Mulitvitamin Supplement with Fluoride for One Year Old

I honestly thought they didn't have the horrible dye stuff anymore. My son who is now 24 had to have it as a baby because of the crud water we had then. He would gag on the taste and it would stain everything. Back then that's all there was and we tried mixing it in formula and all that. We just had to muddle through with it. But later I found other moms having fluoride that was clear and no stains. I would call the doc as request something else because that's hard to get down a baby and the stains are just ridiculous. There's other choices out there. The doc just has to be willing to give them to you.

K. B
mom to 5 including triplets

Hi, M.:

Google Jarrow vitamins for kids.
Good luck.D.

I don't think that would be a dye, but does the vitamin contain iron? If it does I would suspect that, and see if you can get it without iron in it. As for the fluoride, why are you using it? I am curious, because I used tap water for my daughter and gave fluoride vits and no juice of any kind and her teeth are horrible. With my son I switched to bottled water, gave him some juice, and no fluoride at all, and he has never had a cavity. My daughter had 4 fillings by the time she was 4 and 3 caps. My son has great teeth(no cavities at all), and once I switched her to bottled water and and added a bit of juice to her diet and no more vits, she has not yet had another cavity. I am hoping it stays that way. I don't use fluoride toothpaste for the kids either. I am not sure why this happened with my kids as seems to be opposite of what the Doctors say. But it works so I am sticking with it. I am not sure if the bottled water contains fluoride but it works so if it does it must be the right amount. The only thing I can think is that my daughter was getting too much and maybe that had something to do with all the cavities. Anyway, just wanted to offer our experience, not trying to convince you to use or not use anything. But I would suspect that vit might have iron in it, and you should be able to get it without the iron.

We have city water, so I don't worry about the fluoride, but your son can probably deal with the gummy vitamins, especially if you cut them in half for him. In another 6 months or so you can switch him to the chewable. But I'd call the doctor back, explain the problem, and see what he says.

Hi M.! Sorry I am late to answer. My son has been taking the tri-vi-sol with flouride since birth. We have had it filled (for free-yay!) at Weis (our grocery store pharmacy). If you have a Weis in your area, look into this program. They fill vitamins for free up to age seven with your club card. However, Weis has had three different formulations of the same vitamins since my son was born.
The first formulation was sweet and a tiny bit red in color; my son took it from the dropper easily. The second formulation was that green horror you mentioned. It actually tasted sweet, but my son refused to eat it. And I was glad his instinct was to refuse it- because if he was willing to take that green stuff, he'd just as soon try eating mud! To deal with it, I figured I would mix it into his sippy cup of water. Luckily, I tried it out in a glass first. The stuff actually turned the water so dark that my husband thought I had left soda on the counter! I finally ended up giving my son half of the dropper mixed into his oatmeal in the morning, and half mixed into a pretty large amount of applesauce at lunch or dinner. You need lots of applesauce to dillute the color. I also found that if the green stuff dripped on the counter and I added drops of water first, I could remove it without a stain. Anyway, last month I went to Weis again to pick up his vitamins and they warned me that I was getting the same prescription but it would look a little different. I was afraid it would be worse, but the pharmacist said that they had changed their formulation because they got so many complaints. Now it's almost honey colored and tastes like peaches. Anyhow, I guess my point is, you can complain/ ask your pharmacy if they have any other options when ordering the vitamins. Or you could try switching pharmacies. Good luck!

I had the same problem... that stuff is a mess! My ped said there's no liquid alternative, but I could try giving my 1yo half of my older son's chewable. I wasnt sure how he would do with it, but gave it a shot anyway, and he takes the chewable just fine.

It is not a dye. The 'brown'/green color is from the Iron in the liquid vitamin.
It is to prevent Anemia.

Or, there is also fluoride drops. It is clear. A liquid. You just put a drop in your child's water or juice. It is just fluoride drops.
Your Ped, should know about that.
It does not have to be combined, with the liquid vitamin.

There are also "gummy" type chewable multi-vitamins.
Can your child chew that?

By 3 years old, my kids were off of liquid vitamins.
They could chew the 'gummy' vitamins.
Just go to Whole Foods or a natural food store.
They can also give you free samples to try.

"Animal Parade" also makes liquid kids multi-vitamins.
It is an all natural kids brand, for kids.
My daughter liked that.

I'm also wondering why this is being prescribed? Our pediatrician and our dentist know we have well water (its been tested for adoption home-study and we know it contains no flouride) and neither of them have recommended flouride supplements for our now 3yo son. In fact, several studies have come out saying that flouride in tap water is causing spots on infants' teeth who drink formula. So, I'm not trying to convince you of anything, just explaining why I'm confused about the prescription. Thanks

Okay first of all fluoride is naturally occurring in ALL water. If you have well water it could be higher or lower than the recommended amount. If you have well water you can have your water tested at the local health department to see what your level's are. Second internal fluoride does no good after a certain age. When the teeth are done forming internally, at this point fluoride is only effective orally (i.e. drinking water and toothpaste). I know you PED has recommended this but if you research what I'm saying you'll see I'm right. The following is a great informed researched site: kidshealth.org. Please read it it has great answers. Good Luck

Why do you stick with that doctor? I never gave my children fluoride. Between them and they are adults now they had three fillings. That is in their whole lives. I just did not give them anything with sugar in it.

Is there some concern about your child's health that the doctor keeps prescribing these particular pills? My daughter has only taken the type of vitamins that I buy at a normal store. I would take S.H.'s advice and look for flouride drops. We have flouride in our water so I'm not familiar with them.