Re: How to get your kids to take pills

[Guest guest]

Before my son started swallowing pills I would crush it and put in

ice cream. He didn't like it but he would at least eat it. I just

took about a tablespoon of ice cream and mixed it together and he got

that 3 times a day. He stopped asking for ice cream for a long time

after he learned how to swallow them! Now he wants it again.

The other thing I did was have it compounded after he got sick of the

ice cream. At that point it just became tough love. I literally had

to sit on top of him for many weeks and force it into him.

Eventually he stopped fighting and I think the taste is also what led

him to learn to swallow pills. I just tried it one day and he gagged

on the first try but swallowed on the second. Easy sailing since.

The Oralflo cup did not work out well for us.

Cheryl

~Check out my blog: http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com/

On Oct 1, 2008, at 9:35 PM, heatherloganhomes wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I have a two year old who just started with Dr. G and she needs to

> take valtrex but she refuses to take the pills. I have tried sticking

> them into jelly beans, rice krispies treats, crushing them, mixing

> them with apple juice. I feel like it's a battle three times a day and

> I'm ready to pull my hair out. Any suggestions on how you get your

> kids to take their pills would be great.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

It is a many time a day battle in our house too!  My son is many supplements and

I have to devise creative ways to hide them...and just when I found a way I

think works, he won't eat or drink it anymore.  I too am about to pull my hair

out.  Sometimes I ask myself if the fighting and holding him down is doing

psychological damage.  This is a hard road. 

From: heatherloganhomes <heather646mcd@...>

Subject: How to get your kids to take pills

Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 9:35 PM

Hi,

I have a two year old who just started with Dr. G and she needs to

take valtrex but she refuses to take the pills. I have tried sticking

them into jelly beans, rice krispies treats, crushing them, mixing

them with apple juice. I feel like it's a battle three times a day and

I'm ready to pull my hair out. Any suggestions on how you get your

kids to take their pills would be great.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Have you tasted them? They are very bitter (like most meds). I had my son's

compounded into a liquid (only orange and one other flavoring are allowed by

Dr. G), squirted very small amounts in with a syringe, then gave him

something afterwards to get rid of the taste and reward him when he

cooperated.

I got him to start swallowing pills around the time he was 4, and it really

made life much easier.

Kristy

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of

heatherloganhomes

Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:36 PM

Subject: How to get your kids to take pills

Hi,

I have a two year old who just started with Dr. G and she needs to

take valtrex but she refuses to take the pills. I have tried sticking

them into jelly beans, rice krispies treats, crushing them, mixing

them with apple juice. I feel like it's a battle three times a day and

I'm ready to pull my hair out. Any suggestions on how you get your

kids to take their pills would be great.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

, I have a three year old that is taking Valtrex and it is gross!  I

grind it up and I put it in a teeny, tiny bit of frosting and that seems to hide

the taste for her...and it's such a small amount that she can't taste it.  I

know sugar on this diet is a no-no but it is such a tiny amount and you gotta do

what you gotta do!

 

Also, our nurse told us DON'T put in in liquid, it doesn't dissolve and your

kiddo won't get the dosage they need.

 

Hope this helps,

Jennie

May the Lord bless you and keep you!

Visit my blog

http://bloominwhereyourplanted.blogspot.com/

[Guest guest]

Kristy,

My son will be 4 in March.  How could you tell he was ready to try swallowing

pills?  How did you start/teach him?  You are right, rewards work great!!  Drink

this. get this...really fantastic.

From: Kristy Nardini <knardini@...>

Subject: RE: How to get your kids to take pills

Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 8:58 PM

Have you tasted them? They are very bitter (like most meds). I had my son's

compounded into a liquid (only orange and one other flavoring are allowed by

Dr. G), squirted very small amounts in with a syringe, then gave him

something afterwards to get rid of the taste and reward him when he

cooperated.

I got him to start swallowing pills around the time he was 4, and it really

made life much easier.

Kristy

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heatherloganhomes

Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:36 PM

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Subject: How to get your kids to take pills

Hi,

I have a two year old who just started with Dr. G and she needs to

take valtrex but she refuses to take the pills. I have tried sticking

them into jelly beans, rice krispies treats, crushing them, mixing

them with apple juice. I feel like it's a battle three times a day and

I'm ready to pull my hair out. Any suggestions on how you get your

kids to take their pills would be great.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for replying. She is taking them cold turkey now

followed by a drink to get rid of the taste. I feel bad but it's how

it has to be.

-- In , McGowen <dimcgowen22@...> wrote:

>

> It is a many time a day battle in our house too!  My son is many

supplements and I have to devise creative ways to hide them...and

just when I found a way I think works, he won't eat or drink

it anymore.  I too am about to pull my hair out.  Sometimes I ask

myself if the fighting and holding him down is doing psychological

damage.  This is a hard road. 

>

>

>

> From: heatherloganhomes <heather646mcd@...>

> Subject: How to get your kids to take pills

>

> Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 9:35 PM

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> Hi,

>

> I have a two year old who just started with Dr. G and she needs to

> take valtrex but she refuses to take the pills. I have tried

sticking

> them into jelly beans, rice krispies treats, crushing them, mixing

> them with apple juice. I feel like it's a battle three times a day

and

> I'm ready to pull my hair out. Any suggestions on how you get your

> kids to take their pills would be great.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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>

>

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[Guest guest]

We use the Oraflo pill cup to teach my middle son and youngest how to swallow

pills. I know others have tried it with no success, but it worked like a charm

for us. We tried hiding pills in everything from ice cream to peanut butter to

applesauce but nothing worked. You may have to cut the pills as meds such as

Valtrex are quite large. I've also heard (never tried it) that if you coat the

pill with a little canola oil that that works.

This is a huge hurdle for all kids. We practiced with the pill cup using white

TicTacs and then introduced the real pills when they could reliably swallow

those.

Good luck,

Robyn

>

> From: Kristy Nardini <knardini@...>

> Subject: RE: How to get your kids to take pills

>

> Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 8:58 PM

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Have you tasted them? They are very bitter (like most

> meds). I had my son's

> compounded into a liquid (only orange and one other

> flavoring are allowed by

> Dr. G), squirted very small amounts in with a syringe, then

> gave him

> something afterwards to get rid of the taste and reward him

> when he

> cooperated.

>

> I got him to start swallowing pills around the time he was

> 4, and it really

> made life much easier.

>

> Kristy

>

> From: groups (DOT) com [mailto:groups (DOT) com]

> On Behalf Of

> heatherloganhomes

> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:36 PM

> groups (DOT) com

> Subject: How to get your kids to take pills

>

> Hi,

>

> I have a two year old who just started with Dr. G and she

> needs to

> take valtrex but she refuses to take the pills. I have

> tried sticking

> them into jelly beans, rice krispies treats, crushing them,

> mixing

> them with apple juice. I feel like it's a battle three

> times a day and

> I'm ready to pull my hair out. Any suggestions on how

> you get your

> kids to take their pills would be great.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ummm, I was ready, but I don't know that he was. I first showed him how I

swallow pills, then gave him the chance. It didn't go down, so I told him I

would help him. I cradled him like he was a baby (head slightly forward),

then put a tiny pill in the middle of his tongue, then squirt in a bit of

juice with a syringe. It took 2-3 tries but he got it. I made a HUGE deal

when he got it and probably gave him a handful of chocolate chips or

something.

Kristy

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of

McGowen

Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 6:48 AM

Subject: RE: How to get your kids to take pills

Kristy,

My son will be 4 in March. How could you tell he was ready to try

swallowing pills? How did you start/teach him? You are right, rewards work

great!! Drink this. get this...really fantastic.

From: Kristy Nardini <knardini@...

<mailto:knardini%40roadrunner.com> >

Subject: RE: How to get your kids to take pills

<mailto:%40>

Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 8:58 PM

Have you tasted them? They are very bitter (like most meds). I had my son's

compounded into a liquid (only orange and one other flavoring are allowed by

Dr. G), squirted very small amounts in with a syringe, then gave him

something afterwards to get rid of the taste and reward him when he

cooperated.

I got him to start swallowing pills around the time he was 4, and it really

made life much easier.

Kristy

From: groups (DOT) com [mailto:groups (DOT) com] On Behalf Of

heatherloganhomes

Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:36 PM

groups (DOT) com

Subject: How to get your kids to take pills

Hi,

I have a two year old who just started with Dr. G and she needs to

take valtrex but she refuses to take the pills. I have tried sticking

them into jelly beans, rice krispies treats, crushing them, mixing

them with apple juice. I feel like it's a battle three times a day and

I'm ready to pull my hair out. Any suggestions on how you get your

kids to take their pills would be great.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

With my boys, I had to crush, mix, and draw up into a med dispenser and squirt

to the back of the mouth, let them wash it down, and give a cherished goody

immediately after.  When my oldest was just about to turn 4 and his brother was

two, as I stood there taking my meds, I told them when they learn to put the

pills straight into their tummy by swallowing, they won't have to taste that

yucky medicine anymore.  So they picked up their pills that I had just washed &

was about to crush, and they both swallowed their pills and have been ever

since.   One of the best days of my life.  (I would wrap the washed pills in

margarine at one point when it was needed). 

In the meantime, the colder, the better.  Someone once suggested a spoon of ice

cream right before, squirt the med, then another spoon of ice cream (we used

RiceDream but eventually stopped that).  The very cold things (maybe a banana

pop chopped into pieces, etc) help dull the taste.  Of course, my oldest - this

sounds mean - had to be pinned the first few times, and the med shot thru his

tightly pressed lips with the med dispenser (it had a tiny tip that could fit in

thru the side of the mouth no problem without hurting him) enough times that he

learned he couldn't fight, and he submitted.  He was always rewarded.  It took a

few days but he became a champ eventually.

If your child can understand pills floating on a drink down to the tummy, he or

she may be able to swallow pills.  My youngest was only two - he saw his brother

do it and how I screamed and laughed and jumped up and down, and he just wanted

in on it too.

HTH-

Re: How to get your kids to take pills

Before my son started swallowing pills I would crush it and put in

ice cream. He didn't like it but he would at least eat it. I just

took about a tablespoon of ice cream and mixed it together and he got

that 3 times a day. He stopped asking for ice cream for a long time

after he learned how to swallow them! Now he wants it again.

The other thing I did was have it compounded after he got sick of the

ice cream. At that point it just became tough love. I literally had

to sit on top of him for many weeks and force it into him.

Eventually he stopped fighting and I think the taste is also what led

him to learn to swallow pills. I just tried it one day and he gagged

on the first try but swallowed on the second. Easy sailing since.

The Oralflo cup did not work out well for us.

Cheryl

~Check out my blog: http://www.gryffins -tail.blogspot. com/

On Oct 1, 2008, at 9:35 PM, heatherloganhomes wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I have a two year old who just started with Dr. G and she needs to

> take valtrex but she refuses to take the pills. I have tried sticking

> them into jelly beans, rice krispies treats, crushing them, mixing

> them with apple juice. I feel like it's a battle three times a day and

> I'm ready to pull my hair out. Any suggestions on how you get your

> kids to take their pills would be great.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

>

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