What a topic! - Again, not so exciting I thought the zoo topic was much more thrilling right?! Calcium however is a topic we cannot avoid. Well, calcium and Vitamin D. I never used to think much about calcium and the importance of it in our diet. Those times are long gone ;) I think they ended when Alena was no longer interested in drinking her Isomil Advance (wow I cannot believe that I am actually no longer sure on the name of the formula for toddlers...). Our clinic prescribed calcium as soon as she was off formula. First she liked to drink soy milk. At 3-1/2 or so she started to prefer water. Luckily she ate/eats soy yogurt and loved/loves sparkling water which also contains some calcium. These days she is back "on" with chocolate soy milk, and OJ fortified with Calcium & Vitamin D.
Mia Rose on the other hand stopped taking her bottle much earlier. She liked soy milk in the beginning, but now she will only drink it sporadically...some chocolate soy milk maybe once or twice a week. Mia Rose however LOVES OJ. We go through at least 2 cartons a week, sometimes 3 and I do not even drink OJ....
Both girls take calcium supplements which also have Vitamin D in them. The really great thing is that they love their supplement so much that they will ask for it. The other good thing is that it makes me also take calcium supplement. So every morning, and evening Alena, Mia Rose & myself chow down on a delicious calcium supplement.
When we were in Europe this summer we met with a couple of families in Berlin. It was interesting to find out that they do not supplement calcium at all. You know why? Well, they do allow - and clinics in Europe encourage it - some aged cheeses...Isn't that interesting? I will write more on that topic another time...
