Any Vitamins for Toddler to Help Them with Memorization

A vitamin is not going to help with a speech delay. Speech therapy would help with that. Contact your state's early intervention program and set up an evaluation.

Okay, first off, vitamins may or may not be a help in this case. I highly recommend talking to your pediatrician about this. The Rainbow Light Kids One chewable multivitamin is what my son uses. It's good, but expensive. We get ours at Whole Foods.

I do highly recommend 'good' fats for myelin sheath development; this helps the brain with function and is worth doing some reading on. These would be avocado, the 'cream top' of whole milk yogurts, salmon (the gray stuff on the salmon is good).... you can do some research on this online.

If your child has a speech delay, have you taken them in to be evaluated? The therapist can also help you in deciding if your family wants to learn signing to help your child. Early intervention is important at this stage, so if you feel that your child is having challenges with speech, it is SO important to not just try to fix it yourself, but to consult with experts. Remember, too, that some children begin to talk fairly early while others are more on the tail end of that spectrum/window. A vitamin won't fix this if it's a real developmental delay-- a specialist has a better chance of giving your child the help they need.

What has your pediatrician said?

Some children talk later than others. If a child is learning 2 languages or is a second born--are 2 examples.

If it is a true speech delay, then, it would be necessary to get your child evaluated asap.

"Reading" and "Learning" begin long before a child is able to talk. Read simple books, recite nursery rhymes, talk about what you are doing, describe items and name them...Young children need to "hear" language in books, rhymes, music, etc...Very important for speech dev, too !

I would ask your doctor or a nutritionist about vitamins. Or go to Whole Foods and see what they have for toddlers.

Vitamins will not make a child talk sooner...Call your Town Hall or nearest school and mention that your child has a speech delay. There shouldn't be a charge for an evaluation.

With that being said, boys sometimes talk later than girls. How old is he?
If you ask him a simple question...Or a simple command...Does he understand?

My 4 year old has a speech delay. I was told this is quite common in younger siblings because they older sibling sometimes does the talking for them. This could be quite true in our case, as my oldest has been quite talkative since he was first able to talk. I wonder if I spent more time just talking to my oldest, and with my second my time was a little more split.

Honestly, I think some kids just have a speech delay. My son has been in speech since he was 2 1/2. He's 4 1/2 now and has made amazing progress. He started out going to speech every other week. Last fall he started PreK, so he goes to speech at school.

Speech is so much more than memory. It's not that my son can't remember things (believe me!). Speech is more about working the muscles in the correct way. It's also about hearing. If kids can't hear well, they won't be able to say the sounds right.

I'm just saying, I don't think a vitamin is going to make a difference in this case.

The only thing I know if is whole milk. The fats in whole milk help the myelin (sp?) sheaths in the brain develop, thus helping the brain itself develop.

ETA: This information on the fats in whole milk is from my MIL who has an ECE degree, has raised 6 kids, and ran an in-home daycare when her kids were little. She has a lifetime of information on kids of all ages.

Every child is different. You should NOT be comparing one kid against another. My daughter was able to do things long before her brother could, physically. He's 3.5 years older than her. However, he taught himself to read when he was 4. She's 6 and right on par for 1st grade reading level.

My son is the academic book worm. I have to force him to go outside and play. My daughter is a natural athlete and artist. It's not fair to either child to compare them against each other.

Fish Oil Gummies (or liquid fish oil for toddlers) is supposed to help with brain development

Speech therapy needed. Not vitamins.

First of all, regardless of the problem, you don't want vitamin pills. They are expensive, poorly absorbed, and have warning labels on them. Most of them also have ingredients you don't want to be giving kids (or adults for that matter) such as aspartame, sorbitol and lots of dyes.

Secondly, vitamins don't help with brain function unless they are in a comprehensive formula with many other ingredients such as minerals, phytonutrients, trace elements, etc. Omega 3s are good but not by themselves. DHA is good for brain development, but the small amounts you find in commercially processed products are not usually effective.

You are unlikely to find what you want in stores, and you won't find advice there either. They carry a whole lot of brands hoping that enough people will pick one or another so that the store makes a profit no matter what.

I don't think the reason one child has a speech delay and the other doesn't is because of the formula you gave one and not the other. However, supplementation IS smart and was recommended by the AMA in 2002 for everyone in the US due to our depleted nutrients in food. The key is to find the right one for the right reasons.

I work with tons of families who have kids with various issues (behavioral, focus, immunity and so on) who HAVE used cellular nutrition and who are looking at the science of epigenetics, that is, the research helping to switch on good genes and switch off bad ones. There are some patents in the food science area that are hard to get but solid proof of effectiveness, and there is great research on prevention, immune system boosting and repair of faulty genes. If this is what you are looking for I can give you some more info on the subject. But looking for a multivitamin to help with speech is not the way to go.

I understand your frustration and your desire to do the best for your toddler, and I applaud you. But you need to look at the whole subject matter and not be looking for a quick fix. You really have to be consistent with a supplemental approach but it would benefit both kids for different reasons and help restore the balance nature intended.