Fishoil

Why do I write an article about Fishoil?

First of all, I started seriously taking fishoil when I conceived En. Like all parents out there, I wanted my baby to be smart(with all the hype about DHA, EFA etc) n healthy. So I picked one off the counter and brought it to the gynae. When he gave the green light, I went ahead.

True enough, she was rather early on many of her developmentally stages, especially potty training haha (she dropped the diaper both DAY n NIGHT when she turned 2). But I stopped taking fishoil sometime after childbirth cos I figured my breastmilk is good enough for her (besides it's quite costly, u get what I mean??).

However, as she got older, I decided to give fishoil a try again, by feeding it to En directly (ya, I'm talking about the capsule type, not the syrupy sweet stuff). Trouble! Cos En has a very sensitive sense of smell (she would feel nausea smelling her own poo, even the smell of SNOW was too much for her when she 1st came to Utah). Of cos it didn't work, not even with mixing into her food. Luckily, Mummy was still breastfeeding her, so she could still get it if I took them (kills 2 birds with 1 stone :)). Ha! Soon after, we decided to force weaned her (she was 21 mth already leh), so.......

Now, thank God! I'd managed to re-introduce to her fishoil, re-formulated with lemony taste. Now she's enjoying her rainbow fresh milk, Milo(occasionally) etc. She knows it's her super drink and it'll make her STRONG like Inuyasha (a manga charactor "p). Now she gets the DHA, EFA she needs and I do not have to lug tins n tins of milk powder (guess many believe formula milk is better all bcos of the big D n E). Besides BREAST, FRESH is certainly best haha!

BUT, don't make the mistake I made, i.e. simply picking any fishoil u find off the shelf. If u had been following news reports, u would know that many of the commercial brands carried high level of heavy metals, if u r not careful, u may essentially be poisoning your precious ones. I was LUCKY I picked one of the safe ones initially.

The link below provides more info on fishoil n recommends u to a reliable source:-

http://www.simplygoodhealth.org/fishoil/z.php?id=3571880&eid=blog

(If anyone is keen to introduce ur children to a safe and reliable source of fishoil, feel free to let me know. I can help u get a good price :))