Wife and Daughter need more Iron Please help

red meat or seafood (clams in particular for some reason) and vitamin c in the same meal...

There are liquid supplements if daughter just doesn't like the pills... also, when you are eating iron rich foods (meat, beans, spinach) make sure you have something else with vitamin c with it. Vitamin c allows the body to absorb iron more efficiently.
Some times you also just have to suck it up and take the supplement...

Flintstone vitamins perhaps? They're chewable.

Has a doctor expressed concern or made any suggestions?

Cook using an iron skillet.

Cook using an iron skillet.

LOL That what I was going to recommend.

lemme do some work for you...remember, fortified sources stink in their absorption rates.

Food, Standard Amount Iron (mg)
Calories

Clams, canned, drained, 3 oz 23.8
126

Fortified ready-to-eat cereals (various), ~ 1 oz 1.8 -21.1
54-127

Oysters, eastern, wild, cooked, moist heat, 3 oz 10.2
116

Organ meats (liver, giblets), various, cooked, 3 oz a 5.2-9.9
134-235

Fortified instant cooked cereals (various), 1 packet 4.9-8.1
Varies

Soybeans, mature, cooked, ½ cup 4.4
149

Pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, 1 oz 4.2
148

White beans, canned, ½ cup 3.9
153

Blackstrap molasses, 1 Tbsp 3.5
47

Lentils, cooked, ½ cup 3.3
115

Spinach, cooked from fresh, ½ cup 3.2
21

Beef, chuck, blade roast, lean, cooked, 3 oz 3.1
215

Beef, bottom round, lean, 0" fat, all grades, cooked, 3 oz 2.8
182

Kidney beans, cooked, ½ cup 2.6
112

Sardines, canned in oil, drained, 3 oz 2.5
177

Beef, rib, lean, ¼" fat, all grades, 3 oz 2.4
195

Chickpeas, cooked, ½ cup 2.4
134

Duck, meat only, roasted, 3 oz 2.3
171

Lamb, shoulder, arm, lean, ¼ " fat, choice, cooked, 3 oz 2.3
237

Prune juice, ¾ cup 2.3
136

Shrimp, canned, 3 oz 2.3
102

Cowpeas, cooked, ½ cup 2.2
100

Ground beef, 15% fat, cooked, 3 oz 2.2
212

Tomato puree, ½ cup 2.2
48

Lima beans, cooked, ½ cup 2.2
108

Soybeans, green, cooked, ½ cup 2.2
127

Navy beans, cooked, ½ cup 2.1
127

Refried beans, ½ cup 2.1
118

Beef, top sirloin, lean, 0" fat, all grades, cooked, 3 oz 2.0
156

Tomato paste, ¼ cup 2.0
54

Cereals & Grains: barley (Bajra), Rice flakes
Pulses & Beans: cow pea, lobia (black-eye beans), lentils, soybean are iron rich.
Iron in Vegetables: Beetroot greens, mint, parsley, turnip greens are rich sources of iron.
Vegetables like broccoli and bok choy are rich in iron and also high in vitamin C. The presence of vitamin C in these vegetables help absorb iron.
Sea vegetables are very high in iron. Look at the iron rich food list given below.
Spices: Turmeric (Haldi)
Fruits: Dried dates, watermelon, raisins
Fish and Red meats are iron rich.

http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/nutrition/iron.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17935647

concluded that "There is no evidence that iron cooking pots are effective against IDA. Further research is warranted to determine whether the iron leached from the pots is bioavailable."

"We randomly assigned 161 households including 339 individuals from the three subgroups to cast iron pots, blue steel pots or oral iron supplements (control). In the control group, children received micronutrient Sprinkles, and adolescent girls and women received iron tablets daily for 6 months. We measured Hb, SF and C-reactive protein concentrations at baseline and 6 months, and compared groups using regression models."

IDA = iron deficiency anaemia. There are other types, I have one - plenty of iron, not enough haemoglobin.

red beans and rice are inexpensive, easy and rich in iron have with steamed broccoli and a spinach salad. Yum.