>At 12:42 29.05.98 -0400, you wrote:
>>>Does anyone know of a chewable calcium that is dairy-free and wheat-free =
>>>that a 3 year-old would willingly eat?
>
>Sorry if this is stupid, but why does the calcium have to be chewable?
>Wouln't it have to be absorbed as any other nutrition ?
>I do suspect there is a reason, which I fail to see :-)
>
>

It's pretty much a matter of preference. Calcium pills are pretty large,
and it's easier to get kids to take the chewables.

My son and I have been putting out non-chewables in a teaspoon of
applesauce. It makes swallowing them a whole lot easier.

Mark
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