No you try it...

Everything except the gas drops that we have tried before Belle has!

I have made a habit of trying everything that Belle has take as in medicine and vitamins. Don't worry, I am not alone. I make Nate try it too! Last week when we had to give her Tylenol we both tried it and I about gagged because it leaves a nasty after taste. Belle didn't seem to mind the first time and I am pretty sure it's because she was just shocked and curious. The second time around who know how much actually made it into her system. I am amazed that she able to just hold it in her mouth and then let it slip out the corner of her mouth.

Before the Tylenol there was the Gas drops which taste like chalk but Belle seems to like. I don't give them to her very often because I don't think they work at all. So I break them out when I have exhausted all resources as to why she is crying :)

Next on the list is her vitamins. The Pedi prescribed a multi-vit and some iron drops. Previous experience on giving these to babies in the NICU made me not want to give these to her. I broke down though and decided that with the research I have done it really can't hurt and only helps her health.

I actually dreaded trying these and I swore that if I couldn't stomach it then I wouldn't give them to her at all. Turns out they are not too bad! The multi-vit taste like something fruity with a sour after kick and the iron drops taste almost like chocolate.

Nate and I can't place specifically what the iron taste like so he kept tasting it to figure out :) I say chocolate though...

The hard part comes into play with giving these to her and when is the right time. Your not supposed to take iron with calcium (milk) because it can actually cause you to lose more iron. Well her diet is strictly milk..... so I have started giving it to her an hour after she eats because she won't eat again for another 1 to 2 hours.

If they start upsetting her tummy then I will stop with the iron first and then she if it helps. If not the I will discontinue them all together. Ahh the joys of motherhood and being the final decision maker for another human life. Talk about stress :)

Tchau,

Sara