To give vitamins to my 2 yr old

[Toughtips]

The liquid form is the only one I can find. She's so poorly atm and is only wanting to drink. She's not eaten anything the past few days. She's been having drinks of cows milk. I've offered her stuff and she doesn't touch it. Doesn't even want the chocolate out her advent calendar. AIBU to give her vitamins until she's back to normal?

You should probably take her to see the gp if it's been days.

Vitamins won't help and might irritate her stomach. Phone your GP instead.

Guidelines suggest they should take vitamins until 5 I believe so YANBU. But as pp said days is a long time it can't hurt to see a gp.

I think all kids should be having vitamins, is that not the recommendation? Vitamin D at a minimum, I think? I give my 1 year old a multivitamin daily that includes vitamin D. I see no problem with a 2 year old taking them. But I'd still try to get her to eat (wet or plain) foods as soon as, like milky porridge, soup, toast. Hope she feels better soon!

Agree that you should see the gp of she’s not eaten in days.

Vitamins can be given anyway, even if she’s eating as normal. They’re a nutritional back-stop, not a substitute for eating.

At DS (2yo)'s last HV check up we were told he should be having vitamins.

Supposed to supplement vitamins A, C and D until age 5

Having just been through exactly this situation (I posted the other day) start with treat food until she gets back in the habit of eating. I’m heavily into healthy eating for all of us, but after comments on here I gave him wotsits, a milky bar dessert, crunchy nut cornflakes and an angel cake slice. I took him to the shop and let him choose all the crap he wanted. He ate that yesterday, and today he ate almost normally. Take her to the shops and let her choose. Just be prepared to feel like shit parent at the checkout!😁

Thanks. I say days but it's been like 2. Is that too long? I'm well aware that vitamins aren't a food replacement but I can't force her to eat. Like I said, she didn't even want her chocolate advent. I'll call GP tomorrow if she won't have breakfast.

If it helps toughtips, when mine was about that age and poorly I took him to the doctors very worried as he hadn't eaten for about three days and told the doctor .I was worried he was already starting to lose weight - the doctor just said very cheerfully "probably" and didn't seem overly concerned. This was The Netherlands though where they have an ummmm relaxed approach to illness. Not saying you shouldn't take her to the GP - they might be able to diagnose or at least reassure, but I wouldn't overly worry about the not eating, most healthy toddlers can withstand a little temporary weight loss. You could also try milkshakes if you want to get more calories/energy or try yoghurt/rice pudding

Sorry, I meant to add - I was to,d the main thing to keep an eye on is that they are still able to drink enough fluids. As I say though, this is someone I was told in another country. I don't know if nhs advice is different...