Nothing like a little Google Frustration....

Since this blog is so new, probably no one's looking at it but...
I have now spent heaven knows how many hours over the past weeks and about 3 hours yesterday trying to track down some flavouring sachets to go in formula.

Sounds bizarre? T is currently on a Pepti-Junior semi elemental formula due to his allergies. It tastes pretty revolting and oddly enough he won't drink it straight. When N was put on it at 6 months old the taste was only a transition problem and after that he was fine. T started on it at 18 months and to ease the transition I flavoured it with vanilla essence. But that 'transition' measure hasn't been able to be phased out - he just won't drink it without it. I tried cutting it down and again no joy. But he's becoming more and more aware and now he won't drink it without a good lacing of Vitadol in it as well - an orange flavour. I used to be able to fobb him off with a bottle of water in a vitadol bottle and coloured with vanilla essence - but even that's not getting us anywhere!

He's about to transfer to Vivonex Paediatric which is known to be disgusting - they even produce flavour sachets to help!

However, here in New Zealand they stopped funding the flavour sachets and now I can't even find where to buy them here. I'd buy them over the net but I'd prefer to support our local chemists - and our rules are really tight over imported meds - can you imagine a box of powder sachets stopped at the border...um, think NOT!

Anyone, anywhere know of a reliable internet pharmacy which ships to New Zealand - the other challenge when we're largely dealing with US based companies!
Vivonex is made by Novartis but I can't see the sachets on their site - but I can't remember which site I was looking at - NZ or overseas...ah, the Google fog!