a trick for getting medicines down (esp. MOM)

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I thought I had tried everything w/ my constipated/withholding little boy, he refused to take: aloe juice, milk of magnesia (MOM), prunes and other 'moving' fruits, yogurts in various forms, etc etc - it was getting really dire and I realized we had been dealing w/ this for almost a year - so I finally went to the ped. hoping to get an Rx for lactulose. Well, she recommended MOM, but getting the unflavored, and mixing it in a medicine cup w/ an equal or greater amt. of chocolate syrup (i.e., Hershey's). What do you know - he pretty much slurps it down every night! I never would hae thought of this so thought I would share. Tried mixing it into smoothies, etc. but that did not work.Of course w/ giving the choc.. syrup there are other issues, additives and dyes, etc. but we have been OK so far. " There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. " --A. Einstein