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nbc188
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Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
DD is EBF (I pump exclusively now). She is 6 weeks.
Just today we started giving her the Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin...not sure if we timed it wrong or what happened, but I gave it to her maybe 30 minutes after she finished a bottle. 15 minutes after that, she spit up a ton and it smelled just like the vitamin. Then, she had her next bottle 2 hours later, only had a few ounces, and spit up a TON....still smelled like the vitamin.
Could it be that she can't tolerate the vitamin for some reason? DD#1 took it just fine when she was a baby. Or maybe I should give it on an empty stomach instead??
She rarely spits up, so it's very out of character.
And why the heck is it flavored like candy? 
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Lola
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Re: Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
My DS couldn't tolerate it when he was little. He threw up every time I gave it to him. My ped had me give him plain vitamin D drops instead. A lot of doctors don't even put BF babies on vitamins until 6 months.
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| Posted 8/10/10 9:52 PM |
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nbc188
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Re: Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
Posted by Lola
My DS couldn't tolerate it when he was little. He threw up every time I gave it to him. My ped had me give him plain vitamin D drops instead. A lot of doctors don't even put BF babies on vitamins until 6 months.
Thanks. Sorry to hear your poor son couldn't tolerate it.
Yeah, my doctor was not pushing it, but I figured it couldn't hurt...I guess I'll try giving it to her again tomorrow and seeing if she gets sick again.
It is so bizarre that it's super-sweet smelling too...I mean, what do newborns know about candy-flavored stuff
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| Posted 8/10/10 9:59 PM |
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shapla79
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Re: Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
DD would throw it up within a few minutes. She couldn't stand the taste of it. The ped told me not to worry and to try vitamins again at 6 months. Now she does just fine with them!
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| Posted 8/10/10 10:04 PM |
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BAM 2009
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Re: Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
DS isn't BF, but his tummy can't tolerate them either. They go right through him...My pedi thought it was weird. So I only give it to him every other day....
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| Posted 8/10/10 10:09 PM |
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MrsMuffin6
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Re: Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
I pump and then put the vitamin drop in the bottle...maybe give that a try?
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Melissa1013
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Re: Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
DS hated them (not to mention that I couldn't stand the smell) so we switched to Baby D's. It's a 1 DROP dose. I can put the drop on his pacifier and it's done.
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| Posted 8/10/10 11:10 PM |
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Momma2Be
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Re: Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
Maybe try giving him 1/2 a dose at a time per feeding? I give DS a 1/2 dose in the AM and 1/2 dose in the evening.
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| Posted 8/10/10 11:18 PM |
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Atlast07
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Re: Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
DS couldn't do the tri-vi-sol either so the ped recommended that i give him just the D-vi-sol (vit D) drops only and he does fine with those. He loves them but I think it is becuase it is sweet like candy too.
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Cpt2007
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Re: Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
i give DD her dose before a feeding; usually an afternoon one. I just make sure to give her the vitamin slowly (literally takes 5-10 min to dispense a dose) and then she feeds. So far, other than a tiny bit of spit up vitamin that more leaks out of her mouth, we havent had a problem.
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| Posted 8/11/10 8:07 AM |
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jtotheo
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Re: Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
Posted by Momma2Be
Maybe try giving him 1/2 a dose at a time per feeding? I give DS a 1/2 dose in the AM and 1/2 dose in the evening.
i do the same
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| Posted 8/11/10 8:35 AM |
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MelissaMac
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Re: Tri-Vi-Sol vitamin for breastfed babies-- anyone's baby get sick after it?
My dd is 4 months & I give it to her at night right before her last feeding. She hasn't spit up.
My older girls would always spit always spit up vitamins. Talk to your pediatrician
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