The four worst words a parent can hear:

 Daddy, come look here.

It's not that those words are bad in themselves. I love my kids, but those words instill fear.

First, it's not a request. It's optional to go look like it's optional to pay taxes. SARS is more lenient. And he repeats the requests more than emails from Netflorist on Valentines day.

Second, you have no idea what you could be looking at.

It could be his new break dance moves, which may be olympic quality, but you REALLY didn't need to see them at 5:30am.

It could be that he's built a little LEGO tower. Only you can't see where, because the floor is a lava river of sharp LEGO pieces.

Or, it could be that he's discovered permanent marker works great on that photo album from 1983. "Yes dear, that IS a pterodactyl flying over Nana's wedding."

Or, and this is the obvious one, it's poop. And not the little whoopsie kind, the "This is the next Jackson Pollack in brown."

The fact is, you have to go look. And to do that, you need B vitamins. I know, quite the segue, but hear me out. Most people think B Vitamins = energy. But come look here! 😉

Vitamin B1 or Thiamine is crucial for cognitive function and stress management. So as you are looking at the permanent marker artwork, your brain is using B1 to figure out if that is a dinosaur or Miss Piggy. It's also using B1 to manage the stress so fists don't fly and your kid gets to see tomorrow.

Vitamin B2 or  Riboflavin helps skin health and vision, which you desperately need to find every last LEGO piece strewn across the floor, and have the skin elasticity to just stretch over that red brick of pain before you start hopping on to the green, yellow and blue ones.

Vitamin B3 or Niacin is beneficial for cholesterol management and joint mobility. Crucial as you eat that donut to calm down after tweaking your knee joining him in break dance moves. 

Vitamin B5 or Pantothenic Acid aids in wound healing and is essential for synthesizing fatty acids that maintain skin health. Because you can never just clean up a mess without cutting yourself on a bucket or scraping your knuckles, right?

Vitamin B6 is vital for immune function and commonly used to relieve nausea. What more could you need as you scrub poop off the wall?

Vitamin B12 helps regulate mood and supports cardiovascular health. So as your heart is racing, B12 is working so it doesn't explode, and it's helping you produce serotonin so you don't sink into depression. 

The B vitamin range is so useful, we put it in The Daily Shake. Because we could all use a little more cognitive health, good eyesight and healthy skin, right?

If only there was a vitamin to improve art appreciation.

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