Family freaking out over supplements

November 29, 2008

Just want see if anyone's in the same boat. I give my 4yo with SPD the

following supplements:

Multi-Vitamin

Calcium

Magnesium

Vitamin C

Omega 3

Transfer Factor

Probiotics (probably switching to biotin after GSE is done)

GSE (he'll be off of this soon)

My MIL and DH are both freaked out over what I'm giving him. Besides GSE, I

don't see anything wrong with this list (I don't see anything wrong with

GSE, I just know it shouldn't be given long-term). He's only been on it for

2 weeks, and both my mom and I have been taking it for months prior to

giving it to him. I told him a lot of people give it to their kids.

The other day DS had dark circles under his eyes. He's had that since he was

an infant. They get worse at times, mostly when he's congested because he

caught a cold. My MIL completely flipped out and said it was the

supplements. His cold symptom was completely gone the next day. I also

caught the same cold as it's the same cold that's been getting passed around

the family, and my symptoms were gone the next day too. I'm sure it was the

GSE that killed it. She questioned magnesium too - she doesn't understand

the amount of research I do before I give him anything. He doesn't eat

healthy, so I know he lacks a lot of nutrients.

I was probably overdoing the C (he was getting 250mg/day) as one time DS's

nosebleed didn't stop as quick as it did. I made a mistake of saying

something to DH briefly. He didn't say much then, but I'm sure he told his

mom. The fact is, he gets nosebleeds every time after he visits her house.

I don't mega-dose. I look at the RDA and what's optimal. I don't even think

they know that RDA is a bare minimum that people need. DH told me that I'm

going to make him very sick by giving him these things. I do give DS a break

here and there (mostly because we're out and don't have them with me).

I'm going to ignore any supplement comments and stop talking about it

altogether, but I'm sure it'll get to me again some day. Do you have any

suggestions on quick answers to make them stop talking about it? Hopefully

forever?

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