What kind of supplements?

[Anonymous]

What kind of supplements do you give to your child and what’s their typical diet like? I did buy supplements but wonder if daily is overkill. Here’s a typical day:

Breakfast:
Yogurt with berries and cereal
Water with Vit D drop, multivitamin

Snack at school:
Crackers and water

Lunch at school:
Pasta with cheese
Cantaloupe
Broccoli

Snack:
Rice cake with peanut butter and fruit
String cheese

Dinner:
Fried rice/cauli mix with sausage and vegetables
Fish oil supplement

After dinner:
Apple or 1/2 glass of soymilk

[Anonymous]

DD is 3.5. She just started taking a multivitamin at her pediatrician’s recommendation as we live in an area with low sun in the winter months.

Breakfast: toast, yogurt, strawberries
Preschool snack: cheese stick, crackers, blueberries
Lunch: 1/2 PBJ, cucumber, hummus, hard boiled egg, grapes
Snack: tangerine, Oreo
Dinner: chicken drumstick, spinach leaves with ranch, peas

Milk and water throughout the day. My “goal” is 4-5 fruits, 2-3 veggies, and 2 whole grains (wheat bread) a day, and a protein each meal (one meat-based if possible).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is 3.5. She just started taking a multivitamin at her pediatrician’s recommendation as we live in an area with low sun in the winter months.

Breakfast: toast, yogurt, strawberries
Preschool snack: cheese stick, crackers, blueberries
Lunch: 1/2 PBJ, cucumber, hummus, hard boiled egg, grapes
Snack: tangerine, Oreo
Dinner: chicken drumstick, spinach leaves with ranch, peas

Milk and water throughout the day. My “goal” is 4-5 fruits, 2-3 veggies, and 2 whole grains (wheat bread) a day, and a protein each meal (one meat-based if possible).

Is there a reason for 5 fruits vs 3 veggies? Just wondering if that's what's medically recommended or if it's just what fits your family's diet/shopping schedule/whatever.

[Anonymous]

I was expecting half a dozen based on the title. Doesn't seem excessive to me, I do vitamin D and have fish oil but forget to give it to them. I don't believe in multivitamins because I don't think they're absorbed but I'm sure they're harmless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is 3.5. She just started taking a multivitamin at her pediatrician’s recommendation as we live in an area with low sun in the winter months.

Breakfast: toast, yogurt, strawberries
Preschool snack: cheese stick, crackers, blueberries
Lunch: 1/2 PBJ, cucumber, hummus, hard boiled egg, grapes
Snack: tangerine, Oreo
Dinner: chicken drumstick, spinach leaves with ranch, peas

Milk and water throughout the day. My “goal” is 4-5 fruits, 2-3 veggies, and 2 whole grains (wheat bread) a day, and a protein each meal (one meat-based if possible).

Is there a reason for 5 fruits vs 3 veggies? Just wondering if that's what's medically recommended or if it's just what fits your family's diet/shopping schedule/whatever.

Nope. My kid likes fruit more than veggies so I offer new veggie foods often but make sure she is getting the veggies I know she will eat each day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kind of supplements do you give to your child and what’s their typical diet like? I did buy supplements but wonder if daily is overkill. Here’s a typical day:

Breakfast:
Yogurt with berries and cereal
Water with Vit D drop, multivitamin

Snack at school:
Crackers and water

Lunch at school:
Pasta with cheese
Cantaloupe
Broccoli

Snack:
Rice cake with peanut butter and fruit
String cheese

Dinner:
Fried rice/cauli mix with sausage and vegetables
Fish oil supplement

After dinner:
Apple or 1/2 glass of soymilk

Diet looks good. Is there a reason no cows milk? The only supplement you really need to give based on the lack of cows milk is vit D. Fish oil is optional and necessary, but if it makes you feel better, go ahead. No multi vit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of supplements do you give to your child and what’s their typical diet like? I did buy supplements but wonder if daily is overkill. Here’s a typical day:

Breakfast:
Yogurt with berries and cereal
Water with Vit D drop, multivitamin

Snack at school:
Crackers and water

Lunch at school:
Pasta with cheese
Cantaloupe
Broccoli

Snack:
Rice cake with peanut butter and fruit
String cheese

Dinner:
Fried rice/cauli mix with sausage and vegetables
Fish oil supplement

After dinner:
Apple or 1/2 glass of soymilk

Diet looks good. Is there a reason no cows milk? The only supplement you really need to give based on the lack of cows milk is vit D. Fish oil is optional and necessary, but if it makes you feel better, go ahead. No multi vit

Thanks - I’ll up the VitD, I’ve been sporadic about it. No cows milk just because nobody else drinks it and DH thinks it’s “gross.” I buy it every few shopping trips and he also gets it when we get takeout or coffee. I’m not even sure if the “coop/organic/pasture” type milk we tend to buy even has added vitamins. I’m asian and lots of family are lactose intolerant, so I feel iffy about giving him milk daily. He does eat yogurt, cheese, and kefir pretty regularly. Fish oil/multi I give because we don’t really eat fortified foods at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of supplements do you give to your child and what’s their typical diet like? I did buy supplements but wonder if daily is overkill. Here’s a typical day:

Breakfast:
Yogurt with berries and cereal
Water with Vit D drop, multivitamin

Snack at school:
Crackers and water

Lunch at school:
Pasta with cheese
Cantaloupe
Broccoli

Snack:
Rice cake with peanut butter and fruit
String cheese

Dinner:
Fried rice/cauli mix with sausage and vegetables
Fish oil supplement

After dinner:
Apple or 1/2 glass of soymilk

Diet looks good. Is there a reason no cows milk? The only supplement you really need to give based on the lack of cows milk is vit D. Fish oil is optional and necessary, but if it makes you feel better, go ahead. No multi vit

Thanks - I’ll up the VitD, I’ve been sporadic about it. No cows milk just because nobody else drinks it and DH thinks it’s “gross.” I buy it every few shopping trips and he also gets it when we get takeout or coffee. I’m not even sure if the “coop/organic/pasture” type milk we tend to buy even has added vitamins. I’m asian and lots of family are lactose intolerant, so I feel iffy about giving him milk daily. He does eat yogurt, cheese, and kefir pretty regularly. Fish oil/multi I give because we don’t really eat fortified foods at all.

Give your child milk. There is nothing “gross” about it. It is very nutritious for growing kids. Yogurt and cheese don’t have as much calcium and contain no Vit D. While good and keep it up, there really isn’t a good reason to not offer milk to a child too. Because some Asians are lactose intolerant and because your husband doesn’t like milk, doesn’t mean your child will be or won’t like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of supplements do you give to your child and what’s their typical diet like? I did buy supplements but wonder if daily is overkill. Here’s a typical day:

Breakfast:
Yogurt with berries and cereal
Water with Vit D drop, multivitamin

Snack at school:
Crackers and water

Lunch at school:
Pasta with cheese
Cantaloupe
Broccoli

Snack:
Rice cake with peanut butter and fruit
String cheese

Dinner:
Fried rice/cauli mix with sausage and vegetables
Fish oil supplement

After dinner:
Apple or 1/2 glass of soymilk

Diet looks good. Is there a reason no cows milk? The only supplement you really need to give based on the lack of cows milk is vit D. Fish oil is optional and necessary, but if it makes you feel better, go ahead. No multi vit

Thanks - I’ll up the VitD, I’ve been sporadic about it. No cows milk just because nobody else drinks it and DH thinks it’s “gross.” I buy it every few shopping trips and he also gets it when we get takeout or coffee. I’m not even sure if the “coop/organic/pasture” type milk we tend to buy even has added vitamins. I’m asian and lots of family are lactose intolerant, so I feel iffy about giving him milk daily. He does eat yogurt, cheese, and kefir pretty regularly. Fish oil/multi I give because we don’t really eat fortified foods at all.

Whole milk doesn't need to be fortified. The reason 2%/1%/skim are fortified is that Vitamins A and D are fat-soluble, so removing the fat removes the vitamins.

[Anonymous]

My kid is two. Per the pediatrician, he gets Vitamin D drops daily, but that's it.

He eats three big meals and a big snack every day (so really four big meals). He eats a good variety of food, including a fruit and a veggie at each meal, plus lots of protein, carbs, and dairy (he loves cheese, and has whole milk with each meal). He can really pack in the food - he eats adult sized portions of most things.