Multivitamin ?

StephE623

What multivitamin do you give your LO? My pedi told me to give Cati polyvisole but she hates the stuff. I've tried giving it to her in small doses and she spits it out and starts gagging. I don't want to mix it in her with her milk because I don't want her to have a bad association. Any advice or suggestions?

karukaru

DS loves My Kidz Iron (not the My Kidz Iron 10). It has the word "iron" in the name but its a multivitamin. Our pedi recommended that one and said that it was better than polyvisol. I'm not sure if he said it was better for DS or better in general. Its not so easy to find but I always find it at the "Pill Box Pharmacy"

mrsjessnjorge

I give Nico the same one- polyvisol or maybe it's trivisol. I can't remember now. He doesn't like it that much either. I'm honestly not that great at giving it to him everyday. I thin the reason the pedi recommends it is because breastmilk is low in vitamin d. But I figure we go for walks each day so Nico gets enough from the sun.

southmiamiwifejen

MrsJessNJorge:

I give Nico the same one- polyvisol or maybe it's trivisol. I can't remember now. He doesn't like it that much either. I'm honestly not that great at giving it to him everyday. I thin the reason the pedi recommends it is because breastmilk is low in vitamin d. But I figure we go for walks each day so Nico gets enough from the sun.

This exactly! Jess, I feel super guilty every time Salinero asks me if I've been giving it to her because I say yes, even though most of the time I forget. My cousin's main pedi is Llanso and her son is EBF too, and Llanso never told her to use any vitamins, so I figure it's somewhat okay if I am not ultra religious about giving it to her all the time. Emma gets a lot of sunlight because her crib is right next to a window and MIL keeps her in there playing a lot during the day with the curtains open so that light will come in. She also gets a daily walk. I hope it's not a huge parenting fail that I don't give her the vitamin all the time

StephE623

SouthMiamiWifeJen:

MrsJessNJorge:

I give Nico the same one- polyvisol or maybe it's trivisol. I can't remember now. He doesn't like it that much either. I'm honestly not that great at giving it to him everyday. I thin the reason the pedi recommends it is because breastmilk is low in vitamin d. But I figure we go for walks each day so Nico gets enough from the sun.

This exactly! Jess, I feel super guilty every time Salinero asks me if I've been giving it to her because I say yes, even though most of the time I forget. My cousin's main pedi is Llanso and her son is EBF too, and Llanso never told her to use any vitamins, so I figure it's somewhat okay if I am not ultra religious about giving it to her all the time. Emma gets a lot of sunlight because her crib is right next to a window and MIL keeps her in there playing a lot during the day with the curtains open so that light will come in. She also gets a daily walk. I hope it's not a huge parenting fail that I don't give her the vitamin all the time

 Ok that's good to hear. I take Cati every day so she gets a decent amount of sunlight. I try to give her the vitamin but hate how she reacts to it. I feel guilty that she responds so horribly to it so I don't give it to her every day. 

Albah

It is such a pain to give the little ones vitamins. I also give polyvisol but not very good at giving it since E squints every time he gets it. I try to give it to him in the shower when he is a bit more entertained. Plus, that stuff smells terrible so the excess gets washed off during bath time.

rach312

I'd try putting it in the milk just once to see the reaction.  I can't get her to drink it any other way.  I put it in her milk and she drinks it up just fine.  If the reaction is bad then you don't have to do it again.  She gets a dropper full every day and loves her milk. 

rach312

Oh, I also used to mix it in her pureed food when she was younger.  I know your LO isn't up to purees yet, but just something to think about for a little bit down the road.  She never minded it in her favorite foods. 

I wouldn't put a full serving though in any food - I would put little bits in all of her food so she couldn't taste it. 

I would always try all of her food - the vitamins are gross.  I don't blame them for not liking them.  

TayLynn

We never did vitamins since I BF and we got some sun at least 3 times a week.

His iron levels were fine at 12 months too.

totoloche

I give Nick the Poly-vi-sol in his formula and he takes it down.  It doesn't bother him a bit.