We are planning to start fish oil supplements for Truman based on some studies I've heard about it improving speech issues. We bought the Nordic Naturals with lemon flavoring others recommend, but I am unsure about dosage. I would appreciate any help any of you can provide with that.
We had talked about doing this earlier, but we decided to go ahead when we bought milk during a trip to Central Market instead of Tom Thumb and bought the Horizon Organic milk with added DHA instead of Tom Thumb's O Organic brand. Anyway, Truman has added at least three words since then -- dirt, Papa, and park and seems to be mimicing better. We have no idea if there is a relationship, but it doesn't hurt, so we're trying it.
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We've been doing 1/2 teaspoon for our one child willing, though I thought someone said they did 1 teaspoon for the child with speech concerns. Abby has been using this, she may be a good one to ask.
We used two capsules of fish oil (Nordic Naturals 3-6-9) per night with Hallie. It was a lot less messy than the liquid -- we'd just heat a needle to sterilize it and make it easier to puncture the capsule, squeeze the stuff into a 5 ml syringe, and then squirt it in her cheek. We did see some increased reflux with it, though, so we discontinued this when we didn't see a whole lot of positive speech impact. But I've considered restarting it lately (except for the fear that it might bring back the now-resolved vomiting issue). If Truman tolerates it, then my sense is that it won't hurt and may help and I'd definitely give it a go.
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