later this year, I will be travelling overseas to adopt a child about 1yrs old, because of poor nutrition in the orphanage I'm keen start them on vitamins and omega 3/6/9 oils as soon as possible.
A few questions for anyone with some knowledge in this area.
1 - I bought multivitamin drops in Boots today formulated for children under two and the label says it contains peanut oil. Is that right? I thought you shouldn't give peanuts to children under two. Should I take them back or is there no need to be so precious?! It says don;t give if there is a peanut allergy but I won;t know if they have one as peanuts are on most central ASian orphanages feeding schedules.
2 - all the omega three oils and fish oils aimed at children say from 3 years old but I think I read at the weekend taht its OK to give a teaspoon of flax oil (or was it hemp seed oil) to babies over 6 months and that it has the perfect ratio of 3/6/9.
Baby's previous diet will have been predominantly starchy carbs and cows milk (obviously no bf) with the occasional egg.
3 - any other advice? - all suggestions need to be portable and practical for a 6 week expedition!