Re: Ways to get omega (liquid) into my son - tastes horrible!

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Ruby there really isn't any easy way to hide the fish oil flavor -but I have a

few suggestions below that worked for me over the years until I taught my son

how to swallow the capsules (when the ProEFA Jr. comes in really handy!!)

Please let us know if any of the following help:

Here's some tips on how to get fish oils into a toddler from the CHERAB website:

My 5 year old apraxic son Tanner is a trooper and takes the ProEFA from a spoon

every day. I hold his nose for him, but he doesn't mind the taste. We started

the holding the nose thing when Tanner used to take the efalex, which is very

fishy smelling and tasting, and it's

kind of our ritual now.

I rip only half of the protective waxy seal off the top of the ProEFA bottle,

and put a pin in the part that is left. When it's time to give Tanner his

ProEFA, I open the top of the bottle, pull out the pin, put a hole in the

capsule, put back the pin, and squeeze the oil onto a spoon.

Here are some other things we used to have to do when Tanner took the efalex

which he hated. (Efalex is fishier tasting and smelling)

1. We would put just put a drop of fish oil in the middle of the bread for a

sandwich and cover with peanut butter, a drop in the middle of a pancake, a drop

in the middle of a bowl of spaghetti, etc. if we put too much fish oil, Tanner

would not eat the food.

2. Glenn and Tanner and Dakota would each hold a cup filled with a dash of

juice. Tanner's juice was always " spiked " with efalex. Tanner is very

competitive and would love a good race. " Ready set Go! " and Glenn would hold the

cup to his mouth without drinking and then stop and have all three compare who

drank the most. Of course, Tanner was winning! They would keep doing this until

Tanner won (which meant he finished the efalex fish oil spiked juice)

3. I used to bribe Tanner with gummy bears that he could have after. Didn't work

as good as the first two. But for a long time we did a combination of number one

and number three.

4. Tanner's older brother started taking the fish oil, and Tanner wants to do

what Dakota does.

5. As Tanner got older, at about four, we started calling the fish oil " yucky

magic fish oil which helps you talk " and we really made a big deal about how

yucky it was, and would " show off " to people how Tanner could take this yucky

stuff and eat it right off the spoon. It worked for Tanner!

It was lots of work, but well worth the results. If your child will not take

ProEFA, maybe buy some efalex and try that. Compared to efalex, a sock would

probably be a treat!

Again, some EFAs are liked by some children-hated by others. With ProEFA - many

kids from the Cherab group will just eat it from a spoon, or chew the capsule

since borage oil is naturally sweet. I can say that ProEFA does not smell like

some of the other EFAs we've

used. After a year and a half of Tanner hiding behind the couch when it was time

to take other fish oils, this was amazing even without all the great

breakthroughs he's had!

The improvements when on the right supplement and the regressions on the wrong

one are pretty quick-within weeks in most cases-so again you can see for

yourself-like most of us did already!

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=115029735601 & topic=7401

And PS -I've learned never to trust anyone who says " this fish oil is

delicious! " There is a new way of microencapsulating the oils which does work

-but unfortunately they haven't done it with the right formula yet. Nordic does

have a fizzy cod liver oil...not bad (but I still ever so slightly taste the

fish!)

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[Guest guest]

I got my son Nordic Naturals 3 6 9 jr. They are more expensive, but in small

lemon capsules. I call them lemon candy and my son gobbles them up. I follow

it with a gummy vit and a big cup of juice. He's only allowed candy for peeing

in the potty otherwise. He'll be three in March.

liralen

>

> Ruby there really isn't any easy way to hide the fish oil flavor -but I have

a few suggestions below that worked for me over the years until I taught my son

how to swallow the capsules (when the ProEFA Jr. comes in really handy!!)

Please let us know if any of the following help:

>

>

> Here's some tips on how to get fish oils into a toddler from the CHERAB

website:

>

> My 5 year old apraxic son Tanner is a trooper and takes the ProEFA from a

spoon every day. I hold his nose for him, but he doesn't mind the taste. We

started the holding the nose thing when Tanner used to take the efalex, which is

very fishy smelling and tasting, and it's

> kind of our ritual now.

>

> I rip only half of the protective waxy seal off the top of the ProEFA bottle,

and put a pin in the part that is left. When it's time to give Tanner his

ProEFA, I open the top of the bottle, pull out the pin, put a hole in the

capsule, put back the pin, and squeeze the oil onto a spoon.

>

> Here are some other things we used to have to do when Tanner took the efalex

which he hated. (Efalex is fishier tasting and smelling)

>

> 1. We would put just put a drop of fish oil in the middle of the bread for a

sandwich and cover with peanut butter, a drop in the middle of a pancake, a drop

in the middle of a bowl of spaghetti, etc. if we put too much fish oil, Tanner

would not eat the food.

>

> 2. Glenn and Tanner and Dakota would each hold a cup filled with a dash of

juice. Tanner's juice was always " spiked " with efalex. Tanner is very

competitive and would love a good race. " Ready set Go! " and Glenn would hold the

cup to his mouth without drinking and then stop and have all three compare who

drank the most. Of course, Tanner was winning! They would keep doing this until

Tanner won (which meant he finished the efalex fish oil spiked juice)

>

> 3. I used to bribe Tanner with gummy bears that he could have after. Didn't

work as good as the first two. But for a long time we did a combination of

number one and number three.

>

> 4. Tanner's older brother started taking the fish oil, and Tanner wants to do

what Dakota does.

>

> 5. As Tanner got older, at about four, we started calling the fish oil " yucky

magic fish oil which helps you talk " and we really made a big deal about how

yucky it was, and would " show off " to people how Tanner could take this yucky

stuff and eat it right off the spoon. It worked for Tanner!

>

> It was lots of work, but well worth the results. If your child will not take

ProEFA, maybe buy some efalex and try that. Compared to efalex, a sock would

probably be a treat!

>

> Again, some EFAs are liked by some children-hated by others. With ProEFA -

many kids from the Cherab group will just eat it from a spoon, or chew the

capsule since borage oil is naturally sweet. I can say that ProEFA does not

smell like some of the other EFAs we've

> used. After a year and a half of Tanner hiding behind the couch when it was

time to take other fish oils, this was amazing even without all the great

breakthroughs he's had!

>

> The improvements when on the right supplement and the regressions on the wrong

one are pretty quick-within weeks in most cases-so again you can see for

yourself-like most of us did already!

> http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=115029735601 & topic=7401

>

> And PS -I've learned never to trust anyone who says " this fish oil is

delicious! " There is a new way of microencapsulating the oils which does work

-but unfortunately they haven't done it with the right formula yet. Nordic does

have a fizzy cod liver oil...not bad (but I still ever so slightly taste the

fish!)

>

>

> =====

>

[Guest guest]

My DD used to be like this too! Now, she actually takes most of her meds,

including fish oil. I started using a Mickey spoon (her idol!) as well as " play "

giving " medicine " to her stuffed animals, etc. We'd work through her frustration

with it (I'd narrate the animals, making them imitate what she would say and she

would imitate what i was saying, so her feelings were validated). I also started

giving it to her in the bathtub! Seems crazy, but she will take ANYTHING while

playing in the tub. Also, we call her fish oil " fish food " just like Nemo eats.

She also loves Nemo (although has never really seen the movie- not sure where it

came from!).

I would be patient and keep trying. I've found that forcing her never helped,

only made her regress. Good luck!

[Guest guest]

Mixing the oil with lemonade was the way to go! I tried this first (let the

lemonade go flat beforehand as he doesn't like fizzy drinks)and he took it with

pretty much no resistance - the bribe of a balloon also helped with getting it

down. I tried it myself and was quite surprised by how much better it made the

oil taste.

Thanks so much for the suggestions.