Recommendations?

[airial95]

Help!! Dr. Murphy recommended an Omega 3 supplement to help with the inflamation for my 2 yr old in addition to the azith he's currently on. I can't find the brand she recommended, and went to Whole Foods today to try and pick one up. I bought a children's brand - labeled "chewable" and "no fishy taste" "berry flavored". $20 later, I got them home, tried to get my 2 year old to take them, he said they were "too hot" - so I had to put them in the fridge for a minute (don't ask - just one of the weird things he does, he has to put anything he eats into the fridge for a minute) Took them out, tried to tell them that they were special candy with fruit punch inside (they were gels). Needless to say, no go. So I tried to do the - if I eat it you eat it trick - which would have worked, except I actually ate one. Not only were they not "chewable" (chewy maybe - but that gel coating I had to spit out, there was no way a 2 year old would swallow it.) and it tasted like week old fish!! ("berry flavored" "no fishy taste" - riiiiiiight)

 

So, I'm back at square one. Any easily accessible brands that I might try? We found a couple online, but I'd hate to pay all that $$$ wait for shipping just to have the same problem.

 

Suggestions???

[wornoutmom]

Try Carlson liquid fish oil - lemon flavor. You won't need to use much at all for a 2 year old and can mix it into yogurt or applesauce or grape juice or something. Does NOT taste fishy. Tastes like lemon oil. If he does not like lemon they make it in an orange flavor also, but IMO the lemon tastes better.

[AmberM]

there's a brand called coromega that comes in almost like a pudding consistency. Each serving is in a little packet and it doesn't taste fishy at all. If your little guy doesn't have any consistency aversions, it might be a good one for you. Whole Foods sells it. I use omega-cure and it has absolutely no fish smell or taste so it's super easy to hide in applesauce and foods. But it needs to be ordered online.