Enfamil Tri Vi Sol Vitamin with Dropper

Comments about Tri Vi Sol Vitamin with Dropper:

I love all the vitamins that are in here, especially Vitamin D..I forget to take mine but I never forget to give my son his. It's part of his morning routine. He loves the taste. It's great for breastfeeding moms, our milk doesn't have enough vitamin D. The only thing I wish was different was the color, it can stain clothes if you don't rinse it off before washing. Over all we can't live without it!

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I bought this on the recommendation of our pediatrician who told me breast milk doesn't contain adequate vitamin D and is low in iron. At time of writing, the blurb on the website mentions iron. But I don't see anything in the ingredients or supplement facts regarding iron. Is it just that vitamin C encourages iron absorption?

Comments about Tri Vi Sol Vitamin with Dropper:

My daughter does not like the taste of this and is very difficult to get her to take it. The lable says to give one dropper full daily but it is almost impossible to get her to take it even when mixed with food the taste is still overwhelming.

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My daughter loves how this vitamin taste. She calms down right away when we give it to her. If you run warm water over the stain right away, it comes out.

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I bought this because my pharmacy had a very limited selection of vitamin D supplements for infants, but I stopped using it after three days.

I felt terrible putting this in my exclusively breastfed baby's mouth. It smells awful, and the amount necessary to reach the correct dosage is too much. Either I'd have to do it in two drops (one is hard enough), or I could flood his mouth with the stuff and he'd spit half of it out.

Which, of course, instantly stained whatever fabric happened to be nearby.

I ended up switching to a tasteless, odorless supplement made by another company that only requires a single drop (that can be applied to a real or artificial nipple!)

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Like other reviewers I can't understand why these have food coloring in it. Why would I want to give my infant artificial caramel colors?? Not to mention that this stains everything it touches (which is everything, since he hates the taste and always spits it up). It's literally ruined almost all of his clothes. But worse is the idea of giving him dye additives that he doesn't need. TERRIBLE.

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Has the formulation changed in recent years? Our first child took this and we had no problems. He's five now, and his new little brother gags and spits it out every time. It permanently stains EVERY piece of clothing it touches. That never happened five years ago. Also, Becky's response to the questions in other reviews about the caramel color didn't answer which type they use. The doctor's comments from 3/2012 worry me a little, and I wish they'd be forthcoming about their ingredients. Does anybody else really care what color the drops are? I sure don't, and I know my newborn doesn't care!

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Like some others on here, this product caused my newborn to immediately projectile vomit when the full recommended dose was administered. I've since broken the dosage down into quarters throughout the day and haven't had any problems since, but still. Should probably note that I only used this particular product in the first place because of my pediatrician's recommendation.

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My question is what type of caramel coloring is used ?

Current federal regulations allow four types of caramel coloring: two of which are made with ammonia: Caramel III and Caramel IV.

Caramel III is made with ammonia but not sulfites and Caramel IV is made with ammonia and sulfites. Both of these have been implicated in causing cancer in lab animals.

The label does not disclose which type is being used. I find this both unfortunate and suspicious. Even more so since the artificial color is completely unnecessary.

What type of Caramel food coloring is present in this product? The ingredients only list "caramel color".

Until I find out more I am returning the TriViSol we purchased. I'm not taking any chances with my baby.

Aside from my concern it seems to be a good product, our EBF baby eats it up no problem, but he's seen the last of it until I find out more about the above.

For full disclosure I am a medical doctor.

Comments about Tri Vi Sol Vitamin with Dropper:

I was instructed to give this product to my breastfed baby by the pediatrician. It has a pleasant smell and my son loves it! It does stain so be careful to avoid getting it on clothes.

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We give these vitamins to our EBF son at the pediatrician's recommendation. I just wish they did not contain artificial coloring. He spits up a lot and the color stains. I realize the vitamins themselves may have some color but is it really necessary to add coloring?

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It was cheap to purchase ($6.00 - $8.00) a bottle. Also, it was at several stores ([...], etc.)

Comments about Tri Vi Sol Vitamin with Dropper:

I bought these for me breastfed daughter per peditrician's recommendation. I've never tried administering them alone, I always mix in with fruit and cereal. My daughter doesn't even seem to notice they are there. Definitely recommend!

Comments about Tri Vi Sol Vitamin with Dropper:

great product for infants

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It would be nice to get some coupons for this so I don't have to buy generic. I also have a hard time finding this in stores.