Vitamins with Iron for a 15 Month Old

My son was in the same boat when he was younger. His dr suggested more foods than vitamins, some cereals have iron spnach, and I forget what else. As for vitamins I would ask the pharmacist, they have always been helpful to me.

When my son and daughter were that age, the doctor had me giving them either Tri-Vi-Sol or Poly-Vi-Sol with Iron. I think it was Poly by then, but you can also discuss it with the pharmacist. It's a little expensive, but it's made for little ones. Some stores keep it out on the shelf and some keep it behind the counter. I found that Target had the best price on it here in Kansas City.

Good luck!
L.

My kids are older now so I'm not sure what your options are but, there use to be a liquid Polyvisol with Iron. They were all started on it as soon as I finished nursing. A couple would take it right out of the dropper and I had to sneak it in juice for the other too. We switched to the Flintstones with iron as they grew out of that.

A.,

You are getting a lot of conflicting responses.

I suggest you google: 1) dangers of iron supplements for kids
and 2)iron rich foods

You doctor is not trained in nutrition and only has about 7 minutes to spend with you, so we can't fault him for not knowing the appropriate recommendation to treat with food, not "drugs".

Isolated vitamin supplements have had a sketchy history of not containing what is stated on the label, and causing harm instead of good.

Go with whole foods whenever possible. We use only Juice Plus+ because it is whole food fruits and vegetables in concentrated form. We swear by it for disease prevention. Take the time to learn more at www.SeeJP.com. 26% of the distributors are medical professionals because they have been informed and educated in nutrition and wellness. There are regular events in the Overland Park, KS area with medical professionals speaking to the public on various wellness topics including the world reknown pediatrician, Dr. William Sears.

Let me hear how your research is going.

P.

My daughter was borderline anemic as well,our pediatrician advised us to use ENFAMIL POLYVISOL liquid vitamin drops twice a day in her juices or milk it comes with a dropper.You can get this at Walgreens in the baby section where the gas drops are located.She did well with it she didn't even notice.I would go this route first since she may not like the chewables.SAHM of 2 and 1 more on the way

When it comes to vitamins for young children and iron, you really need to discuss this matter with your child's pediatrician. Iron is a very dangerous substance. It really needs to be monitored by your daughter's pediatrician. My little sister was anemic too. Her doctor put her on a special vitamin that was by prescription only.

We use Shaklee products http://www.shaklee.net/amykramer , A good friend of mine sells them, and has shared a LOT of info with me. their vitamins and supplements are quality tested, unlike store brand vitamins, which oftentimes do not contain what they say they do. The chewable has 56% RDA Iron, I don't think you will find a product with 100% unless its prescription, due to the toxicity of excess iron in children. The chewables can be given to kids under 4, they just take one instead of 2, and they have no artificial flavors or sweetners.

good luck

Hi A., don't know if you found an answer for your problem, but I, too, am anemic and started on Reliv last November. I love it! I'm not tired like I was and it's a patented product also for children. I understand that since pills (even chewables) are only absorbed by the body 10-35%, you can be wasting your money! Anyway, hope I helped!

I always gave my kids peanut butter and jelly sandwiches when their iron was low. Peanut butter is a good source of iron.

Hi A.,
I am a Shaklee Independent Distributor. We have a multivitamin for infants up to the age of 4 that has a great taste and easy to go down for mom. You can check out the link to see if it meets your needs. Good Luck I know this can be scary. IF you have any questions please feel free to ask. http://www.shaklee.net/K.-thomas/product/20073

Thank you,
K.

my 11 year old has been on Nutilite vitamins since he was 2. He takes a multi, a vitamin C and they have others. Before taking them he would get sick often. Now he might get a little cough once a year. Let me know if you want more information.

You cannot trust the quality of the ingredients from store bought supplements, so "100%" is most likely not what you/we think it is. This has been proven over and over in independent studies. Pharmanex makes many of the supplements that the Olympic athletes train on... the quality is 2nd to none, as researched and found by the IOC before allowing the athletes to train on the products. Jungamals are the kids vitamins, and when my boys were little (they are now 3 and 5), I'd crush them up in oatmeal or avacado or applesauce, etc. She'd need 3 chewables/ day to get "100%", but please remember QUALITY over quantitiy, because our bodies know the good stuff and can absorb and assimilate it better! Call me or e-mail for info, V. ###-###-####, ____@____.com, or go to my website noblefortunes.com. I've represented these products for 10 1/2 years and they are amazing. I've only ever had 1 product ever returned.

Polyvisol (sp) with Iron. It's a liquid. I have a 15 month as well and he has been taking it for a long time. It's part of our bath routine. He takes it and we make funny faces together and if some comes out of his mouth it's in the tub and doesn't stain anything. It tastes/smells kind of nasty though so I rec having Walgreens add flavoring to it (grape works best for us). You will need to get a prescription to have them add the flavoring though. Crazy I know, but just get a script from your ped. for the vitamins plus flavoring and you should be good to go. Good luck!

I give my little guy Flintstones Complete. I break one in half and crush it, then mix it in with his yogurt. The 1/2 vitamin gives him 90% of the RDA for iron. The RDA's for other vitamins and minerals range from around 5% (magnesium) to 150% (vitamin E). The package will say it's for kids 2 to 3 years old but this is what our pediatrician recommended and he's been fine taking these for 2 months now.
Obviously some days the halves are a little bigger or smaller than other days, but vitamins have a cumulative effect so it balances out - he gets 60 pills in him within 120 days.
Hope this helps!

Have you thought of doing it with food? That way you don't have to worry about the other vitamins so much, and the iron is absorbed much better... Blackstrap molassas, sweet potato, greens, meat, cereal as a snack...? I did the polyvisol with my first (and as other said it stained her teeth), but I'm much happier with my second, just trying to get her the nutrients she needs through food...

K.

just as a heads up: both of my children had trouble with staining of teeth from the vitamin supplements such as Polyvisol. But this product provided the most of what I wanted, so we just dealt with the issue. Good luck!

Oh, & I really liked the idea about adding infant cereal to the applesauce!

A., To help with the Iron supplimentation I add infant cereal to my kids' applesauce, etc., they can't even tell. There are infant Multi-Vitamins out there that are in drop form, they smell terrible!

Good Luck, M.

If she is only borderline anemic, then maybe you can just alter her diet to include more iron. That way you don't have to administer the iron drops (which taste awful and stains clothes!) My daughter was anemic and had to go on iron drops. We also offered her cheerios and fed her green leafy vegetables such as cooked spinach in chicken broth. She loved the cheerios and spinach and was off the iron pills soon after. Tip: If you feed your daughter iron-rich foods such as spinach or cheerios accompanied by something high in Vitamin C such as orange juice or a tomato product, the iron is more readily absorbed. Good luck!