All About Supplements for Children

[HyperKiasu]

hi all,


what brands of Vitamin C do you give to your kids? any particular brand that is good?
How about multi-Vita B?

TIA

[nanana]

HyperKiasu:

hi all,


what brands of Vitamin C do you give to your kids? any particular brand that is good?
How about multi-Vita B?

TIA

I give Childlife liquid vitamin C.

[BigDevil]

cantbearit2:

do you know the total mg of EPA and DHA for childlife? The daily requirement is combi of 500mg. Realised that not a lot of fish oil has a total combi of 500mg leh. Maybe I will check it out at GNC too.

DS's PD recommended this http://www.naturalhealthyconcepts.com/finest-pure-fish-oil-P7-p-pharmax.html

Each 5ml serving contains 750mg of DHA and 1050mg of EPA for a total of 1800mg!! Is that too much for the child? Or is there such a thing as too much?

Maybe I'll give them 2.5ml instead....

[Fuzz]

schweppes:

mrswongtuition:

Just share with you why I got this crazy notion of making yogurt. My boy was 100% BF until 18mths old. I was very unwilling to buy commercial yogurt as it's full of flavouring and it's made from cow's milk (kids under 1yo might be allergic).

So, I tried making yogurt from my BREASTMILK. First few times were flops. Then we got success but not consistent. So we decided to shop for a yogurt maker

Wow, I am so impressed :ugogirl: :udawoman:

Thanks for all your sharing. The one at Tangs sounds good and affordable. Will probably go check it out. Thanks

mrswongtuition:

Wah that's amazing. I only make fruit juice and I find it troublesome! Now I'm inspired! Will check out the one at Tangs. My boy likes yogurt (some flavours only) and hubby loves it, so I'm sure he'll be v pleased to hear about this!

[Fuzz]

Oops… sorry not sure why my post ended up looking so weird. I was trying to quote only part of the message!

[lim_013]

i believe supplements is important for children. Both my kid 3 and 5 had been on regular supplements for almost 2years, and it gives me so much joy in seing them growing up.

[chatelaine]

Can we feed 1yr old with multi-vitamins?

[hairuliza]

chatelaine:

Can we feed 1yr old with multi-vitamins?

You can check with your PD or read the label (they'll put their age recommendation normally).
I started my son on Scotts Emulsion 1st before multivtamins.

On a different note, I'm having trouble getting him to chew his multivitamins.
Don't quite like the syrup kind (find some of the brands a bit dodgy because have never heard of them).
Currently, my mom will crush the chewable & add to the emulsion that he happily downs (despite the fishy smell... yuck) - I kind of outsoure feeding supplements to my son to my mom.
It's really a wonder that she can get him to happily swallow the emulsion!
But, it's a real chore to crush the multivits all the time.
Any pointers on how you get your kids to chew them?

My son is currently eating the one that has a strawberry taste (his favourite flavour) & it tastes good, I tried it.

[chatelaine]

Hi hairuliza


I don’t have any problem getting my 2yrs to chew on multi-vitamins. Be it soft one or hard one. That goes the same for Scotts Cod Liver Oil.

My 1 yr also happily taking Scotts Cod Liver Oil.

[mrswongtuition]

My 3.5yo boy doesn’t like chewables. Only gummies or liquid form for him.

I’m not giving gummies as he might mistaken as sweets and OD on them.