Supplements For Health
My 11 year old daughter goes through phases of eating everything in sight to not eating at all. Common problem, right? Add to this that she has serious allergies and gets sick often, causes me to be concerned that she needs something extra to make up for the food she’s not consuming. I’ve bought vitamins and supplements that are made for tweens. She’s OK with taking them, but when she doesn’t have an appetite, it’s like trying to ask her to eat something extra. So we’ve gone back to those gummy, yummy, candy-like vitamins. She’ll eat two of those each day without a problem. Of course she understands that they are not candy.
Another thing that helps my daughter remain on track with her vitamins, is to take them when I take mine at breakfast time. I take vitamins, glucosamine and prescription medications every day. We eat a healthy breakfast, talk and both take our vitamins while we’re enjoying our meal.
I’ll continue to teach her about nutrition and provide healthy foods for her, but while this stage is going on, supplements are a way to get the things she needs to continue growing and be healthy.
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I think you’re doing the right thing by giving her the gummy vitamins. Whatever works, right? What about icecream shakes with some kind of protein/vitamin packet in them? She gets some fat and calories in her diet and vitamins? Just a thought…