Vitamins for Infants

I agree with Marilyn. Go with ShakleeBaby. They are the best.
Their vitamins literally saved my life so I became a distributor.
Victoria

B.,
Please be careful about what you give her- 90% of vitamins and over the counter meds are now being made in China and are contaminated with lead, etc. Go to FDA.gov and search box "lead in vitamins". You will be shocked-Flintstone's and all the major brands are there. You can only trust an American manufacturer like Shaklee, who guarantees the purity of their products. Shaklee makes a fabulous infant vitamin powder that can easily be mixed into her food and she will never know. Shaklee iron is very absorbable and will not cause stomach ache or constipation. Contact me if you want more information. Happy Earth Day! Shaklee also makes the best green cleaners.

My daughter loves eating frozen waffles, and the Earth's Best brand has a decent amount of iron. I always buy enriched baby crackers, etc that have iron - just check your labels. Also make sure you give her something with vitamin C when you feed her iron rich foods, that will help her body absorb it better. On the other hand, calcium interferes with iron absorption so no calcium foods in the same meal with iron. I hope that helps!

I agree, you should call your pediatrician's office and ask. They have all the medical info (weight, exact age) they need to give you a proper dosage of a chewable. AND a lot of kids vitamins do not have iron in them.

Tri-vi-sol with Iron, or poly-vi-sol with iron. Made by the same company who makes Enfamil. I give my son 1ml everyday and they seem to work great. He has been taking them from day 1. He turned 2 last week and still takes them with no problems.

You might want to try giving her Floradix once a week. It's a liquid that tastes pretty good. It's an adult iron, but just decrease the dosage, or they might have a one for children. Most of the pregnant moms that I know use this.

Twin Labs had Dr. Green's chewable vitamins....they aren't full of junk.

I wouldn't recommend it without speaking with your pediatrician first.

At 2 and 3.5, our pediatrician recommends they receive only 1/2 of a chewable vitamin/day so they don't get an excessive amount.

My kids also hated the multivitamin drops, so we had to be more diligent with their diet to supplement what they were lacking.

My only advice would be to speak with the pediatrician to see what else they recommend.

I too suggest checking the labels on the foods you are giving her. A lot of baby food products are enriched in iron. Do you still give her cereal? Most of them are enriched in iron. My daughter too wouldn't take the iron vitamins so I put them in cereal and it worked like a charm. But I also had to find a brand she would take so we tried three or four different ones.

I used to give my son liquid vitamins from Whole Foods when he was very young. I would talk to the doctor first though.

Yes, call the pediatrician. My son was anemic at 1 year-old too. Our Dr. gave us 2 iron drop options...1 the insurance would pay for but tastes TERRIBLE and 1 we would have to pay for but kids like better. We paid ourselves and my son had no problems with it. You might have the other one. Iron drops are not the same as multi-vitamins, and it's important you get them in her some way. Here's some things I discovered: my son LOVED liverwurst spread on ritz crackers. It's VERY high in iron and usually can be found near the hotdogs in every grocery store. "Multi-grain" cheerios are loaded in iron as well, way more than the regular ones and even taste a bit sweeter. When you are giving her iron-rich foods or drops, skip milk but have orange juice instead. The OJ helps the iron absorb and not pass through her system. Milk does the opposite. I hope this helps.