2 year old won't take liquid HV fermented cod liver oil - what to do?

[Mama2Setia]

My 2 year old son has ECC. As part of a nutrient dense diet (we are following WAP diet) I'm including HV fermented cod liver oil.

I bought the liquid cod liver oil from Green Pastures. I've tried everything I can think of. I've tried smoothies, hiding it in food, giving it to him straight.

Today, I got some Vcaps #0 (empty veggie gel caps) from whole foods. I filled it up about 1/4 tsp and closed it up. I tried a few to see if I could taste it and I couldn't.

I put it in chocolate ice cream and gave it to him before the gel cap melted. He detected it and spit it out. The gel cap doesn't melt that fast. I think the gel cap is too big for him to swallow. He usually just swallows ice cream that's why I thought it would be a good idea to try.

Outsmarted by a two-year old, yet again!

Any ideas on how to make him take it would be appreciated. He really needs to take it to help him remineralize his teeth.

Are there other forms of HV fermented cod liver oil that I can give him that will do down easier? I've heard that the Green Pastures gummy fish cod liver oil is still fishy-tasting. Would massaging the cod liver oil into his feet be as effective? I read somewhere on mdc that this was done in the old days.

[ASusan]

Can't answer your specific questions. Can you get him to do a chaser of a couple of chocolate chips? CLO is followed by 2 cc in our house. (Of course, that's somewhat defeating the original purpose...) DS asks for his "medicine" now, if he's wanting a chocolate chip. I have to limit him to once a day!

Or, a syringe? THat's what we use for night-time meds. At around 16 mos, we had to start giving meds at night, sometimes. DS protested, but we gently and firmly insisted. Held him tightly, squeezed it in....encouraged and praised. And never let him NOT take the med. He takes it in his sleep when he needs to.