Which vitamins are best for children 5 years?

A growing child needs a certain amount of nutrients, among which vitamins play a significant role. Toddlers should get them from food, but this is not always possible, and then pediatricians recommend vitamin supplements. What vitamins are important for 5 year olds and in which products are they present? When do you need to pay attention to pharmacy vitamins and which supplements are best for this age?

13 vitamins should be ingested daily, many of which are vital. With their lack of growth is disrupted, the development of the baby is delayed, the crumb begins to hurt more often. At 5 years of age, the skeleton is actively growing and muscles are developing, and vision is being formed, so special attention should be paid to adequate intake of vitamin D, group B vitamins, and also vitamin A.

The requirements for vitamins in 5 years and their effect on the body of the baby, see the table:

Vitamin supplements can be given to five-year-olds if:

• The child is poorly fed, for example, the family does not have the ability to provide a balanced diet or the child’s body does not tolerate certain foods.
• The pediatrician diagnosed hypovitaminosis in the baby. It is manifested by lethargy, poor skin condition, decreased appetite, impaired vision, frequent colds and other signs.
• A child has a fairly high physical or intellectual burden, for example, the baby goes to the sports section or to additional developmental activities, and the lack of vitamins is expressed by disturbing symptoms.
• The kid began to get sick often or was treated for a long time (especially if there was antibiotic therapy).
• Parents want to support the body of the child during the seasonal reduction of vitamins in food.

To avoid the use of vitamin supplements at 5 years of age is necessary when:

• Intolerance to any vitamin that is present in the selected complex.
• Hypervitaminosis, which revealed a doctor.
• Severe diseases of the excretory system.

The immune system of a five-year-old child works under conditions of increased stress, since at this age children go to the garden and to development centers, begin to attend a circus, a cinema, performances and other events with a large number of people.

In these vitamins mark the property to strengthen the body's defenses. Manufacturers of vitamin supplements offer special complexes that support the immunity of children. Among the most popular supplements of this trend are Multi-tabs Immuno Kids, Pikovit Prebiotic and VitaMishki Immuno +.

Vitamins for children are presented:

• Sweet syrup.
• Gel, which is smeared on cookies.
• Powder to dissolve in water or food.
• Chewable solid tablets.
• Chewy soft lozenges.

Vitamins for children in the form of tablets or lozenges, which kids chew, like 5-year-old children more than other forms of release, as they have a pleasant taste and interesting shape. Most often, these vitamins are made in the form of animals.

Vitamins for the five-year-olds that are most in demand:

Since the child receives most of the vitamins from food, careful control of the diet can fill all vitamins in a 5-year-old baby.

No less important at the age of 5 and vitamin A, which the child can get from:

• Vegetable fat.
• Dairy products.
• Green vegetables.
• Pumpkins and carrots.
• Fish and eggs as well fish oil.
• Berries.

A popular doctor is convinced that without vitamins, children cannot develop and grow normally, so every parent should take care of adequate intake of vitamins by his child. At the same time, Komarovsky believes that it is quite realistic to provide for the needs of vitamins with a varied diet, and pharmaceutical preparations should be taken only with hypovitaminosis confirmed by a doctor.

For more on this, see the transfer of Dr. Komarovsky.

• Go to the pharmacy for vitamins only after consulting a pediatrician. He will take into account the characteristics of your child, advise the most optimal option and consider the rationality of their introduction. Also, ask for feedback from other parents of five year olds.
• When selecting vitamins, make sure that the complex is recommended for 5-year-old children. Giving a child vitamins, the dosage of which is designed for older children or adults, is unacceptable. In addition, it is not necessary to increase the dosage of even vitamins that are suitable for a five year old toddler.
• For the purchase of vitamins, children are best sent to the pharmacy and pick up products from reputable manufacturers.
• If you want to choose a vitamin-mineral complex for a 5-year-old baby, pay attention to the dosage of calcium, iron, iodine, potassium, magnesium and zinc.
• Be especially careful when choosing a vitamin preparation for a child with a tendency to allergies, as additives for color, taste, or smell in vitamin preparations can cause a reaction.
• If you are interested in a vitamin complex to improve memory, look at the dosage of vitamin D, iodine, B vitamins, iron and selenium.
• After giving the vitamin to the child for the first time, follow the reaction of the crumbs to the drug. If rash, diarrhea, skin redness, nausea and other adverse symptoms occur, the supplement should be discontinued.
• Consider the tonic effect of vitamin supplements, which is noted in most drugs, so it is best to give the remedy to the child in the morning.
• Take care of the storage of vitamins, as sweet pills can be perceived by the child as a treat. It is necessary to exclude the situation when the child can get all the packaging and eat a lot of vitamins immediately.