Our ped recommended Poly-Vi-Sol with Iron for E. It has TERRIBLE reviews on Amazon. Tastes like crap, apparently, stains teeth/clothing....so I'd like to go with something better. No sense in torturing E 
I'm looking at Animal Parade's Berry since that has iron in it: http://www.animalparade.com/products/productDetail.php?id=29951
Does your toddler take a vitamin w/ iron? What do you give them?
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@blackbird: we give M poly vi sol . She doesn't mind the taste but she's also been taking iron supplements since she was 9 months. It does stain her teeth!! Her dental hygienist recommend we brush her teeth after giving the drops. We've been doing that and it helps.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
@regberadaisy: That's what I keep reading!!!! It just has awful reviews. I think iron in anything can stain teeth; we just bought some training toothpaste so we'll be more diligent.
pomelo / 5628 posts
We did poly-vi-sol for the first year, now LO takes iron only (ferrous sulfate). Enfamil has a version, but there are tons of generics too. They are all clear, only the poly-vi-sol is dark.
grapefruit / 4554 posts
M takes half a chewable multi-vit w/ iron daily. She thinks it's candy. 
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@lavender: is it gummy?
@blackbird: I always start off teeth brushing to make sure I get the two front guys. That's where it stains her teeth!
pomegranate / 3438 posts
We give our LO iron only drops. It does stain his teeth but it isn't too bad. I did notice that the staining went away when I stopped giving him his drops (bad momma, we ran out and it took awhile for me to remember to get more). Our dentist said it is fine, once we no longer have to give drops he can do a special cleaning if the stain is really bad.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
@blackbird: C *loves* the poly-vi-sol. Little weirdo, she gets so excited when I take it out and sucks the dropper dry. But I do worry about the teeth staining since I forget to brush her teeth about as often as I remember to give her the vitamins (ie I rarely do either-- bad mom).
@KT326: that makes me feel better!
pomelo / 5628 posts
@KT326: Does it stain even when the liquid is clear? LO definitely has a little discoloration on his front teeth!
pomegranate / 3438 posts
@Mrs Green Grass: Yup! We use the clear drops and he still has stains on his teeth, though they aren't as bad as when we used the darker stuff. It just makes his teeth look a little gray.
@Foodnerd81: You're welcome! I was really worried about staining until I talked to his dentist. But the dentist reassured me that it will go away and it won't affect his permanent teeth. His own son had to use iron drops too so he has personal experience!
kiwi / 548 posts
I hate poly vi sol. So smelly and it stains everything and my kids hated it from day 1 ( I attempted to give it as an infant, toddler, etc) and just threw out 2 full bottles that expired. We do centrum kids chewables, which have iron. My one year old can't chew them yet, so we sometimes crush half or just give her a gummy (like prenatals, kids gummies also do not have iron).
grapefruit / 4554 posts
@regberadaisy: nope, it's a regular chewable kids vitamin that I break in half. They don't make multivitamins w/iron in a gummy form.
eggplant / 11716 posts
@blackbird: we used the iron drops and they stained our LOs teeth, too. Pretty badly actually--and it WAS noticeable because it was her front two teeth. People kept pointing it out to me like I wasn't aware...grr. Anyway, I ended up taking my 12 month old (at the time) for a cleaning. The dentist said it was just cosmetic, but I was like, I don't care! Clean it anyway!
haha.
Anyway. I wish someone would have told me before to brush her teeth right after! Would have saved me $100 out of pocket for a baby tooth cleaning.
bananas / 9628 posts
these are good iron gummies if she needs extra iron
http://smile.amazon.com/Vitamin-Friends-Iron-Supplement-Count/dp/B005CC3X2I/ref=pd_sbs_hpc_34?ie=UTF8&refRID=0KQK3K9RJHQBK06Z1A2T
rainbow light, smarty pants, and yummy bears all make great multi vitamins
bananas / 9628 posts
@lavender: they can't make multi vits a gummy iron for kids, but the link i posted above is a gummy iron supplement!
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
@mrs. bird: E would *LOVE* these once she hits 2!! Thanks!!!
persimmon / 1223 posts
We used a grape flavored chewable that we crushed and gave on a spoon. He loved it like candy. We tried the drops but he hated them and since we were giving iron twice a day we had asked for some other options.
Do you need to do iron at a higher does or just as an added supplement? Now that we aren't giving as much iron as before, we occasionally use the Baby Toddler Multi Powder from the Honest Co. It has 8 mg iron per packet. I just add it in w/ yogurt and he seems to like it.
pomelo / 5628 posts
@KT326: I seriously was starting to freak out about this! My ped didn't seem to connect the two...The stains didn't start until he'd been using the iron for quite awhile.
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