My Two-year Old Will Not Take a vitamin...Help!

I didn't read all the responses, but my twins (age 2) did the same thing. I just put 1/2 of one on her plate (since I knew I'd prob. just have to throw it away) at breakfast and did not even mention it. If she didn't eat it, oh well. Slowly she started licking it and just putting it back. It took a few weeks, but now I put the whole one on there and she eats it. The bribing didn't work for me, nor did the crushing it up. Those kiddos are smarter than we think!

Shannon, you can try going to Sprouts in Southlake (and there's other locations if that's not close to you). They have let my daughters try a sample of the kids vitamins. Just go to the vitamin desk and ask the associate for help finding a vitamin he'll like. They'll know which ones the kids like.

Another thought is maybe you can trick him and get some regular gummy bears, and give him a couple as treats or rewards. After he gets used to the candy ones, maybe you can switch them out? I know its not a good idea to let kids think vitamins are candy, but if you're careful to keep them under lock and key, you should be Ok until he grows out of this phase.

You have gotten some great suggestions here! I hope something works. I will say that in addition to a multi-gummy-vitamin I give my now 3 year old the Juice Plus veggie and fruit gummies.

Shannon-
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Try your local health food store for a liquid vitamin. I used one called Children's Health and my boys seemed to like it when they were small, but ask for help from the store employees. Most are orange flavored so you can sneak it into juice. I had the same problem with my now 6 year old and he was on Poly Vi Sol (you can get it at any grocery store) until he was 4 but after he turned 5 he began taking Juice Plus Gummies twice a day and loves them.

Good Luck!

Neither would my son because he hates gummy bears and any fruit like candy. I finally found the Viactiv Multi Vitamin. It's a chewable chocolate just like the well know calcium product. Walmart sells it in the 60 soft chews size. I compared the vitamin amounts to the Flintstone's recommended by the pediatrician and they are practically the same -- just a little more calcium and folic acid. The only problem is sometimes he wants more than 1. Good Luck.

Hello Shannon,

I gave my kids infant vitamins (by twinn labs) until they were 6 years old. (I added it to their chocolate milk or strawberry milk) it's OK that he doesn't want chewable vitamins. have you had one yourself? Good luck and keep trying. ~C.~

I have gone the easy route! I give my son powdered infant vitamins. I put it in his food (oatmeal, applesauce), drink, whatever! It doesn't mix well with milk, though. Here's the link if you want to check it out. http://www.shaklee.net/recipeforhealth/product/20073

When we first started out, I gave my son a vitamin punch that doesn't have artificial sweeteners and is more natural, and he loved it. He likes the chewables now, though. I actually have several of the punches if you'd like them. I live in Keller and would be more than happy to let you have some since my son doesn't use them anymore. PM me if you're interested in getting them. I would actually be grateful to get them off of my hands. :o)

Shannon,

My son was the same way. I finally found a liquid vitamin at Whole Foods that he loved. I'm sorry but I can't remember the name of it. My son is seven now so it's been awhile :). Good luck.

C.

Hi Shannon,
I would stay away from any vitamins that can be bought in a store. They are low quality and mostly synthetic. Also, in liquid vitamins the vitamin c oxidizes after you open the bottle if it had not already. Shaklee makes a great infant powder that you can mix into liquids (except milk.) They also have a delicious meal shaklee for kids. Go to http://www.shaklee.net/healthforlife to check it out. Click on "about Shaklee" to see all the scientific research and who's on the advisory board.

First, be glad the gummies didn't work. They are very difficult to get off little teeth and out from between. Our neighbors son learned the lesson the hard way. It cost them $1200 in pediatric dentist bills to fill baby teeth!

Check again with the pediatrician to determine if this has to happen RIGHT NOW. It would seem to me that if you quit trying so hard your son might decide differently soon. It could be tomorrow, 2 months, or a year from now, but sooner or later kids LIKE taking vitamins. All of your struggles could be his way of getting your attention from his little sister.

So my advice is to let it go (be sure to check with the Dr. first) and revisit it later. There are so many other things that are vital and worth the battle. Right now use what energy you have to love on both your babies ... then get some rest!

Blessings to you and your family. What a great Christmas this will be!

Try liquid drops or gum balls

Hi Shannon,
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OK, this is going to sound really wierd, but have you tried asking him which color he wants? I know that sounds ridiculous, but my 2 year old loves to take his My First Flintstones Vitamins - but ONLY if he gets to choose the color! When doing that I can actually use his vitamins as bribery to get dressed in the morning! I guess he loves the power of choosing his color or something!

I would recommend putting it in the milk. That is what I do for my daughters morning milk. When she wakes up, I usually give her an 8 oz cup of milk and crush the vitamin up in the milk. She seems to be ok with it. No problems so far!

Thanks,
B.

They make a liquid vitamin, polyvisol (sp?). I mixed it with my daughter's food; however, the problem was she sometimes didn't eat the food that i put it in. However, she will eat waffles every time; so if i am giving her waffles and yogurt I select the waffles b/c I know she is more inclined to eat those. Anyway, it is hard with a toddler b/c they are such picky eaters. I would say that you are doing well to get your child to eat it 50% of the time!

I have also seen children's liquid vitamins at the Flower Mound Herbal Pharmacy on Main Street/1171 in Flower Mound.

Shannon,

There are definitely liquid vitamins out there you could give him. Maybe not a specific peds one, but you can always get an adult one and just reduce the amount you give him (ask doc or pharmacist to make sure of correct amount of adult vitamin to give him). I'd say if the adult amount is a teaspoon, give him 1/4 of a teaspoon or so. Good luck!

Hi Shannon. There are a TON of liquid vitamins available. Just google, "children's liquid vitamins."

I put Poly-Vi-Sol with iron in my son's milk until he was almost 6. He wouldn't take the Flinstone vitamins because of the taste and he needed extra iron. He finally takes the Flinstone vitamins. Good luck.

Herbalife offers a great liquid vitamin that is designed specifically to give children (or mature adults) 11 essential vitamins needed on a daily basis. The product is called: Kindermins. Its so easy to do as one dropperful can be dispensed directly or added to milk, juice, or water.

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D.

Arbonne has a Daily Power Punch for Kids in berry flavor - Simply pour mixture into liquid and shake it up. You can read about it at https://www.arbonne.com/products/weight_loss/hybrids/kids...

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Good Luck!

There is a Nutritional Supplement for children that comes in two flavor, Chocolate or Vanilla you mix in juice or milk and kids love. My daughter grew on it and hardly see Doctor except for welness check up. It has all the things growing kids need including Omega 3.

Let me know if need more information.

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ask you pediatrician about pediasure vit. drink similar to drinkable yougurt or a shake. www.pediasure.com has coupons and flavor selection. I think Wal-mart/ target carries it... good luck!

I always had luck with the gumball kind, but I caution you that they need to placed out of reach, and NEVER let them think the vitamins are candy as one mom suggested....children can easiily OVERDOSE on vitamins and could cause a lot of problems. Lots of the suggestions made by the other moms are right on the money, yo just have to experiment until you find something that works.

Check out the liquid stuff all have recommended but if the kid will eat regular gummies, why don't you give him a small bowl and hide the vitamin in with his non vitamin peers?

My youngest son would not take pills. We didn't have problems with the vitamins because the older sibling was doing it, if anything it was keeping them out of the gummies because they wanted to eat the whole bottle in one day, sigh.

He has allergies and borderline asthma so we had to get some pills into this kid. They weren't even big horse pills like I have had to take over the years, small ones. We fought and tried everything (mashing in food, dissolving in hot chocolate, cutting into even smaller pieces) and it was horrible, you would have thought we were killing him. Then one day he just took them, I was overjoyed but sort of sat wondering why we had to go through months of fighting and then he just does it.

So, if you can't get him to take them, try to find an older kid that can model why he would want to do it otherwise, trick him with the regular gummies or just keep trying to get him to take them periodically. At some point he is going to have to take a pill so getting the vitamin thing going can be helpful, I wouldn't abandon it entirely in favor of the liquids.

There are pediatric liquid vitamins called Poly-Vi-Sol by Enfamil. You can add them to his juice. This is what my dr suggested for my 17 mo. They have both with and without iron. They are located next to the Flintstone vitamins at Target.

i had the same problem. my now six year old wouldn't take any sort of vitamin--when he was an infant and i tried poly-vi-sol, well that stuff is so vile that he spit it up....i don't blame him! i couldn't find another liquid. at that time he was too small for a chewable. well, as he aged he continued to be picky and didn't even eat any kind of hard candy so vitamins weren't appealing. only now at almost 7 has he tried and decided gummy vits aren't too bad but as another mom said---he only wants one color...the red! so asking about color isn't a bad idea. if your son isn't as picky as mine was---well, my daughter loved Juice plus gummies when she was little AND they also have the food suppliments...now that my son likes the gummy vits i'm going to go back to getting the food suppliments bc they are whole food and as i said- he is REALLY REALLY picky and i can't get him to eat any good for you foods. good luck.

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Do not let him see you put the vitamin in the yogurt. Maybe you could put the vitamins in a empty candy box and let him think it's candy. Never know...