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Sugar in baby vitamin drops

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Latium123 · 13/04/2015 16:53

Am i being silly to worry about noticing that the vitamin drops I have for my 6 mo baby have sugar in them? I only started giving them on advice of the HV as I am continuing to BF. Now I have noticed the liquid is made up of sugar and my baby has two little teeth. I'm just a bit worried about the sugar possibly damaging the teeth as I have obviously avoided giving sugar in her diet since starting on solids and I won't give her juice, just water or her usual BM. Does the benefit of the vitamins outweigh any potential damage from the sugar or is it possible to get drops without sugar?

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PerspicaciaTick · 13/04/2015 16:56

You need to be brushing her teeth now she has them. I don't expect the sugar in the vitamin drops is any worse for her teeth than the sugar in fruit, and you must only be giving her quite tiny quantities of the drops.

dementedpixie · 13/04/2015 17:07

breastmilk has sugar too. How many drops do you have to give? they probably add sugar to disguise the taste

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Latium123 · 13/04/2015 17:14

Yes, I am brushing the teeth and she is very good at letting me do that (long may that continue!) You're right, fruit and BM are both sugary so I suppose it's no worse than that. I did think I might be overreacting to it!! Thanks.

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NorahBone · 14/04/2015 22:51

It's expensive stuff. I'm just grateful that my toddler guzzels it down rather than spitting it straight out, which he undoubtedly would if it wasn't tasty. Same goes for calpol, although why that has to be dyed beats me. They don't see it and it just stains clothes.

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