| That children are eating a healthy diet is most | | | | and is almost always a fatal disease. A very |
| parents' belief and if not they throw their hand up | | | | important part of your child's diet is calcium which |
| in the air and give up. They then tend to give | | | | helps them to build strong bones and muscles. |
| their children multivitamins. This is not a bad thing | | | | Calcium is a mineral. |
| however, many children think vitamins are candy, | | | | Children can get enough calcium from their diets if |
| especially now that they come in gum balls, | | | | they eat yogurt, cheese, and ice cream or if they |
| gummi shapes, and cute animal and cartoon | | | | drink milk. There are some who are allergic to |
| characters. | | | | dairy products or who don't like them. Some do |
| This is a very serious issue because if they are | | | | not like dairy products, still others are allergic to |
| within children's reach they could be 'sneaking' | | | | them. You can help these children get their needs |
| them without you knowing it. Call Poison Control | | | | met by giving them calcium fortified juices, |
| immediately and get your child to an emergency | | | | cereals and vitamins. |
| room immediately, if you even think your child | | | | Children for the most part get enough fluoride |
| may have taken too many. The result of an | | | | from drinking fluoride treated water or bottled |
| overdose of multivitamins with iron could make | | | | water with fluoride, and/or toothpaste. Check |
| your child very seriously ill or worse. | | | | with your doctor before giving any fluoride |
| It is absolutely crucial that any and all manner of | | | | supplement to your child. Fluoride in excess could |
| medications be kept out of the reach of children. | | | | permanently stain your child's teeth. |
| Children get most of their vitamins from their | | | | The purpose of treating water and using |
| diets but if you think they need them, generic | | | | toothpaste with fluoride to protect your child's |
| multivitamins are fine. Calcium must be gotten | | | | teeth, is defeated. Multivitamins meant for infants |
| from other sources which benefits your child if | | | | are typically available in liquid form and given with |
| they have special needs such as allergies to dairy | | | | an eyedropper. These drops contain vitamins A, |
| foods or a strong dislike for them. | | | | C, and D and my have added iron. Other vitamins |
| Get advice from your child's pediatrician. Do not | | | | and minerals may be in the drops such as |
| give your child more than one vitamin daily even | | | | riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin B-12. |
| is your child's diet has been bad one week. An | | | | Children's vitamins also come in chewable forms |
| excess of any one vitamin could block the | | | | and in the shapes of cartoon characters or |
| absorption of others in the body. If your child | | | | animals. Gumball and gummi candy vitamins are |
| gets too much calcium for example, it could | | | | now available. If you child gives you difficulty in |
| prevent vitamins such as iron from being | | | | taking vitamins, try giving them his favorite |
| absorbed. | | | | character or in gumball form. Always supervise |
| Because many children will not make great | | | | your child when he takes vitamins. |
| choices you can expect to be giving your child | | | | Personally, I myself give my son his vitamins |
| vitamins well into their teens. Know before buying | | | | rather than allowing him to do it on his own. He |
| vitamins that there are varying opinions about | | | | either might not take it or he might take too |
| vitamins with iron for children. You should be giving | | | | many. Too much of a good thing can be fatal but |
| vitamins with iron which is one school of thought. | | | | vitamins for children can be good thing. They |
| Under no circumstance says another school of | | | | should be kept out of children's reach. Like a lot of |
| thought, should vitamins with iron be given to | | | | children yours might not always eat what is right |
| children. My own child, in infancy showed signs of | | | | and giving him vitamins might offset some of |
| low iron in infancy. Always check with your doctor | | | | that. |
| but my child's doctor put him on iron fortified | | | | Check with your pediatrician before making |
| vitamins and he is very healthy now. | | | | adjustments to your child's diet, it's always best |
| Hemochromatosis is a disease that is caused by | | | | to err on the side of caution. Fun vitamin shapes |
| too much iron in the blood. The iron is not washed | | | | are fine but your child could think they are 'candy'; |
| out of the body easily and the body is unable to | | | | they should be kept out of the reach or locked |
| use the iron. It can cause serious health problems | | | | away in a cabinet. |