Fish oil, protein powder, & b12 shots
We started our son on the CF part of the diet last week, at leastwe’re trying… He’s not eating much - like a rebellion.
I wrote in on Monday about the rice milk with protein powder - he’sstill not drinking it. If I don’t put in the powder he will drinkit -it’s just getting him to accept the powder. We’ve started withabout 1/4 the amount, and he still rejects it. Any suggestions?
Also, while he LOVES the SuperNuThera in his applesauce (we got thegreen apple flavor) I cannot get him to take the fish oil - NordicNaturals was recommended by 3 sources. We tried the berry andlemon, and even the gelcaps (childrens dha) but he wants nothing todo with it. Before we started the CF we could be somewhatsuccessful hiding it in cottage cheese, but obviously that is not anoption now.
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to get your child to eatthe fish oil and the protein powders?
Also, has anyone done the b12 shots? Our son is low in b6 and b12,and it has been recommended to us to have the b12 shots. I’d lovesome input…
This post tagged as: rice protein, b12 shots, protein powder
Graham Gulini said,
Wrote on November 28, 2006 @ 3:55 pm
I give my daughter Carlson’s omega 3s fish oil, which is a liquid. Itdoes have a lemon taste but is not fishy at all. I put it in mydaughter’s juice and she takes it without problem. I have been doingthe B-12 injections with Caitlin for about 5 months now with goodresults. We use the super nu thera too. It is high in B6 so I feel itis helping. Someone told me the P5P super nu thera allowed the B6 andother vitamins to be more absorbed/useable to our kids’ bodies so Irecently switched to using that formulation of super nu thera and donotice a difference with Caitlin. I don’t use any protien powder withCaitlin. Lisa Lewis told me (at the lecture I went to last month inNYC) that protien powder usually tastes terrible to our kids and totry to get protien in through other sources so I do. I use peanutbutter, almond yogurt (that I make myself), chicken nuggets and theapplegate farms brand hot dogs for protien.
Harry Seville said,
Wrote on November 28, 2006 @ 10:06 pm
if your son likes lemon flavor you can hide the lemon flavored one in sprite. itkills the fishy taste just makes the sprite extra lemony. Also you can hide theorange flavor in orange juice. I gave up trying to hide it and just give it tomy son in one of those medicine dropper/syringe things. I give him thestrawberry flavor. there is no fish taste or after taste. it also comes inchewable soft capsules.
Mia Kinzig said,
Wrote on November 29, 2006 @ 7:21 pm
I’ve had no luck with NN. I’m just about to send NN CLO back for thethird time because it tastes fishy. If it tastes fishy AT ALL youshouldn’t accept it IMO. I have much better luck with Carlsons veryfinest fish oil. Haven’t tried their CLO yet, but the other simplydoesn’t taste anything like fish. I use the lemon flavour to hideother supps. If the applesauce works to cover up SNT(which is gross!)it can probably do the same for fish oil that doens’t taste fishy.Start with very small amounts.
As for the protein powder, again the brand is important in terms offlavour. I generally mix unflavoured in with stuff like spaghetti,cereal and milk, cashew butter (with pretzels). I find it has workedbest to start with just a small sprinkle and not really work up toomuch from their. If you put aside how much you’d like your son tohave for the day, and just give a tiny amount from that into mostthings you serve, you might have better success reaching your goal.