Re: New to the group / swallowing pills

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Here's how learning to swallow pills happened at my house:

I had the boys' pills cut, washed, and ready to crush, and then I decided to

take my pills while I was standing there.  My oldest (he was 3 at the time,

about to turn 4) asked what I was doing.  I had already shown him a picture of

the esophagus and stomach picture explaining where his food went when he

swallows (he had improved so much with and was just asking tons of

questions), so I told him I was putting my pills straight into my tummy by

floating them on water.  I said " One day you'll learn how to swallow pills too,

and then you won't have to taste this yucky yucky medicine any more. "   So he

reached out, picked up his pill (asked is this mine?), and promptly swallowed it

- no problem whatsoever.  So I screeched, and started jumping up and down and

otherwise having a total fit (of joy), and his brother, just barely turned two,

wanted in on the fun (after they both jumped out of their skin at my first

scream), decided to do it to.  So he picked up his pill, swallowed it, and

smiled, and I threw him the same jumpy-screaming party, and they have swallowed

pills ever since. 

They take all their pills in one gulp with no effort whatsover.  I was 25 years

old and choking every time I tried to take a Tylenol! (Actually difficulty

swallowing pills can be a CFS thing anyway.)

Truly, it was in the top 3 happiest days of my life.   lol!

So really, your two-year olds may be totally capable of swallowing pills, if not

even younger.  You make it a " when you're big " kind of thing, like it's

exciting

and something they sure do want to learn how to do one day 'cause it's just

awesome...

HTH - Good luck!

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From: Lori <lsmith@...>

Sent: Thu, July 29, 2010 10:22:13 AM

Subject: RE: [bULK] RE: Re: New to the group

 

Any tips on how you got your son to swallow the pills in the beginning?

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Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:22 AM

Subject: [bULK] RE: Re: New to the group

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I put swallowing pills right up there with potty training in my list of

priorities. It didn't take long for my 3 year old son to learn how to

swallow pills when we started with Dr. G and it made everyone's life MUCH

easier.

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Sloan

Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 7:04 AM

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Subject: Re: New to the group

Well, since we had him with a DAN doc for a year he certainly learned to

swallow pills. So, yes... it s not a problem for him, but maybe you could

crush them and put them in a drink.

> > >

> > > Hello, We are new to the group. Our 3.5 old has been getting DAN

treatment for

> >

> > > just under a year. We have been on Valtrex prescribed through the same

doctor

> > > for about 3 weeks. We saw some significant changes in the first week

which

> > > included more speech, eye contact, more awareness & assertiveness. We

have not

> >

> > > done any Viral tests or brain imaging but would like to consult a

doctor who is

> > >

> > > an expert in . I have a few questions for those who saw

improvement on

> > > Valtrex:

> > > 1) Have folks done both Valtrex & Chelation and seen improvement

> > > 2) What dosage did you use for Valtrex (abt 36 lbs)? Is it always

given with an

> > >

> > > anti-fungal like Diflucan?

> > > 3) Like Dr G are there doctors in the Northern CA area that have a lot

of

> > > clinical experience in this?

> > >

> > >

> > > Thanks very much for the help.

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