CarboniteCammy Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 The pediatrician says it's time to put the little guy on vitamins, so I've been doing some research, and it looks like the Enfamil vitamins are what most people try to give. But, almost all of the reviews say that they taste really bad, and that the babies refused to swallow it, etc, even if put in formula/breast milk/juice. What vitamins did you put your kids on as infants and why? Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfcub Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Vitamin D - a drop of oil in their mouth. No taste at all. Reason - we did not get much sunshine in that place, almost none in winter. Link to post Share on other sites
amaysngrace Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 My kids were on prescription vitamins almost all their lives because our water isn't fluoridated. I think they started with poly-vi-flor liquid but I switched them to chewables as soon as they could chew. Link to post Share on other sites
mitzikilgore Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I did the poly-vi-flor drops as well with my kids. Now they are on chewable vitamins and sometimes gummy-vitamins because they always end up hating the taste of 1 so I have to switch them to the other one for a bit, then back again. But as toddlers, their diets are lacking sometimes, so I feel better giving them vitamin supplements. Link to post Share on other sites
Author CarboniteCammy Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 I would never introduce a manufactured product into an infant's mouth. If you breast feed, you have to. Babies need vitamin D, which is not in breast milk. Also, we live on well water, and do not have flouride. Per our pediatrician's instructions, by 6 months we have to start buying nursery water. Link to post Share on other sites
marriedman321 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Your babies drink water at 6 months? Our pediatrician said to wait a year as well as other research I read. Link to post Share on other sites
Author CarboniteCammy Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 At least we don't feed him cookies ;););) Well, we do a combination of breast feeding and formula feeding, so yes, he gets water every day. it just has formula mixed into it. She also mentioned flor vi sol (I think that's the name?) made by enfamil. Link to post Share on other sites
sb129 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 (edited) If you breast feed, you have to. Babies need vitamin D, which is not in breast milk. Also, we live on well water, and do not have flouride. Per our pediatrician's instructions, by 6 months we have to start buying nursery water. Are you serious? Do you live somewhere where there is no sun? I have never ever heard this advice from anyone- and I have a large network of friends who are parents, as well as having a child of my own. Children who are exclusively breast fed up to six months shouldn't need any extra vitamins, and they shouldn't need them once they start solids as long as they eat a balanced healthy diet that includes fresh fruit, vegetables and meat. I live in an area where there is no fluoride and I am a dentist- I have just used a tiny amount of fluoride toothpaste on my daughters teeth when they came through, and controlled her sugar/juice intake she is now three and has perfect teeth. I googled Nursery water and it looks like another money making scam to me. Just like the vitamins- more ways for companies to make money, and I am not a conspiracy theorist by any stretch of the imagination. Edited November 11, 2012 by sb129 Link to post Share on other sites
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