Multi vitamins for toddlers - advice

[Star39]

Hello all
I need some advice please. I have been giving my toddler abidec drops. I am feeling awful because I never read the instructions and I didn’t realise that you had to throw these away after 4 weeks. I have been using these for my toddler put to the end of the bottle which means she’s had them for 6 weeks rather than 4. Is this a major issue or is it the efficacy of the vitamins. Please advise as I feel awful for not reading the box properly x

Almost definitely the efficacy of the vitamins - don’t worry yourself! And only 2 weeks over, I really wouldn’t think twice about it.

Oh whoops, I've been doing the same! I just presumed you go to the end of the bottle. I wouldn't worry too much as these vitamins are a supplement to a healthy diet so if the efficacy is slightly less I cant imagine it makes a huge difference.

Hi Op you can get other vitamins that last longer for toddler I use the haliborange baby and toddler multivitamins it's much easier and it's 8 weeks it lasts once open but it never lasts that long

Are they ill? If not then don’t worry.

She wasn’t ill. I just was concerned what it meant if it was taking for longer - I was t sure if there were any big concerns or if the efficacy just wasn’t as good x

Did the same for about 2 years before noticing.

My child appears to have made it to almost 6 without keeling over/ growing a second head/ throwing up etc, so am sure it's all good...

Doubt it will make any difference at all, even to the efficacy of the vits. Its only two weeks over.

Shouldn't worry. I gave Wellbaby vits to my child for three years before I noticed that they were supposed to be kept in the fridge after they were opened. Oops.

Child is fine!

I am glad I am not the only one! The other awful thing is that I didn’t realise these drops had peanut oil in and my daughter has been under a consultant for a suspected peanut allergy having skin prick tests and blood tests! Never in a million years would I have thought a multi vitamin would contain peanut oil, let alone one for children. I must start reading the label properly! X

Yep another one here for just realising I too should have been storing the vitamin bottle in the fridge after opening it 😂 I haven't done so for the two years my DS has been on them 🤦🏻‍♀️ guess I'm going to have to be making sure I read labels too