help me give my baby vitamins!

[boobs4milk]

millie is almost 8 months old, and what i'm taking and she is getting via my breastmilk isn't cutting it. she was 5 wks premature and has osteopenia, so she needs extra vitamins/minerals. she was supplemented to 27 cal (bmilk + neosure in a bottle) until ~6 wks of age when i got her all to breast. i take prenatal and extra calcium/magnesium/zinc and d3, but it's not enough. her vitamin/mineral levels are all low.

i have tried to give her the vitamins the dr gave us but 1) they taste terrible and 2) they have SUGAR and DYE in them.

i need rec's on a good, wholesome multi-vit that DOES NOT contain other ingredients (such as herbals) and is sugar and dye free.

eta: it wouldn't hurt if it was taste-free or at least had a pleasant taste, too!

tia,
jen

[omelette]

I would find a good compounding pharmacy and ask them to mix them for you. I used to get my son's Vit D compounded - just VitD and olive oil. I'm sure they could add other Vitamins in there too.
Good Luck.

[cloudbutterfly]

This is the vitamin D I recently found for my son: http://www.amazon.com/Ddrops-Vitamin...3696645&sr=8-2

It looks expensive until you realize that the little bottle has 365 days worth of doses...that made me happy after I got it in the mail.

[boobs4milk]

thank you for the replies! we have vit d in olive oil that was compounded by the hospital pharm while she was in the nicu. i don't think i'll ever need anymore lol!

i'm going to call and see if i can get something compounded or if i can crush one of the chewables that dd3 takes and sprinkle it in dd4's food. unless someone else has any other ideas?

[BirthKathy]

I've been giving this to my son (and myself, too). It does not taste good, but he always takes it off a spoon and goes back for the clean-up lick. If your daughter doesn't like it, you might be able to hide it in food if you do any kind of purees.

http://www.rockwellnutrition.com/Mul...armax_p_5.html