Every family has its routines. One of ours is the distribution of cod liver oil at breakfast. Each child receives a half teaspoon of this super food with a glass of water at breakfast. I introduced this routine about 2 years ago. Consequently, Joseph is the only child who has received cod liver oil almost from birth (3months). Instead of the recommended synthetic Vitamin D drops that all nursing babies are supposed to receive, Joseph has always had a daily dose of naturally-occurring-Vitamin-D-rich cod liver oil in which Vitamin D is both abundant, naturally occurring and able to function in conjunction with Vitamin A. However, the real point of this post is to prove that if a baby gets used to taking something early enough (even something that most people consider a little foul), he just might grow to love it. The proof is in the pudding or, in this case, the pictures: the minute Joseph sees the spoon coming, he drops his breakfast, opens his mouth wide and puts out his tongue. He even smiles after his dose - what a good boy. 
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rhett eyes the tylenol (grape flavour) with glee every time he sees it. i don't even want to contemplate what this says about me as a parent. (perhaps it is residual from his 6-week-old hospital stay?)
none of my kids get vitamin D... it is not recommended... perhaps the sun is so strong in texas that we don't need it?
p.s. remind me to tell you about rhett's *ahem* eventful playdate!
well that makes me feel better about Sr. Bernadette's attraction to Cod liver oil..I thought she was just strange but perhaps it was just instilled in her at a young age...the code liver oil i mean...oh, and the strangeness too :)
My kids love their "coderoyl" too Elena! The older two constantly remind us after breakfast that they need to be administered along with their vitamins. I can't believe they make a peach flavour now - it tastes much better than the stuff I had as a kid.
Good job!
I've been bad. G used to have his does of fish oils daily and then I ran out. Must get some more! I was psycho about taking them in the 3rd trimester!
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