sunnyday Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 'Clinic Orange juice'??? Mr S is looking at me as if I'm barking.........but I clearly remember mum taking my baby brother to 'baby clinic' and picking up bottles of OJ - he didn't like it - so I was happy to oblige.......it was lovely :1b Someone - please tell me this is not all in my mind! :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 No, sorry sunnyday, but it might be an age thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquieL Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Oh yes gorgeous stuff which I was given when I was a baby boomer after the war. Bags of vitamin C . Bottles with blue tops and I can see them and taste it now. Yum. When my children were young, some 26 years later, they had something similar from the clinic but I forget the make. You could buy it in the chemists as well. All gone now as I expect the sugar content was an issue! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 No, sorry sunnyday, but it might be an age thing? Ahem - you used to be my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Oh yes gorgeous stuff which I was given when I was a baby boomer after the war. Bags of vitamin C . Bottles with blue tops and I can see them and taste it now. Yum. When my children were young, some 26 years later, they had something similar from the clinic but I forget the make. You could buy it in the chemists as well. All gone now as I expect the sugar content was an issue! Thank goodness - was beginning to doubt myself! :1b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Ahem - you used to be my friend I was referring to your greater wisdom and more in depth knowledge of British history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 I was referring to your greater wisdom and more in depth knowledge of British history Yeah right! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I remember. And Minadex? Can you remember that? Yellow stuff, nice - I can taste it just thinking about it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Oooh and Rose Hip Syrup! YUM!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Minadex - no you've got me there - what is it - or what was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Rose hip syrup - oh yeah :1b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Oooh and Rose Hip Syrup! YUM!! I was thinking that too Cait, Delrosa rose hip syrup, yummy. I expect a lot of our younger members might remember that and the Minadex - I suppose lots of parents must give other types of vitamins these days - I don't actually remember supplementing my boys with vitamins at all!!! They appeared to be fit and healthy all the time, never occurred to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 didnt have the orange juice.. but did have the minadex.. think they were vitamin drops.. yellow liquid given with a dropper.. very distinctive taste.. I too can still remember it.. rose hip syrup.. even my son had that .. not often but occasionally.. and he had vitamin drops as a baby.. given to us by our Saafa nurse.. as we were in Germany they did all the hv stuff ... weekly visits, and weekly meetings/clinics/groups... always someone there to ask a question.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 remember rosehip syrup and haliborange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Haha, we had minadex by the dessert spoon! Not a dropper. Yes it was greeny orangey yellow stuff. No, I didn't give my own children vitamins initially, by when my son refused fruit and veg I gave him chewy vitamins, and I think he still has them now at the grand age of 25! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargrower Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Ooh yes I remember clinic orange juice. It was deliciious...and I think horrifically sweet! No wonder I have so many fillings - I was a child of the 60s! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueFinanceManager Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I remember. And Minadex? Can you remember that? Yellow stuff, nice - I can taste it just thinking about it! Minadex....my mum used to spoon that down us when we had been poorly and needed a tonic to pick us up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquieL Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Minadex was disgusting. Who remembers cod liver oil and malt? Loved it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 No didn't have the Cod Liver oil - yuck - sounds horrible! :blink: The news with regard to all under fives being supplied with vitamins was what 'sparked' my original conversation with Mr S........wonder if that would help prevent some of the colds that 'my' pre-school children have - some of them will start a cold now and carry on throughout the winter :blink: or so it seems to me.........a regular 'snot fest' already and it's only October Of course, it would only work if parents actually give them to their children oh dear, did I say that out loud! :rolleyes: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueFinanceManager Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I listened to the news with a heavy heart yesterday about children with rickets. After all the hard work people have done on healthy eating and 5 a day etc it seems amazing to me that we may have to give children vitamins. I was interested though with the news piece about vitamin D and sun and children not playing outside for fear of safelty and sun burn.....somewhere it all seems to have got a bit muddled up hasnt it. It all goes back to everything in moderation for me...a balanced diet, a mix of inside and outside activities....planning the outside stuff around the cooler parts of the day etc The piece on the news that annoyed me was some mother saying "well my son like to play on his xbox and watch youtube all day"..... well I wanted to kick her in the backside.....the hours I spent sitting in the park supervising my children while they played or played with them even though they might have wanted to stay in and do things.....what is wrong with these parents??? Just who is in charge in some of these families?? Think I better stop ranting now and do something more constructive...like do some work and eat my grapes before Finley the office dog tries to eat them...he has already had a go at my ham and beetroot sandwich of of my bag cheeky dog 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Rant away Sue - I'm with you all the way! :1b 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Yes Sue, I admit to having those exact same feelings. And I never subscribed to the 'either come in or go out' constantly opening and closing back door with the children either - it was more me anyway, check washing, back out, nip to the loo, back out, see if postman has been, back out - you know the type of thing! The number of children who are on Movicol these days is staggering too. Give them a decent diet and get them moving and stop stressing about it and the poo will come naturally!!! Sorry, ranting - we have four or five children on it, and when I see what some bring for packed lunch, I'm not surprised! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueJ Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 The number of children who are on Movicol these days is staggering too. In your neck of the woods too - we had loads of children on Movicol last year - in one case we even had to involve the continence nurse to help - how can children possibly recognise any urges when they are being dosed up with stuff that turns everything to mush (sorry having spent 12 months examining poo against poo charts all sensitivity is gone) what happened to good old fashioned common sense - aaarrrrggggggggg! Bring back Rosehip Syrup - I loved it Cod Liver Oil - I remember having to have it as a child and still think it is disgusting now! Malt - Oooo lovely - My mum still gets it for me as a treat and to ward off colds (I am over 50 :blink: :blink: ) and I could still eat it by the spoonful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredbear Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Well not only rickets is back but TB in our neck of the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 Well not only rickets is back but TB in our neck of the woods. Really? Goodness me...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 My friend makes her own rosehip syrup. She goes collecting from the hedgerows, puts it in interesting bottles and gives it to people as Christmas extras. Nice on ice cream :1b :1b :1b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larnielass Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I always thought it was Kia Ora they gave us at the clinic. Lovely and strong too. Not like that awful stuff we got from the supermarket that I thought was just coloured water. I loved going to the clinic in the sixties...they had a proper rocking horse! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 And huge proper baby weighing scales - held my baby sister till she was two! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 And huge proper baby weighing scales - held my baby sister till she was two! Oh yes - forgotten those - big white things - ah 'memories'! :1b 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Who remembers when 'tights' first came out? I was thinking about this the other day when sorting out some old clothes. Anyone remember the ones that had knickers attached? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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