How do you get your baby to take vitamin drops?

Dd hates when I give her Tylenol with the dropper, its always a struggle and that's just once in a while when she's teething bad. I think she'd start to hate me if I tried to make her take her vitamins every day with the dropper. I had some luck at first mixing the liquid into her baby food but she's starting to refuse that even bc the vitamins give the food a very strong bitter odor and taste. I even gagged when I tasted it so I can't blame her for not liking it. Any other ideas?

Dd is just about 9 months btw and has her front teeth. When can she have the chewable vitamins?

How do you get your baby to take vitamin drops?

i put it in dd bottle of milk, never had a problem. maybe its more watered down in the milk then the food?

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Try giving her the vitamins at a different time of day. For some reason, DS would fight us to the point of spitting out the vitamins if we gave them to him in the a.m., but took them without a problem if we gave them to him at night. Sometimes I also mixed the vitamins in with a spoonful of two of food and gave that to him when he was just about done eating so if we pushed the rest of his food awaynit was no big deal.

As for the chewables, I think we started them around 15 months. He has had no problems with them.

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We put it in her bottle. Usually the first bottle of the day when she's the hungriest.

Funny thing is she's a better eater for DH than me so basically the first bottle DH gives her of the day lol

I was wondering the same thing about the chewables because I gag when I open the vitamin bottle. I guess its a good thing DH does it mostly.

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We keep the vitamins in the fridge. It makes them taste better.

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Mix with 2 oz grape juice

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i always acted like it was something SUPER delicious and a treat that she was getting. like, "ok!!! time to take your vitamins!! yum!!" it may be too late for you to try it, but ya never know.

How do you get your baby to take vitamin drops?

I always put it in the nipple for the bottle and I mixed it if I had to

How do you get your baby to take vitamin drops?

We put in milk or oatmeal. My twins are 20M & our Ped still wont give prescription for chewables although I know some people have gotten already

How do you get your baby to take vitamin drops?

Now that I am honking about it the girls had a terrible time taking the vitamins. The nipple worked for pain meds. Splitting up the vitamins worked. So we put it in milk or juice

How do you get your baby to take vitamin drops?

I give it to him in the bathtub so if he spits it out it's easy to clean. He gags at me and makes a gross face and then keeps playing. He's almost 2 though.

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i agree we put our dd in the fridge and she started asking for more when they were cold ...now at two im looking into seeing if i can give her chewables ( she started to not like the taste )

good luck

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Tried it straight, one spit it out. The other puked. I always put it in the bottle.

How do you get your baby to take vitamin drops?

I give my 16mo gummies

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Dd is a beast when i give her meds and acted the same way when i started with the vitamin drops lol but now shes over fighting it and opens her mouth nicely. Its such a small amount, maybe thats why. I do it every night after her bath when shes laying on the changing table. I mix her reflux meds with her bottle & asked if i could mix the vitamins in one as well and he said no, they shouldn't be mixed with anything.