"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> OT: Bad Idea: Gummy children's multivitamins!
>
> Gummy multivitamins? If it were the case, never in my house.
>
> Unless under lock and key, dispensed by parents, I could
> picture kids eating them like the famous candy and terribly
> vitamin overdosing!
>
> Maybe if it's a low RDA multivitamin not a one-a-day
> supplement.
>
> I do realize it's an OK delivery system if they can't swallow
> pills.
>
> They stopped short of "Gummy Bears" but it still seemed close
> enough to bother me.
>
> I took chewable Flinstones vitamins for a brief while when I
> noticed they decomposed at a fast rate.
>
> I now take Centrum 50+ berry chewable "horsepill" supplement
> (100+% RDA).
>
> I still wouldn't give my kids multivitamins without a doctor's
> approval of amounts and age/growth needs.
>
> The only acceptable exception would be if they ate at
> McDonalds tor BK hree times a day. Not under MY roof.
>
> </rant>
>
> Andy


That could be said for anything sweet, from children's cough syrup to
childrens aspirin. That's why there are parents, child-proof containers, and
a KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN warning prominently displayed on the bottles
of those types of things.

Cheri