Vitamins

A strictly breast fed baby should get extra vitamin D. Otherwise, I think we have the world's most expensive pee; we take vitamins that we don't need. Any menstruating female (yes, even your 12-year-old) should also take a vitamin every day to help prevent birth defects in future babies. Everyone else in between probably doesn't need one. Most of us are vitamin D-deficient, though...By the way--are you women getting your 5 servings a day of calcium?!

2 years old is the start age to give vitamins.

My youngest daughter will eventually have to get on it once she hits 2 years old because she does NOT eat very often....I'll be lucky if she eats a banana for a day...some days she does not eat anything at all....that is part of the why she is on Good Start 2 formula.....

Absolutely drives me insane!

H~

I think I started my daughter at 3. I give her Flinstones. I tried others, but these are the only ones I could find that she would take.

Hmm.. well I have 5 children and my oldest is 10 now and i started her when she was two years old.. all my children love them.. but they will only take the chewable ones. I think it's good to give them vitamins that way they get all the calcium and vitamin d that the wont get from certain foods...

Mrs.Duran

My 8 year old religiously takes his chewables, my 10 year old refuses. I stopped arguing, neither seems to be healthier. I don't seem to see any difference, but maybe there will be a long term difference in their health??!

My 6 year old has been taking the "gummy" vitamins for years, there are several different name brands.They are the best. She actually brings me the bottle every day to get her one!

I started to give my son the liquid vitamin drops when he was an infant... I want to say around 6-9 months old is when I started them. I think Enfamil makes them, but I am sure there are othesr. My son was born preemie, jaundice, went through RSV, bronchulitis, and tons of respiratory problems. He was constantly sick and the vitamins helped boost his immune system. Since he turned two we give him the chewable kids vitamins from Target. He absolutely loves them and gets excited when he hears that bottle rattle. And even when I'm feeling a cold coming on, I take one of his vitamins because they happen to have way more vitamin C than mine!!

My son started taking liquid vitamins at 6 months old. He's now 26 months and still takes one everyday. I believe that every living human being needs a multivitamin everyday. Even people who eat well are still not getting everything they need. I really think this helps with a child's immune system and learning capacity when they are growing and can help set your mind at ease when they have a case of toddler tummy without much appetite. My son has only been sick once since he was born. I really believe the vitamins contribute to that....

My oldest daughter started taking chewable vitamins every day when she was around 3 1/2 or 4. I plan on starting to give my youngest daughter vitamins when she's 2 1/2 or 3.

jesshod is an arizonamoms.com discussion leader living in Surprise.

We started vitamins with my son when he was around 3 years old. We checked with his pediatrician and that seemed fine.

LisaMommy is a discussion leader in Paradise Valley/Scottsdale area for arizonamoms.com. Her two boys are ages 6 months and 3 years old.

My daughter loves her vitamins - she think they are candy.

But I try not to encourage her taking them. I think she should take them occasionally. I think in general that people are taking too many pills and we need to refrain as much as possible.

I prefer to make sure she eats reasonably balanced. I think that's what our bodies are meant to process.

Also when I took nutrition in college the teacher said that we need much less vitamins than you would think with all the products out there.

FWIW, the ones she loves are from Maleluca.