vitamins for toddler?

[mjm]

can anyone recommend a good vegan chewable multivitamin for an 18th month old?

[Christa]

Yummi Bears (http://www.yummibears.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=4&page=1) are good. They're like gummy bears, but not super sweet and vegan, of course. They do make some that are non-vegetarian, though, so be careful to get the veggie ones and not the ones with gelatin.

[celtic-womble]

I've looked at many, many chewy vitamins and they're all for age two and up. Everything I've read says to use a liquid vitamin for younger kids. Dosing issues aside it's going to be difficult to persuade a one year old to properly chew the vitamin. Personally I'd rather use the drops anyway because I don't like the idea of giving a kid something that is basically candy every day.

[Fitziemom]

We have 2 children (3.5 and 1.5) and they like Rhino Gummy Bear vitamins. I break one in 1/2 for our 18 month old and we haven't had any problems, our 3 year old gets the recommended 2.

[naturalhealth]

I like the Nordic Berries by Nordic Naturals. They are gummy, so I think 18 mos and up, or whenever you know your little one can chew it thoroughly would be good. Up until then, I'd stick with liquid vitamin drops.

[PikkuMyy]

Nordic Berries aren't vegan, FYI - the vitamin D is D3, cholecalciferol, which comes from animal sources, usually sheep's lanolin. Look for supplements with D2, which is synthesized from yeast and plant sources.

[Lazurii]

This may be the most totally un-vegan thing to say, but I prefer D3 for my baby at this time since I've heard it's better absorbed than D2. We will move to a D2 supplement when he's older. We live in the Pacific Northwest and we don't get a ton of sun.

[xveganmommyx]

we use the VegLife Vegan Kids Multiple they are chewable, and for my youngest (year old) I simply score the chewable into fours and give it to her that way!

[veganloraine]

We use the VegLife multivitamin as well, or at least I try to. The kids can't get used to the iron-y taste of them, but I keep trying!!