Garden of Life Raw Acidophilus and Bifidobacteria Organic Probiotic Supports Digestive Health & Immune System for Kids, Gluten & Soy Free, Packaging May Vary, 3.4 Oz

Child Life Vs Garden of Life

I have used the Child Life Colostrum With Probiotics 50 Grams Powder and the Garden of Life Raw Probiotics, Kids, 3.4-Ounce and here is my opinion on each: Child Life: Pros - The serving size for my kid is smaller in this brand than the Garden of Life, so each bottle lasts longer before needing to be ordered again. Probably makes each serving a little cheaper. - The flavor is very mild and my child doesn't mind it at all. I mix this in with other liquid vitamins and he doesn't make any discernment between this one or the other Con - My biggest problem with Child Life's is that it does not dissolve or mix into his drink at all. After he drinks the whole sippy there are still little globs everywhere on the inside of the cup. No amount of shaking seems to get it mixed in. I keep adding his water for the rest of the day so that eventually he gets it all. Garden Of Life: Pros - It is raw. Raw vitamins and probiotics are going to be better for you than non-raw, in my opinion. - The flavor is not offensive and my child does not mind it or discern it from the Child Life. - It dissolves and mixes in easily. The first glass of vitamin juice and it's gone. Con - The serving size is a little larger than Child Life and I think it might be a little more expensive per serving but I don't mind. Overall I prefer the Garden of Life and will be buy that one again once the Child Life runs out

189 persons found it helpful

Great results with excema and GI issues

Our son has excema which in turn causes many other issues. We have tried diet changes, creams and anything you can think of with no results. We tried this probiotic since it contains specific bacteria strains that have been thought to help. It's been about a week, with no other changes in diet or routine and we for sure have seen results. His excema has been clearing up, and he has been able to keep down his food. Overall he seems more happy and healthy as well. I would highly reccoemnd to other parents to try this if they are feeling hopeless with their child's excema. Also on a side note I am a data analyst so when drawing conclusions I am usually cautious but this product has shown to be convincing

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Great for Little Ones

My 18 month old seemed to be straining often when she needed to go to the bathroom. I bought these and the first day she had a bowel movement and didn't have to push. We have made this a regular part of our routine for about six months now and it has drastically improved the bowel movements in regularity and consistently in my daughter. I can tell the difference when We forget to give it to her for one day. We plan to continue this for her each day as we find it incredibly beneficial

23 persons found it helpful

Eczema cure!!

My son had ear infection so had to go on antibiotics. Got these to help with his stomach. While researching i noticed people saying this also helped with eczema, which we are also battling with numerous lotions. What i was amazed is how this cleared up his eczema within few days. Its been now like 9months and we continue to use this daily and he has had no flares of eczema. Drs wanted to give me steroid creams which i refused and shows how well educated our Drs are these days, just throw drugs at everything. we tired every lotion amazon sells and while they helped nothing got rid it like this stuff. To all the 1 star morons -- this is product review section. If you have an issue with how item was sent/packaged, there is place to write seller reviews vs product reviews

21 persons found it helpful

My Screaming Baby is now calm

My baby had terrible reflux - for the first few weeks of her life, she slept on my chest because otherwise she wouldn't sleep. I started her on a medication, but even that didn't help. Then a friend suggested that I try this raw probiotics and though I was skeptical, I did - and it really worked! She has become a calm, happy baby

19 persons found it helpful

Works well. Causes mucous in stool.

Did receive with a cold pack, though it was no longer cold. It is still effective. Probiotics usually don't start to degrade until opened and when exposed to warm temps for an extended period. My only issue is that it causes my baby to have mucous in her stool? It is dairy-free though. I am still using a little less than half the suggested starting dose. She does have a BM every day now though, as opposed to once a week like before we started using it

19 persons found it helpful

No quality control

I received the product for women, not for kids as ordered. The product was not delivered in a cold pack to keep it fresh and "alive." Instead of reordering the correct product, I went to my local Whole Foods and purchased the Kids product where it was stored in the refrigerated section. When I tried mixing the incorrectly delivered women's product it would not dissolve in the liquid in my glass; when I mixed the new (correctly stored) Kids product, it mixed easily. My conclusion: the product must be kept refrigerated to be viable....dead probiotics do not perform! Don't waste your money on dead stuff! I paid more at Whole Foods, but at least I had a product I could trust and it proved to me the difference between living and dead probiotics. The packaging says it must be refrigerated! Don't buy the dead stuff because it's cheaper....it won't work anyway

14 persons found it helpful

Better than UDOS

I have been exclusively breastfeeding my baby since he was born (now 8 months) and we have suffered a couple rounds of yeast infections. Any breastfeeding mom will tell you that when you get a yeast infection while breastfeeding it can be very hard to get rid of because you and the baby are always passing it back and forth and the treatments the dr gives you are not always that effective. I had tried UDOS infant probiotics for a couple months and it did not seem to do anything. My son still had yeast and still got occasional upset stomach. I switched to this and within a few weeks, no more yeast and no more stomach issues. I think overallthis is a high quality product and I would highly recommend it

14 persons found it helpful

Great stuff!

These are great. Using these on my second child. Eczema has almost all gone, stomach issues are gone, and immunity is better! The only negative I would say is that the container is small and the amount you use is quite large. So the container doesn't last very long for the price

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Stomach pain

Was really excited to try this for my son who has severe eczema. This was recommend by his drs to try. When it arrived it was warm as well as the ice pack. I was hesitant about even using it so I wrote the company this is what they said..... Our products are temperature controlled prior to shipment and then shipped with an ice pack with 2 day shipping. However, the ice may melt (and sometimes does, especially in the summer months) by the time you receive your package. iServe is an authorized seller for Garden of Life on Amazon and we have worked directly with them on our shipping methods. So basically, Garden of Life overloads the probiotics in these products to give a longer window of viability and then we shorten the time at higher temperatures with the ice pack. We have checked the UPS tracking # for this order and see it was received in about 48 hours. Your probiotic is still viable and should now be refrigerated. Garden of Life tells us this about shipping and storing their probiotics. "Our refrigerated Probiotics should ideally be stored in a cool, dry place below 71Â°F (22Â°C) and at less than 30% humidity. It is best stored and shipped refrigerated, both before and after opening. If the Probiotics are shipped without a cold package or if they arrived warm, some of the probiotics would die off however, to ensure that our Arrive Alive™ potency promise is kept, we have formulated the Probiotics with more than the guaranteed CFU therefore the product would still be viable. We recommend refrigerating the product as soon as possible because refrigeration is optimal, especially for long term storage. The brief warming period does not degrade the efficacy of the probiotics and you can feel confident about taking this product. So I went ahead and felt confident giving it a try. I took it to see how it would make me feel as well as both my sons. I felt sick and had stomach cramps and diarrhea for a day which is normal when taking probiotics. My 6 year old complained of stomach pain and had loose stools for a day but my 3 year old who has eczema is still having stomach pain and loose stools and we all only had one dose. So it was still active and strong enough to work but I think maybe too strong

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