Enfamil Poly Vi Sol Vitamin Drops
Product Details
There are times when your child's diet may not be giving him everything he needs. Enfamil Poly-Vi-Sol is the ideal vitamin supplement.
Founded over 100 years ago by Edward Mead Johnson, one of the original founders of Johnson and Johnson, the Mead Johnson company produces more than 70 different products that are distributed in over 50 countries worldwide. Mead Johnson produces baby formula, vitamin and specialty nutritional supplements including Enfamil. Introduced in 1959, Enfamil baby formula has undergone several significant changes since it was invented. Each change brings Enfamil baby formula nutritionally closer to breast milk.
Edward Mead founded Mead Johnson because he wanted to make products to help people live healthier lives. After much research, Edward Mead and his son Lambert discovered a way to manufacture nutrient-rich baby food formula for infants who didnt have access to breast milk. This eventually became Enfamil baby formula.
Mead Johnson's global operations center and U.S. regional office is located in Evansville, Indiana.
Reviews (18)
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3.0 / 5.0
good product!! the price is just right too.
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3.0 / 5.0
The ped. put my two week old breastfeeding son on this. He hated it! Even when mixed with pumped breast milk he hates it. I don't blame him I tried it and it is gross! Smells repulsive too... It has what we need in it but he still hates it at 2 months.
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5.0 / 5.0
opened my kids appetite
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4.0 / 5.0
It is nasty, it does smell. Have you ever smelled a bottle of vitamins? Thats what it smells like. They need the vitamins, so unless anyone can suggest something better this is something you baby/child needs. I mix it in her food or juice and she doesn't know the differance.
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4.0 / 5.0
We started my little girl on this at 7 months old and in the begining she would swallow it when i squirted it to the back of her mouth and she would pull a face. Now at 11 months she just swallows it and knows food is coming after. I don't mix it into her food as i don't want her whole meal to taste of it. It does smell like a normal jar of vitamins but a little more concentrated
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4.0 / 5.0
My son was born premature at 32 weeks, and the NICU doctors/nurses give it to all of the premies - may not taste great, but the product does its job. My son has been getting it in his bottle since about 33 weeks of age, he doesn't know the difference.
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4.0 / 5.0
I started using Tri-Vi-Sol when my daughter was 2 weeks old...and I think that tastes better than Poly-vi-sol. She took it well. I would put it in the side of her mouth before bed each night with no problems. When I stopped breastfeeding I put her on Poly-vi-sol, and since she was used to taking vitamins she has had little problems with it. It smells, and tastes about as good as a vitamin would if you were to chew it up...but she never fusses over it. I just give her some water after to wash it down. I've never had to mix it with anything. It's just part of her routine. It stains though...I give it to her before PJ's.
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4.0 / 5.0
It is a good vitamin and recommended by pediatricians. It doesn't taste great and definitely smells like a vitamin. Everything does not need to be "doped" up with sugar. I don't want my child to have too much sugar. It is un-necessary. And especially when it comes to a baby, why introdue un-necessary sugar and sweet items. Just add it to the milk, formuala, juice, cereal or whatever. If they still taste, add a drop of karo syrup or honey. But most likely, they won't. My daughter was chjoking on this trying to spit it back up because she didn't like it. So, i just put it in with her formula. I remember that all medicines and vitamins i have had to take in my life didn't necessarily taste great. So, i am not going to take vitamins away like some parents look like they might do. Pure vitamins whether for adults or children, definitely smell like vitamins and normally do not have a great taste unless a flavoring and/or sweetener is added. Vitamin flavor are sometimes so strong that sugar be added. This is not a bottle full of vitamin, just a ml. oh, and it does stain clothing so be careful if you are giving it straight.
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1.0 / 5.0
These taste terrible. My daughter wouldn't take these alone or mixed with a bottle. We ended up wasting entire bottles of precious breast milk. Whenever she did take them she would gag, cry, and eventually throw them up. Whatever she was wearing was stained an ruined from their brown color. I actually bought her black bibs and brown onesies! When I finally tasted them I threw them out...terrible! I bought the Tri-Vi-Sol drops. She tolerates them much better and will take them right out of the dropper without a problem.
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1.0 / 5.0
I had started my daughter on the Tri Vi Sol drops, and naturally thought this would be the next step. Wrong! These taste so terrible, I could not get her to take them. She spit it right out and cried. They even smell terrible. I tried to get her to take them and only ended up with badly stained baby and mommy clothes. I didn't want to sweeten them by adding sugar or Karo syrup (I was giving them to my child bc I wanted her to be healthier, after all!), but did try to add them in to her food. Didn't work -- even on sweet foods like pears she would spit them right out. I threw them away after a week. They aren't effective if you can't get your child to take them!
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5.0 / 5.0
Although it smells bad (and probably taste bad) my 4 month old doesn't mind. He has been using this since he was born and I just add it to his bottle.
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5.0 / 5.0
Once my daughter was in daycare she was constantly getting sick, flu cold, you name it she got it. Finally, I got fed up and decided to try a vitamin with her that contained vitamin c...although this had some of the worst reviews (mostly because of taste) I tried it with her, she took to it after a week or so and since then hasn't gotten sick. I'd say a bad taste that your child will most likely get used to is a small factor when it comes to their health. :)
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4.0 / 5.0
This is a very important part of your baby's health! My 12 week old is exclusively breastfed, so the doctor said it was important for him to receive a daily multivitamin. Most importantly to receive Vitamin D, which is found to be very low in breastmilk. Giving the drops can be very messy, so I have started giving it to him during his bath every night... even if he tries to spit some of it out, it is easily cleaned up with the bath water! No stained clothes... and I have the peace of mind that my baby is getting all the nutrients he needs every day.
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5.0 / 5.0
Vitamins are an important supplement to infants. All the vitamins have a specific smell. It really isn't so bad. If your child doesn't like the taste just add it to one of his/her bottles. It is an easy way to give the supplement. If you don't want to give the whole dropperful just give half per day as long as the baby gets some vitamins. good luck
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2.0 / 5.0
I wish that enfamil would put some sugar in this product. Parents are used to sugar for medicinal purposes, so we wouldn't mind a little sugar in this to make it smell and taste better.
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1.0 / 5.0
Box says it has a fruit taste, but it does not. My child could not stand the taste (and I couldn't either). It tasted like sour rotten prunes. He would cringe and spit it out then cry. On top of that, the dosage instructions said to give the entire dose, no matter the size of the child. It was almost a tablespoon for a 6 lb baby. If you fed it to him slow, it would take about 15 minutes for him to take the entire dose. The dose was HUGE, and since it tasted horrible, it was hard to get him to take more than 1/8 th teaspoon of it, let a lone a whole tablespoon. I returned mine to the store.
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4.0 / 5.0
This vitamin was recommended by our Dr. I took a sample taste and thought it was pretty bad - like cough syrup. My baby however doesn't mind it at all! At the end, he gets mad that it's gone. I'm assuming it's effective although no real way for me to know.
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4.0 / 5.0
You'll find that the infant will not like the drops when administered directly into mouth. It is best to mix with some formula or breast milk. I have found that there is no problem with the infant taking the whole dose when mixed with 1-2 ounces of liquid. Downside is that it will stain clothes (although it will come out in the wash using a stain stick) so use a bib when feeding.