Have you used Floradix for a toddler (x-p in Toddlers)

[McGucks]

Can somebody school me?  Our 16 month old still has low iron (10.4).  We have tried iron-rich foods and, when something needs to be cooked in a pan and we have some wild hope he'll actually eat it, we cook in cast iron.  I think the main reason he has low iron is that he still just doesn't eat much solid food.  He loves nursing.  We only offer him healthy foods and I don't intentionally nurse him before meals or anything like that, but that's where we are.  He HATES Poly-vi-sol (and if you tried it, you would too!).  I asked our ped about Floradix.  While she said her personal preference would be Poly-vi-sol, Floradix would be fine if that's all we could get down him. 

My question is this:  How much do I give him?  The box we have says it's for children ages 4-11 and to give 10 mL 1x/day.  If this matters, it's the Floradix Iron + Herbs.  Also, is there a just plain Floradix without herbs that tastes good?  Please let me know.  I would also be interested to know if you used this product and saw an improvement in your child's iron levels.

TIA

[mom61508]

I personally would fo floradax it doesn't taste half bad imo. I would try half the child dose maybe and see where that gets you. Also try cell salts for iron they worked awesome for me during pregnancy. Check out the cell salt thread and they can direct you what and how to take with a toddler :0

 

[Marnica]

Personally we used Florsadix for a long time with little improvement and it is VERY expensive. It is far better than Poly-vi-Sol which has polysorbate 80 in it (yuck!) What we did with FAR better success was purchase a highly absorbbaly form of iron called ioron BisGlycinate (I get it from Kirkland labs). I open up the capsule and mix it with juice - doesn't taste bad and DS mind it at all.