Re: son won't take supplements

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I take it you've tried teaching him to swallow them... if what you

tried didn't work, there's two things that I know of-- one is a " pill

shooter " that you can get at a um, er, pet store-- it is useful for

getting them the " idea " of swallowing the pill because it shoots it

towards the back of the throat. Another idea is to put the capsule

under their tongue and then tell them to drink the liquid. Somehow

the capsule just floats down with the liquid if they aren't thinking

too hard about it. Otherwise, I do have a friend of a 5 yo autie who

she used to just have him chew everything and then drink a liquid

afterwards... he was cooperative but this also gave him an incentive

to learn how to swallow it because some of it didn't taste so good.

:-/

I'm sure others have more suggestions because I remember there are

some others on here who had this issue.

W

> Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my 5 yo son to take

his

> supplements? I've tried juice, water, almond milk, " milkshakes " ,

pop

> and he gets wise to me every time! He doesn't like applesauce or

> yogurt, so that's out. I need some help----thanks!!!

> Laurie

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dhooten wrote:

> I mix the supplements with water to make a paste and then

> add enough honey to get my children to eat it--they do not

> really need a lot and there is less than two teaspoons that

> they have to take at one time.

>

>

> [ ] son won't take supplements

>

> > Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my 5 yo son to take his

> > supplements? I've tried juice, water, almond milk, " milkshakes " , pop

> > and he gets wise to me every time! He doesn't like applesauce or

> > yogurt, so that's out. I need some help----thanks!!!

> > Laurie

> >

> >

> >

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> >

[Guest guest]

Taste them all, only give him the ones that taste good, and don't give

him any choice in the matter.

Andy. . . .. . . .

Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my 5 yo son to take his

> supplements? I've tried juice, water, almond milk, " milkshakes " ,

pop

> and he gets wise to me every time! He doesn't like applesauce or

> yogurt, so that's out. I need some help----thanks!!!

> Laur

[Guest guest]

I mix the supplements with water to make a paste and then

add enough honey to get my children to eat it--they do not

really need a lot and there is less than two teaspoons that

they have to take at one time.

[ ] son won't take supplements

> Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my 5 yo son to take his

> supplements? I've tried juice, water, almond milk, " milkshakes " , pop

> and he gets wise to me every time! He doesn't like applesauce or

> yogurt, so that's out. I need some help----thanks!!!

> Laurie

>

>

>

> =======================================================

>

[Guest guest]

My daughter could'nt be fooled either , I had to resort to a syringe style

medicine dropper and then the game of " who can be more stubborn?- " began- at

first a reinforcing food had

to be in sight now she settles for a drink, but I still have to hold her arms

from wiggling

d tohooten <dhooten@...> wrote:

I mix the supplements with water to make a paste and then

add enough honey to get my children to eat it--they do not

really need a lot and there is less than two teaspoons that

they have to take at one time.

[ ] son won't take supplements

> Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my 5 yo son to take his

> supplements? I've tried juice, water, almond milk, " milkshakes " , pop

> and he gets wise to me every time! He doesn't like applesauce or

> yogurt, so that's out. I need some help----thanks!!!

> Laurie

>

>

>

> =======================================================

>

[Guest guest]

> Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my 5 yo son to take

his

> supplements? I've tried juice, water, almond milk, " milkshakes " ,

pop

> and he gets wise to me every time!

I mix supplements into a peanut butter/honey mixture, then spread onto

a cracker.

For one of my kids, if the supplement makes him feel sick, he will

refuse it. For example, previously he had no problems with the

supplement mixture, but a few weeks ago he started protesting. I

reduced the quantity of vitamins and he is okay with it now. Nice to

know he is healing and not needing such a high dose of vitamins now.

Anyway your child might not like the bad feeling of a supplement or

more that he might not tolerate, so consider that.

Dana

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That's what we did with my son at first, then I would make him watch me grind

them up, and tell him if he would swallow the pills I wouldn't have to force the

mix down him. He soon

tried swallowing the pills/capsules and now he's a pro at it!!

Jen Leonard wrote:

> My daughter could'nt be fooled either , I had to resort to a syringe style

medicine dropper and then the game of " who can be more stubborn?- " began- at

first a reinforcing food had

> to be in sight now she settles for a drink, but I still have to hold her arms

from wiggling

> d tohooten <dhooten@...> wrote:

> I mix the supplements with water to make a paste and then

> add enough honey to get my children to eat it--they do not

> really need a lot and there is less than two teaspoons that

> they have to take at one time.

>

>

> [ ] son won't take supplements

>

> > Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my 5 yo son to take his

> > supplements? I've tried juice, water, almond milk, " milkshakes " , pop

> > and he gets wise to me every time! He doesn't like applesauce or

> > yogurt, so that's out. I need some help----thanks!!!

> > Laurie

> >

> >

> >

> > =======================================================

> >

[Guest guest]

If it's not a banned substance for your son, chocolate dessert is

brilliant for disguising nasty tastes: you can stick a lot of

peculiar supplements in a pot of it before it becomes unpalateable.

Margaret, UK

> Taste them all, only give him the ones that taste good, and don't

give

> him any choice in the matter.

>

> Andy. . . .. . . .

>

> Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my 5 yo son to take

his

> > supplements? I've tried juice, water, almond

milk, " milkshakes " ,

> pop

> > and he gets wise to me every time! He doesn't like applesauce

or

> > yogurt, so that's out. I need some help----thanks!!!

> > Laur

[Guest guest]

We had the same problem until we taught our child to swallow pills. I can tell

you how we did this if you are

interested.

lyndhurstmom3 wrote:

> Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my 5 yo son to take his

> supplements? I've tried juice, water, almond milk, " milkshakes " , pop

> and he gets wise to me every time! He doesn't like applesauce or

> yogurt, so that's out. I need some help----thanks!!!

> Laurie

>

>

> =======================================================

>

[Guest guest]

I have been mixing my son's supplements into his potato milk sweetened with

stevia nightly and then letting him drink it throughout the day. I do not add

the dmg (I figured it is finicky if they have to put it into a foil packet) or

the oil ones (E, primrose, DHA). Are there any others that can't last in the

refridgerated potato milk for 24 hours? And is there a problem having him get

small doses throughout the day rather than larger less frequent doses.

Also related - he takes all kids of supplements, but refuses the C because it is

tart, I suspect. Suggesstions?

thank you in advance.

[ ] Son Won't Take Supplements

My boys each take about 25 supplements twice a day -- capsules, tablets, and

liquid....neither is able to swallow pills. I found the easiest method was to

mix everything together (open the capsules & crush the tablets) with a

homemade " chocolate frosting " . Since they are on the GFCF diet, I use

Fleischmanns No Salt stick margerine, powdered sugar, marshmallow fluff (makes

it thick without using more sugar), almond or hazelnut soy milk, Ah-Laska

chocolate syrup. I make a big batch that lasts about 2 weeks in the fridge.

I

try to use as little frosting as possible since it's so sweet, but it's the

only thing that has worked for us so far. One of my kids needs frequent sips

of water inbetween spoonfuls, but the other eats it down pretty quickly. Hope

this helps someone!

Kellie - mom to 9-year old autistic twin boys and a 4-year old daughter

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> My boys each take about 25 supplements twice a day -- capsules,

tablets, and

> liquid....neither is able to swallow pills. I found the easiest

method was to

> mix everything together (open the capsules & crush the tablets) with

a

> homemade " chocolate frosting " . Since they are on the GFCF diet, I

use

> Fleischmanns No Salt stick margerine,

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Use something without hydrogenated fat in it. Most nut (or other)

oils make perfectly decent frostings. Coconut oil is very butter like

in consistency and makes an excellent frosting.

> powdered sugar, marshmallow fluff (makes

> it thick without using more sugar), almond or hazelnut soy milk,

Ah-Laska

> chocolate syrup. I make a big batch that lasts about 2 weeks in the

fridge. I

> try to use as little frosting as possible since it's so sweet, but

it's the

> only thing that has worked for us so far. One of my kids needs

frequent sips

> of water inbetween spoonfuls, but the other eats it down pretty

quickly. Hope

> this helps someone!

>

> Kellie - mom to 9-year old autistic twin boys and a 4-year o