pieces. She was fine.

> Now, all of a sudden, she is belligerently uncooperative. I am

> pinning her down, stuffing it in, getting it all over me and in

her

> hair...and then she won't swallow it! I'm plugging her nose, and

> that doesn't work either.

> I can't try the " bribe " method (you eat this, and you get a

> treat)...no dice. She is NOT falling for that.

>

> This is awful. If it's going to be an everyday thing, I am going

to

> need advice....and fast!

>

> Please help. This stuff is awful, and I don't blame her, but....

>

> Carolyn

I am anxious to read any replies you may get. I am having the same

problem with my very strong willed 19 month old daughter. If you

find something that works PLEASE fill me in. Thanks!

Robin Mommy to Cameron 3.4 apraxic and Cara 19 months not apraxic

but I want to see if this stuff will help her speech as well!!

[Guest guest]

I think sneaking it in foods is difficult, too. We do put it in my

son's juice - and that works - but you do lose some of it to the

cup. We taught my older son to just swallow the pills when he was 2 -

that way you don't taste it. If they hold it in their mouths for a

minute, it gets slick. If you weigh the amount of time it takes to

force it in her vs the amount of time it would take to teach her to

just swallow it...probably about even? Also - don't have her wash it

down with a sippy cup - use a regular cup. The sucking motion

doesn't help get it down. My son's a pro now and we ask for pills

for all his meds vs. liquids. In the long run, best thing we did.

I've always been curious why more parents don't go that route.

Good luck!

Marina

PS you could always use reverse psychology - it wouldn't work in my

house, but it might in yours.

> My 3 year old has suddenly decided she will not take her fish oil.

I

> was putting it on a spoon with chocolate syrup and peanut butter

cup

> pieces. She was fine.

> Now, all of a sudden, she is belligerently uncooperative. I am

> pinning her down, stuffing it in, getting it all over me and in her

> hair...and then she won't swallow it! I'm plugging her nose, and

> that doesn't work either.

> I can't try the " bribe " method (you eat this, and you get a

> treat)...no dice. She is NOT falling for that.

>

> This is awful. If it's going to be an everyday thing, I am going

to

> need advice....and fast!

>

> Please help. This stuff is awful, and I don't blame her, but....

>

> Carolyn

[Guest guest]

Carolyn--

The first thing I'd check is to see if the fish oil is still good--

meaning it's still before its expiration date on the package. The

longer it is exposed to air, the smellier it gets, if I recall. So

check that first. Sometimes kids are more accutely aware of that

before we are. We just learn to grin and bear it, and it's harder

for a littler kid when they know something's not right with it.

If you also stick with something that's a higher quality fish oil,

like what's in the ProEFA or Coromega, that helps too. Less fishy

taste and smell, by far! We use Coromega, and 3-4 drops of borage oil

to get similar proportions of the ProEFA. I mix it in orange or

orange blend juices, or lemonade or ice tea. He doesn't complain.

It also helps that I got a supply of paper cups and plastic lids, and

bendy straws, and I put the concoctions in those cups, so he really

doesn't see the oils or anything.

I'd check the oils first-- it might not be your daughter. And if the

oils are okay, see about hiding it in something else, like a drink or

something else. If they are not, then switch to one of the products

I mentioned. I'm sure there will be other suggestions as well.

Hope this helps...

le (SAHM to Drew, 2.9 yrs. apraxia, DSI and hypotonia)

> My 3 year old has suddenly decided she will not take her fish oil.

I

> was putting it on a spoon with chocolate syrup and peanut butter

cup

> pieces. She was fine.

> Now, all of a sudden, she is belligerently uncooperative. I am

> pinning her down, stuffing it in, getting it all over me and in her

> hair...and then she won't swallow it! I'm plugging her nose, and

> that doesn't work either.

> I can't try the " bribe " method (you eat this, and you get a

> treat)...no dice. She is NOT falling for that.

>

> This is awful. If it's going to be an everyday thing, I am going

to

> need advice....and fast!

>

> Please help. This stuff is awful, and I don't blame her, but....

>

> Carolyn

[Guest guest]

I hear soda is a good masker of the fish oil.

> My 3 year old has suddenly decided she will not take her fish

oil. I

> was putting it on a spoon with chocolate syrup and peanut butter

cup

> pieces. She was fine.

> Now, all of a sudden, she is belligerently uncooperative. I am

> pinning her down, stuffing it in, getting it all over me and in

her

> hair...and then she won't swallow it! I'm plugging her nose, and

> that doesn't work either.

> I can't try the " bribe " method (you eat this, and you get a

> treat)...no dice. She is NOT falling for that.

>

> This is awful. If it's going to be an everyday thing, I am going

to

> need advice....and fast!

>

> Please help. This stuff is awful, and I don't blame her, but....

>

> Carolyn

[Guest guest]

Hi Carolyn,

My daughter is three and we give her Coromega.. an orange flavored fish oil.

She LOVES it and can't wait to get it every morning. We've seen excellent

results with it as well.

LouAnne