Monday, June 20, 2011

How to give medicine gently?

How do you give medicines gently to a 2 year old! I don't want to just hold her down and force it on her but it is important that she take it.

8 comments :

  1. Mix it in a smoothie!

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  2. I'm struggling with this too. My nearly 3 year old only drinks water. She doesn't like juice or squash or anything, hasn't done since she weaned off me at 13 months old.

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  3. I let mine give it to themselves. It's already measured out in the dropper, aside from a few sticky cheeks, it works out pretty well.

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  4. We either let my daughter give it to herself, pre-measured of course, or we would make a "sorbet" of pureed frozen fruit and add a small amount of medicine to each spoon, to mask the flavour. My daughter used to describe the medicine dribbled over the sorbet on the spoon as "sauce".

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  5. Mixed in yogurt.

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