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17 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 This stuff saved our lives...and our children's! Jun 25, 2011
By Hollee Saville
"mommy, childcare provider, and more"
We LOVE LOVE LOVE Nordic Naturals Children's Liquid DHA (and the Jr. formula, which seems to be the same)! We've been using it for almost 5 years now with our oldest son (he switched to the gels around age 2 or so) and almost 3 years with our youngest. Our oldest was breastfed but was having trouble having BMs, going a week at a time when he was only 1-3 months old. Poor guy. After going from doctor to doctor, all of whom insisted acid reflux was causing him to spit up and insisted on shoving harsh ADULT meds down his throat (and I said simple physics suggests that being stopped up below means the food has nowhere to go but up...duh!). He was up every 15-45 minute all day and night, no exaggeration. It was terrible! Finally, when he was 5 months old, an awesome chiropractor/applied kinesiologist in our town said it was a gluten allergy (on our first visit). I had asked about food allergies all along, but the doctors had discounted my suspicions. Within 2 days of me going gluten-free, he was noticeably happier. The chiropractor suggested the Nordic Naturals fish oil (and some flora) to help his digestive system. The chiropractic visits 2x/week had him going at least every other day, but--within 1 month of starting this fish oil--our son was going every day. I know this all sound gross and like too much information, but it's helped friends of ours whose babies and children have had simmilar problems, especially the acid reflux.
Our son overcame the gluten allergy by 12 months, something fow which we are incredibly grateful to our chiropractor and Nordic Naturals! When our 2nd son exhibited the same symptoms, we started him on flora (spray) immediately and the fish oil when he was 6 months old. They've never complained about it as they drink it in their juice or milk. I admit, though, that the smell of it--though strawberry-flavored--makes me gag. Then again, I abhor the smell of seafood. If you have children 3+, I recommend the flavored gels as they're easier to take than the oil (unless that's in a drink) and prevents the slight smell in their cups.
I'm sure most people are aware of the benefits of DHA and Omega-3s in our diets. I've done lots of research on both, as a parent and an early childhood educator, and am happy that this has those added benefits. As heart disease and high cholesterol are common on my husband's side of the family, the fish oil is a wonderful help for keeping our family's hearts healthy!
I hope this helps at least one person. If the things our kids (and us) have been through can help others, then it was honestly worth it!
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
The best for kids May 15, 2008
By Mrs. G
My son has CP and is therefore physically delayed. I started giving him this fish oil and he is the best talker and most attentive 2 year-old that his speech therapist has. She is always amazed at how long his attention span is and how easily he picks up on and repeats things. I believe the fish oil helped in all of this. I put it in his drink every night and he doesn't even taste it.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Love it! Nov 03, 2007
By C. Merrill
Children's DHA has been really great for my son (7 years old). I started giving it to him because I read about the benefits of DHA for children with ADD/ADHD. My son has not been diagnosed with either, but has several of the symptoms, so I thought we'd give it a try. After taking it regularly for several weeks, I could see a difference. He was less impulsive and was getting more work done at school. I was also surprised to discover that his allergies seemed to disappear! In the past he had been on allergy medication (nasal allergies), but it only did a so-so job, so I stopped giving it to him, since its performance didn't make it worth the side effects. The DHA works much, much better than the allergy medicine, with no bad side effects (a health bonus, in fact). For a while I was giving it to him just by itself, on a spoon, and he didn't complain, because he knew it made him feel better. He said the taste was fine, but not his favorite thing. I tried it, to see, and the taste is fine, but the texture is what makes it mildly unpleasant, so I mix it into a smoothie for him now. The strawberry taste makes it undectable. In fact, I put in extra, and the whole family has the smoothies, and loves them.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Much more economical than the infant DHA...and basically the same Oct 22, 2011
By austin_Larry
We have had our adopted daughter since she was 7 months old. Not being able to breastfeed we wanted to give her as many positive dietary items as we could. Of course we could not do a controlled experiment but this has seemed to help her. She is developing well and she has no problem with taking this or the infant DHA Nordic Naturals at all. The developing great is very encouraging because she has a genetic deletion and her mom was malnourished and had no prenatal care. Our daughter was also underfed for the first 6 weeks plus of her life. It seemed she started doing more with vocalbulary and being interested in things after starting the DHA. Would she have anyway? I truly can't say.
After using the infant version I was curious about the Children's version because per ounce this one is vastly better priced. So here is what I found. The label for the infant's DHA lists the amount of DHA and EPA per 4 ml (a serving size is 1 to 4 ml). The Children's DHA lists a serving size as 2.5 ml. When you correct you are getting the same amount of DHA and EPA per serving. But you get 8 ounces here as compared to 2 ounces. For way less than 4 times as much. What you are not getting is the higher levels of D3 in the infant. This one also has a strawberry taste that the infant does not. So if you are buying this for DHA and EPA, this is a much better per ounce price. I wish I had known that sooner.
I suspect most people reading this review have done some research on DHA and/or EPA. If you are curious to try, I have heard nothing but good things about Nordic Naturals and as I said the Children's can save you a lot of money over the Infant. The infant we put drops in her bottle or food. This one does not come with a dropper. It also does say check with a doctor for children less than 8 months. But the infant, ironically says 1 to 4 ml a day. If you use 1 to 4 ml of this a day you would be giving your infant no more or no less EPA and DHA than you would having bought the infant one.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Great! Jan 26, 2008
By C. Phipps
My five year old daughter has struggled with speech therapy for three years. She was given a tentative diagnosis of apraxia, and her therapist recommended DHA and EPA. She started taking 1t of Children's DHA on November 30,2007. Six weeks later, she began to show signifigant improvement with her speech. She has a lot of work ahead of her, but at least she is finally improving!
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