Children Supplements
In this entry, I have so many questions about good nutrition for our children. Children should take vitamins for proper nutrition; this is because so many kids don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables.
Every time I take my daughter to her Pediatrician, I ask if she needs vitamin and mineral supplements. According to the Doctor, she can still get those vitamins with her milk and the foods she eats.
I observed children in the Philippines, especially infants; parents already started giving them vitamins. As for me, I am worried for my 18 month old daughter, because I have not given her any supplements since she was born. We did give her iron drops in her breast milk, but she started on formula with iron later. I don’t know if it is the right time to give her something to balance her diet.
Sometimes, my daughter eats the same food that we do. But, most of her intake is milk.
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Hi Raq, I did give andrew's vitamin after his done with his formula because I am not so sure if he get enough vitamin from wholemilk and the food he eat even though I make different kinds of porridge with vegie, meat, chichen and fist mixed in the porridge everyday and in betweek he had snack. That really up to you you feel Maria is tiny and skinny then you can give her vitamin its good for her to get some supplement. Andrew taking centrumkids everyday..he doesnt like it sometimes because its too big tablet.
Hi Raq, wa man pod nag take si Miriam ug vitamins. Nag agad raman pod ko sa Pedia ug wa man pod nag recommend. Basta healthy lang ang bata, no need naman siguro ug other supplements pa ug siguro pod ka nga iya gikaon healthy pod. Makuyawan pod kog mga vitamins si Miriam kay mogana nya maayo iya kaon ug dili na nuon moundang ug kaon unya motambok nag maayo. Si Maria sa tan aw nako, very healthy raman sya. Pag agad ra sa iya Pedia if she is need of vitamins. Sige Raq, you take care diha. God bless you all!
@ LANIE:
Thank you sa information Lanie. Next visit lagi mangutana ko sa iyang pedi kung unsa nga vitamins...
@ MIMI:
Tingala lang ko ba kay dli man mo ingon ang doki nga mag vitamins pero didto sa ato kay infant pa gani, naa nay vitamins. Lagi kung healthy lang sila, wala may problema.
Lain pod ato, asa naman imong update? Hehehe, maski kaisa nalang gud sa isa ka semana para di zero.
my son drank milk up until he was 4 years old. he stopped because he didn't want to drink from the glass. I did not want him to drink from feeding bottles since he was almost turning five at that time. my son is not fat but i know he's healthy. milk gave him enough nutrition. when he stopped drinking milk, I felt worried because he's so picky and it seems like he's not eating at all. now, i insist him to drink his milk. kaya nga lang ay bribe him by giving him chips afterwards. i gave him commercial vitamins but it didn't do anything for him. that's just my observation.
Good equilibrated food, fruits and milk is enough. Too much vitamines and especially the chemical once can be bad and not good at all. My son (33 now) has always been a very healthy boy, he mesures 2 m (6.6) and had never had breastfeeding and never drank milk (he is alergic to that) but with yogourt, cheese and fruits it compensated and brought everything he needed.
Hi Raq.. you dont have to ask maria dr..because I didnt as long as maria is healthy.. you can give her vitamin like "pulivisol" correct me my spelling not sure of this spelling.. you can buy in pharmacy over the counter in vitamin's area. I've been breastfeed my son since he was born until 8 and half month, but with similac supplement kay grabi man ka hiraw moka-on sa akong gatas dili satiesfied nya ako pana siya lugawan ug porridge pero after one year wholemilk na siya mao to nagpalit ko ug vitamin protect man sad na nga dili sila perme magsakit kalooy biya si andrew dili masakiton na bata ug wala siya nagka ear infection kato ra sa una namo uli sa atoa when his 2.9 years old.. paglupad sa airplane nag pop up iyang dalungang ug misyagit siya kay nasakitan ug gikan pod mi nagsakit tulo adto alang alang na weak iyang immune system kay dili man moka-on ug inom ug gatas bisan vitamins picky kaayo ug 2 months pa gyod mi didto.. pero dinhi kalooy sa diyos wala gyod siya magsakit na grabe.. until now sige man siya take ug vitamin kay picky man pod ni nga bata dili moka-on ug vegie ug fruits maong kinahanglan gyod na moinom siya ug vitamin
na sige Raq.. have a good day kisses to Maria.
Hi Raquel. As a doctor/mom, I must say your pediatrician is right. As long as your child eats well and drinks plenty of milk, she's getting all the vitamins and minerals she needs. For the most part, it's only market strategy of pharmaceuticals when they say that those food supplents like vitamins are a must. They are if the child is not eating well.
Too bad I cant seem to contribute any decent comment on thsi post since I dont have a child of my own yet but if I do I will keep this in mind!
Halo Raq! when Zack and Dylan, was still babies wala man sab silay supplements . But when they start being too picky what too eat diha na sila nag take og multivitamins. Pangpuno sa kulang bah labi na gyud si Zack.
Hhhmmm wala pa koy bebe, let see kong naa na! :)
Happy weekend!
@ EVI:
Thank you Evi. Yung anak ko rin ayaw uminon ng gatas pag sa baso. If I will use bottle with other liquid drinks, ayaw rin nya sa bottle, gusto nya sa baso.
@ GATTINA:
Hi Gattina, I appreciate your presence to my blog. Wow, your is tall!
@ LANIE:
Thank you for sharing Lanie. I will check that vitiamin in the market. Again, thanks for the information...see yah around.
@ TANI:
You are right Tani. Eto kaseng mga commercial eh. Some of my friends too, binigyan na nila ng vitiamins mga anak nila at a very young age. Just wondering why my daughter's doctor didn't even recommend.
@ CHARLES:
That would be fine Charles. Thanks for passing by.
@ GWAPASILA:
Sa ato ba sa pinas, kadumdom ko, maski bata pang gagmay ga vitiamins na, tingalon pa gani ang bata para mo inom jud, hehehe. Tingala lang ko diri kay di man mo recommend ang doki kay enough na daw ang gatas. I think you right, cguro inig daku na sila, labi na kung active na ug picky na pod sila sa mga foods. Angay na jud sila pa=imnon ug vitiamins. Thank you for sharing your side Lutchi.
@ LOLLIPOP:
Popsy, ok lang..naa na bay butiki diha? Enjoy your weekend popsy.
Di rin nagbibigay dito ng vitamins, pero kita mo malulusog mga kids ko di ba? Pero sa ngayon I'm giving them ceelin (from pinas) vitamin C lang sya para may panlaban sa cough and colds , lalo ngayon papalamig na.
hahahhaha.. sus kong naay butike mayg di nako e announce hahahhaa
Hapy weekend! dia ko nag laroy laroy lakaw sad mi ron nag shower pa si hubbytot langayan ang pahak labaw pa nako maligo.
bata pa pala baby mo, baka tama si doc, mas maganda kung sa natural food makukuha ang nutriets na kailangan ng baby mo :)
thnaks for the visit sa blog ko...
Raq,di rin uso rito ang vitamins.once i asked my hubby nung baby pa ang first kid ko,sa pinas kasi uso yun,dito sabi nya,wlang ganon,i mean meron pero di kailangn ng bata dahil makukuha nya raw yun sa food na iniintake nya daily.
yung bunso ko,tinigil ko agad sa milk nya nung 2 yrs old dahil overweight na sha(imagine 22 kilos,nung 1 yr old lang sha?).so,natakot akong tuluyan shang maover weigh so nung magsolid food lang talaga sha,gumanda yung katawan nya.
mas kailangan ng matanda ang supplements kesa sa mga bata :)
goodluck!
kay Julie sab gitagaan man mi sa iyang pedia since we asked. i gave her chewable when she was 2. one time when i gave her the vitamins she turned around and she spit it out and put it in the garbage can. i saw her & pretend didn't i asked her how was it. she said hmmm yummmm imagine she was only 2. hehehe.
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Mayumi has Maria's age too! I gave her vitamins when she was still a baby! Now, I only give her one vitamin (4 drops everyday) VIt.D and that's all! I also asked her pediatrician if she needs supplementary vitamins and I got the same answer! They can get vitamins in all their intake food! Don't worry Raquel, as long as she's not sicky , that's what matters meaning she's healthy!
Unsolicited advice if you want Maria to eat veggies try this one !I make soup myself for them : I steam different kinds of veggies with water ( sometimes I add whatever meat I want for the day), when very well cook I put them in the mixer (should be well mixed), put a little bit of butter and white liquid cream when serve!
Interesting to read about your worries. As father to 4 healthy children, I'm more concerned about parents worries than for children in normal families. If the children are given a wide variation of natural food, incl. organic fruit and veg's, fish and white meat, then it will turn well out (except when coming to deseases). Wish your youngster a healthy life and you less worried.
Hi Raquel,
Well I don't kids, but I wish I did. I would not be the best advisor as I am not an experienced parent, but after reading this topic, I had been checking and reading some stuff. You might have come across those topics yourself allready, but who knows, it might be something still you find and did not know yet. Here are the topics I had been reading and thought they might be usefull:
http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/solidsbroch.cfm
http://www.ohiohelpmegrow.org/
parents/nutrition/child/feeding18Month.aspx
http://xpedio02.childrensmn.org/
stellent/groups/public/@Manuals/
@PFS/@ChildDev/documents/PolicyReferenceProcedure/085537.pdf
http://www.rch.org.au/emplibrary/
ecconnections/18months.pdf
Well I hope it can help you a little, if not, well then I saw plenty of others advises allready been given on this topic by others...:-)
Says toto, at November 21, 2006 9:32 PM
Hi Toto,
Thank you for taking the time to search these information, it helps a lot of my worries.
By the way I re-posted your comment because the links are too long and it breaks the html format.
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