Re: Charcoal for a 2 yr old

[Guest guest]

My daughter cannot swallow capsules either. I bought dark colored plastic

cups with lids and straws. The charcoal is of course black so it looks

yucky, but in real juice or a protein shake, it mixes and they can't taste

it.

Jen

Charcoal for a 2 yr old

Does anybody have ideas for how to give charcoal to a 2 year old? I've got

him on enzymes and yeast fighters but suspect clearing the toxins is a

problem. Can you open the capsules and put it in something? Or do you have

to teach them to swallow the capsule?

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[Guest guest]

Open the capsule and pour it in something.  shake and mix, give a straw cause

it will settle on the bottom.  No taste, but it does change the color of the

liquid to grey or black.

nancy j

From: languageladki <languageladki@...>

Subject: Charcoal for a 2 yr old

Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 7:12 AM

 

Does anybody have ideas for how to give charcoal to a 2 year old? I've got

him on enzymes and yeast fighters but suspect clearing the toxins is a problem.

Can you open the capsules and put it in something? Or do you have to teach them

to swallow the capsule?

[Guest guest]

Great idea. That's what we did -- start slow. It has a potential messy but

really no taste. A few years back.

Capsule swallowing down the road will be a great releif for you. Dana has

instructions on DANASVIEW.NET but you can google " teach a child to swallow

capsules "

Good luck.

>

> My daughter cannot swallow capsules either. I bought dark colored plastic

> cups with lids and straws. The charcoal is of course black so it looks

> yucky, but in real juice or a protein shake, it mixes and they can't taste

> it.

> Jen

[Guest guest]

My sons learned to swallow capsules with Oralflo cup

www.oralflo.com

Joanne

www.healingautismandadhd.wordpress.com

> >

> > My daughter cannot swallow capsules either. I bought dark colored plastic

> > cups with lids and straws. The charcoal is of course black so it looks

> > yucky, but in real juice or a protein shake, it mixes and they can't taste

> > it.

> > Jen

>

[Guest guest]

We used the oralflo, too. I just want everyone to know that it took us a long

time to get it. It wasn't as easy as opening the box and using it. At first the

pill kept sticking and we thought it would never work. We had to teach our son

to stick his tongue out and then put the cup on top of it so he would not push

the pill back into the chamber with his tongue. I think it took us a full week

of practicing. You might want to buy some empty pill capsules to practice. All

of our meds get pretty pricey! If anyone chooses to buy it, HANG IN THERE!! It

does make life so much easier if you can get it!

>

> My sons learned to swallow capsules with Oralflo cup

> www.oralflo.com

> Joanne

> www.healingautismandadhd.wordpress.com

>