Re: Ideas for taking supplements- Urgent!!!

May 5, 2007

Sophia,

I have heard of one parent who mixed them with agave nectar and then added

them to juice. Do you mix with the sweetner first and then add it? Just trying

to think of something to help. )

Ginger </HTML>

May 5, 2007

My son has huge texture issues and does not do juice or anything but

water and rice/almond milk. He would not take suppliments in his milk

and I spent the first week throwing everything away.

What helped for me was to put the suppliments in baby food. He will

only take them in carrots, green beans, peas, sweet potatoes or

banana. Anytime I put them in any other puree he will not eat it. He

likes pears, applesauce, squash yada,yada but will only take them in

the foods I listed. I think it is because it masks the taste a bit.

When it comes to the CLO, He will only eat the non flavored Nordic

Naturals. I also put that in with his food.

I still have a hard time with Cal/Mag liquid. I can't seem to mask

that in anything right now. Chocolate rice milk is the only thing

that he will take it in because he can't taste it but I don't like

giving that to him every day because he likes it too much and I think

he may have a problem with chocolate.

HTH,

>

> I buy everything either in capsules (opened), powder or liquid,

because

> my daughter can't swallow. She's 3yo non-verbal so talking,

> explaining or rewarding won't work; I need to find a way to have her

> taking all those bad tasting supplements. I put as much as I can in

her

> juice, rice milk, lunch, dinner, desert but there're too many and

> when I put more than 2-3 opened capsules in a bottle or plate she

just

> doesn't eat or drink it and I can't blame her because it taste

> awful and I wouldn't take it myself. I've tried mixing them in

> ice-cream, sorbet, honey, syrup but I haven't been able to have her

> taking more than about a half of what she should and I need to throw

> away food and liquids with supplements many times a day.

>

> I'm about to donate my stock of supplements and giving up on the DAN

> protocol because I can't have her taking them, I'm really

> desperate, she doesn't eat anymore stuff with supplements and she

> can starve herself for days. When we started it about a year ago

there

> weren't so many supplements but they were building up to this point.

>

> What can I do???

>

> Desperately,

>

> Sophia

>

May 5, 2007

Can you reduce the number of supplements to just essentials and try

to get food based nutrients for as much as possible?

For us, the problem is the nystatin. It's really disgusting and our

three year olds don't swallow pills.

So sorry you've run into this problem. Best of luck in trying to

resolve it.

>

> I buy everything either in capsules (opened), powder or liquid,

because

> my daughter can't swallow. She's 3yo non-verbal so talking,

> explaining or rewarding won't work; I need to find a way to have

her

> taking all those bad tasting supplements. I put as much as I can

in her

> juice, rice milk, lunch, dinner, desert but there're too many and

> when I put more than 2-3 opened capsules in a bottle or plate she

just

> doesn't eat or drink it and I can't blame her because it taste

> awful and I wouldn't take it myself. I've tried mixing them in

> ice-cream, sorbet, honey, syrup but I haven't been able to have her

> taking more than about a half of what she should and I need to

throw

> away food and liquids with supplements many times a day.

>

> I'm about to donate my stock of supplements and giving up on the

DAN

> protocol because I can't have her taking them, I'm really

> desperate, she doesn't eat anymore stuff with supplements and she

> can starve herself for days. When we started it about a year ago

there

> weren't so many supplements but they were building up to this

point.

>

> What can I do???

>

> Desperately,

>

> Sophia

>

May 5, 2007

Sophia,

I know you and many others are going to think I am nuts ... but have

you tried just opening them up ... putting them on a spoon ... and

pushing it into her mouth ... and then giving her a drink. That is

what I do. My son would refuse any food with a supp. mixed in ...

but he takes it this way. I think it is gross ... but he doesn't

seem to mind. I just tell him ... swallow. He does. He takes

almost 40 plus supps a day ... and they all go done the same way, one

on a spoon at a time. Now he sits and helps me open them and puts

them on his on spoon ... It is a whole lot less that you have to get

down this way ... and you know its taken ... and not let in the extra

juice or food. I wouldn't like my yummy food being destroyed with

yucky stuff either .. For my son ... I set out his reward for taking

his meds ... and he get to eat his yummy food as soon as the meds go

down. It is a win win... He gets good food ...I get his supplements

down his throat without a struggle.

Go figure.

Melinda

>

> I buy everything either in capsules (opened), powder or liquid,

because

> my daughter can't swallow. She's 3yo non-verbal so talking,

> explaining or rewarding won't work; I need to find a way to have her

> taking all those bad tasting supplements. I put as much as I can in

her

> juice, rice milk, lunch, dinner, desert but there're too many and

> when I put more than 2-3 opened capsules in a bottle or plate she

just

> doesn't eat or drink it and I can't blame her because it taste

> awful and I wouldn't take it myself. I've tried mixing them in

> ice-cream, sorbet, honey, syrup but I haven't been able to have her

> taking more than about a half of what she should and I need to throw

> away food and liquids with supplements many times a day.

>

> I'm about to donate my stock of supplements and giving up on the DAN

> protocol because I can't have her taking them, I'm really

> desperate, she doesn't eat anymore stuff with supplements and she

> can starve herself for days. When we started it about a year ago

there

> weren't so many supplements but they were building up to this point.

>

> What can I do???

>

> Desperately,

>

> Sophia

>

May 5, 2007

> I buy everything either in capsules (opened), powder or liquid, because

> my daughter can't swallow.

If she is tube fed, you can put the supplements into the tube.

If you meant she " cannot swallow capsules " , you can teach her how

http://www.danasview.net/capsules.htm

Before my kids swallowed capsules, I mixed their supplements into

peanut butter and honey. This was not " hiding them in food " , it was a

separate mixture that they knew they were required to take.

More ideas here

http://www.enzymestuff.com/discussionmixing.htm

>>When we started it about a year ago there

> weren't so many supplements but they were building up to this point.

You can reduce to the ones that are essential, or give lower doses of

everything so it is not so much at one time.

Dana

May 5, 2007

I agree Melinda. A no nonsense approach.

There might be a revolt at the beginning, this is what kids are going

to do, test their limits.

However, over the long haul, they must be made a participant.

Certainly beats wasting the supplements, running around trying to

figure out what will go in what food.

That is enough to make anyone crazy.

I actually remember being told to lay the child down on the floor,

head in my crotch area, arms under my legs, and giving medicine that

way.

Child is safe, you are safe from flying objects, and the medicine is

where it needs to be.

My son soon learned that I meant business, and he accepted it in a

more dignified manner.

If it is given in love, it will be accepted that way.

I agree on the win win.

Robin N