Ok, so you want the easiest, simplest, DIY, nutritious treat EVER? Here are all the AMAZING things about it:
- gets vitamins into your child!
- your child gets a gummy!
- your child gets a lollipop!
- they can eat two a day, every single day!
- it’s so easy!
- it’s so cheap!
One day shortly after this migraine-inducing episode, he was screaming for a lollipop. We had rarely given him fruit snacks in the past (he didn’t really understand how to eat them and we were afraid he’d choke), but we had a small stash of them, so Wagon Sr. grabbed a cocktail stirrer, snipped it in half, stuck a fruit snack on the end and said “here, lollipop!” Wagon Jr. brightened immediately and popped it into his mouth. He sucked on it for a long time before he finally realized he could chew it, then bite it off. He absolutely loved it.
Pretty soon this became our transition object for Wagon Jr. Need to get him into the car? Offer him a gummy lollipop. Need to get him upstairs for bedtime? Gummy lollipop to the rescue. When we purchased gummy bear vitamins for him, we moved from fruit snacks to gummy vitamins and he’s had two a day, every day, since! He gets one at the two hairiest points in our day: when we drop him off for daycare and when we go upstairs for bedtime.
We make batches of them (my mom likes to sit and make HUGE batches while watching Korean videos) and put them in a ziploc bag, and we let him choose one, which delights him. He ponders his choices (red, orange, and yellow… hmm…) and then declares he wants “dat one!”, picks it up, and for some reason always announces that it’s a “blue one!” Sometimes, especially at bedtime, we have to convince him for a while to choose one, but once he’s got it in his hands, he’s ready to go upstairs with us for bedtime.
Here are the mind-numbingly simple steps to creating gummy vitamin lollipops. As long as you don’t mind impaling gummy bears in their butt (or head), you can definitely do this DIY. All credit goes to Wagon Sr. for this genius idea.
Directions:
- Using scissors, cut cocktail stirrer in half (to make two sticks).
- Stick one end into the bottom (or top) half of a gummy vitamin.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I will definitely do this in the future!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
I will try this out later today on Charlie!
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
Haha, you are so cute!
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
I’m so doing this!! GREAT idea!
honeydew / 7488 posts
Very creative, I like!
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
Neat lil idea!
grapefruit / 4400 posts
This is genius!
pomegranate / 3383 posts
As long as you don’t mind impaling gummy bears in their butt (or head) – hilarious! Great idea!!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
Great idea!
blogger / nectarine / 2687 posts
you are hilarious. and this is further proof that anything is better on a stick. i wonder if lil’ CB would take to a broccoli lollipop…?
blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts
I kind of want one. What a great idea!
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
Love this idea and will definitely be trying it out with my LO!
@Mrs. Cowgirl: That’s a REALLY great idea!
grapefruit / 4669 posts
That’s such a great idea! Putting it in the file for down the road. I always hated taking my Flintstone vitamins as a kid.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
HAHA this is awesome
pomelo / 5820 posts
Great idea!