My 13-month-old daugher is getting over a cold and needs a teaspoon of decongestant once or twice a day. What is a better way to give it to her besides holding her down and squirting it all over her face as she writhes and screams. And yes, I am very sorry for doing this to my mom when I was little.
2006-09-14 15:24:17 · 28 answers · asked by all_my_armour_falling_down 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
If you can get her to at least lay still long enough for you to get the dropper in her cheek, squirt just a little at a time and, after each squirt, blow gently on her face (just one little puff). This causes them to swallow it (vs spitting it out) and it ALWAYS made my son giggle (or at least smile). My neighbor (father of four) taught me this trick.
2006-09-14 15:34:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing I have found it to put in a small medicine cup, then add Cherry juice(from the jars of cherries) or get some of the liquid Strawberry Quick (for mixing with Milk) and just add about a teaspoon to the teaspoon of medicine. This has worked the best for me. Then give them a cherry to eat after they swallow it! Good Luck!
2006-09-15 09:40:44 · answer #2 · answered by Tracy W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem with my son. After finally get it in him (it took 2 of us) he threw it all up. He eventually outgrew it, but it also got better when he started doing it by himself. We just filled up the syringe and handed it to him.
Change the medicine. Some cough medicines burn a little going down which may be part of the problem. If it's Tylenol, try the melt-aways. My son invents hurts to get more. Also, Vicks (available in generic too) has a medicine that you can add to a vaporizer/humidifier. It helped my daughter through her last cold.
Good luck.
2006-09-14 16:40:18 · answer #3 · answered by eebrs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still use one of the droppers. Looks kinda like a small turkey baster. That way you can put a little in her mouth at a time. I still tell my daughter if you do this then mommy will give you an extra cookie for desert or some other bribe. And no I am not ashamed to bribe my kid if it means I don't have to fight her.
2006-09-14 15:31:25 · answer #4 · answered by jagbeeton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get her from behind, or when she's sleeping, with a syringe dispenser.
With my son, I'd wait until he was laughing, playing, then get him from behind, chin up, meds in, urging 'swallow' then when he did I'd lose the syringe FAST and give him juice, hugs, praise, and play again so that he'd forgotten it in less than 30 seconds.
Option 2, when she's just waking up. She'll be groggy and less likely to fight. Have the syringe in one hand, bottle of juice in the other and a damp facecloth nearby. Just get it in before her eyes are open and then put the bottle in right after.
I opted not to mix it with food because I didn't want him to ever become suspicious of the food I was giving him, leading to feeding problems or equally as bad, learning not to trust me.
Also I didn't every want him to get the idea of 'medicine' and 'food' mixed up. Medicine is not food and once it gets to be those cherry and banana flavors lots of kids want to drink it like a milkshake.
Which I know I don't have to tell you, is bad. lol.
2006-09-14 16:58:49 · answer #5 · answered by lucy_shy8000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always gave my kids their medicine from the dropper. I am very surprised that any kids don't like medicine as it is full of sugar but anyway I let my kids do it themselves under careful supervision my son loves to squirt that thing and afterwords he gets to do it with water too. He loves it. Go figure.
2006-09-14 16:26:07 · answer #6 · answered by Tetsi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a medicine spoon shaped like a crocodile. The mouth is where you pour the medicine in and when you hold it up, you can measure it. My daughter liked to take her medicine from that spoon and would take it on her own from that. It made it something special and she felt she was in control because she was taking it on her own. I also had a glass of juice ready for her to drink when she was done to get rid of the taste of the medicine because even though it is supposed to taste good, she doesn't like it.
2006-09-14 15:32:29 · answer #7 · answered by hopebaymama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you can-give it to her when she's asleep. Use a syringe dropper and put a little at a time in her cheek-NOT JUST STRAIGHT INTO HER MOUTH-until it is gone. Be prepared to take 2-3 min to do this. If she stirs, wait until she calms down to do it again. If she wakes up and freaks out-sorry. This is a method suggested to me by a doc at the children's hosp. and has worked for all four of my kids. It only worked for 1 out of 3 of my sisters kids.
2006-09-14 15:31:45 · answer #8 · answered by heaven help me 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try playing with her the syringe so that she will not be scare of it, using it to feed her water, vitamin, cod liveroil etc. Show her how to use it and She will even want to take it on her own without thinking is sweet, bitter or sucky. Encourage her, praise her.
It work on my 3 children since they are 4 mths old til now, they will rush to take their syringe of whatever... : )
2006-09-14 15:53:36 · answer #9 · answered by Belle79 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
does the brand you use have those thin strips?
I had to laugh at your question, many of us can relate to it!! I would hold my youngest son in my lap, and do olympic quality wrestling holds, squirt the syringe in his mouth only to have him spit it back out. I'm glad I never squirted it too hard too far back in his mouth--I could have shot it into his lungs!!
How about a vaporizer instead!!
2006-09-14 15:32:19 · answer #10 · answered by Love2Sew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋