Re: Vitamin Struggles

[Guest guest]

You don't say how old your son is, but - and this is just my opinion - he

shouldn't be allowed to choose. If the vitamins were insulin or some other

medicine you would probably find a way to get them to him.

We chose not to hide things in my daughter's food b/c, at the time, she was

so very limited and so very picky and so very sensitive and we felt it was a

matter of trust and betrayal. At the same time we felt very strongly about

getting the things into her.

She was 2 when we started and I remember we put fish oil in an oral syringe,

sat her down, explained why she needed to take it, told her we wouldn't

" make her " do it unless it was so very important and that we thought it

would help her words to come. It took two of us to get the syringe in her

mouth and after it was over I probably cried more than she did. She had

great receptive skills though and if we asked her whether she knew why she

had to take it she would nod her head yes. A few weeks later when we asked

her why she had to take it, she would say " ta ta ta " (for talking). Pretty

soon thereafter she could answer the same question by saying " more words " -

and before you know it she was speaking in full sentences. Not just because

of the fish oil mind you. We gradually added other things to the oral

syringe. We always told her exactly WHY we needed to do it and we always

gave her other choices (ie she could have taken them in chocolate syrup as

far as I was concerned. At the time she was so picky she would have cried

as hard if we had been trying to feed her an ice cream sundae). I am not

saying this method was easy but over time I believe she realized how much

the supplements were helping her. For what seemed like a very very long

time she cried when we did it but laughed at the silly song and dance we

made up for " yucky vitamins " (and there was nothing funnier than my 6' 2 "

bear of a husband jumping around the kitchen doing the " Yucky Vitamins "

dance). Then one day she was SINGING the yucky vitamins song and asking her

grandma to do the dance too. Then one day she decided she was too big for

the vitamins song or to have mommy or daddy feed her the vitamins and she

wanted to do it herself. Now she takes 3 yucky oral syringes full of

vitamin sludge 2 times EVERY day all by herself (followed by an enzymes

laced drink to wash it all down). She always gets a treat afterwards (even

if it is BEFORE dinner - I figure if she has to take more vitamins than

other kids than she can get dessert before dinner - there should be

something in it for her). Deep I my heart I know there is absolutely NO WAY

she would have come so far if we hadn't found a way to get the supplements

into her. There was nothing easy about it when we started and I spent time

on this very board complaining and worrying about it; but it has been the

best thing that has happened to her.

So to answer your question - my opinion would be don't hide it. If he can't

swallow capsules/pills, mix it into some decent tasting liquid, suck it up

into an oral syringe and do the same thing you would do if it were

antibiotics!!

Vitamin Struggles

Hi, my son is so very picky, sensitive to taste, texture like a lot of kids.

I need a good vitamin for him, I tried Brainchild, he would take it 75% of

the time, but I can't afford it long term. I found ASD-plex through Millnut,

and it sounded ideal has vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and amino acids,

but the taste and texture is very hard to cover up. Does anyone have

suggestions for a good vitamin/mineral? This is a important missing piece

for him. Thanks. Libby

[Guest guest]

My son has always liked TwinLabs Animal Friends

B.

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> Hi, my son is so very picky, sensitive to taste, texture like a lot

of kids. I need a good vitamin for him, I tried Brainchild, he would

take it 75% of the time, but I can't afford it long term. I found

ASD-plex through Millnut, and it sounded ideal has vitamins, minerals,

antioxidants, and amino acids, but the taste and texture is very hard

to cover up. Does anyone have suggestions for a good vitamin/mineral?

This is a important missing piece for him. Thanks. Libby

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[Guest guest]

Animal Parade by Nature's Plus is whole-food based and usually tastes

well. It is a chewable. That company also has a new line of liquid (out

about a year) vitamins and minerals.

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[Guest guest]

, I can't seem to find out if these are gluten free (customer

service closed on Saturdays). Do you know?

On Apr 1, 2006, at 12:25 AM, jornmatt wrote:

> Animal Parade by Nature's Plus is whole-food based and usually tastes

> well. It is a chewable. That company also has a new line of liquid

> (out

> about a year) vitamins and minerals.

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[Guest guest]

Strangely, the label says these are free of milk, yeast, etc but says

nothing about gluten.

Peace,

Kathy E.

On Apr 1, 2006, at 12:09 AM, ccampboyle wrote:

> My son has always liked TwinLabs Animal Friends

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> > Hi, my son is so very picky, sensitive to taste, texture like a lot

> of kids. I need a good vitamin for him, I tried Brainchild, he would

> take it 75% of the time, but I can't afford it long term. I found

> ASD-plex through Millnut, and it sounded ideal has vitamins, minerals,

> antioxidants, and amino acids, but the taste and texture is very hard

> to cover up. Does anyone have suggestions for a good vitamin/mineral?

> This is a important missing piece for him. Thanks. Libby

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[Guest guest]

Hi,

Animal Friends are gluten free. I just checked on a number of celiac

pages to be sure.

B.

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