Guest guest Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Hi , I taught my daughter with using the oraflow cup. It was about $15, but worth it b/c she was freaking out. This did the trick. I'm hoping it'll help my son, next (she's not asd; my son is). http://www.oralflo.com/ you can shop around, I think they are on amazon now too (not sure). The ARI website also has info on how to get your child to learn to swallow pills - it's an aba method. Just go to the site and type in learning to swallow pills in the search engine. Some include using something small your child can have to help them learn (like a mini m and m). I won't use any candy or dyes with my son, so this won't be my method. The only other things I thought of to use was a frozen or freeze-dried pea (again I won't use candy like the aba videos show, but that's just me, so I'm trying to think of alternatives). Just some thoughts; hope it helps. Good luck and Merry Christmas, Kathi From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Denton Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:44 PM Subject: Teach - take Pills I am trying to teach my son to swallow pills and have not been very successful. Does any one has any suggestions or literature on how to do it. Merry Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Brena, Oralflo has worked well for us http://www.oralflo.com/ We use it with a diluted juice that is liked. The area where the pill is needs to be dry. Good luck, Kay ________________________________ From: Denton <b67denton@...> < > Sent: Mon, December 20, 2010 9:44:29 AM Subject: Teach - take Pills I am trying to teach my son to swallow pills and have not been very successful. Does any one has any suggestions or literature on how to do it. Merry Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 J thanks. Merry Christmas! From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Bill klimas Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 3:18 PM Subject: Fw: Teach - take Pills Sure happy to. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Kathi <kathi0908@... <mailto:kathi0908%40verizon.net> > Bill klimas <klimas_bill@... <mailto:klimas_bill%40> > Sent: Mon, December 20, 2010 3:13:03 PM Subject: FW: Teach - take Pills Bill my posts aren’t being posted; can you send this for me. Such a waste of time; sorry. I don’t know why they won’t post. I’m not brand new. thanks From:Kathi [mailto:kathi0908@... <mailto:kathi0908%40verizon.net> ] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 2:02 PM ' <mailto:%27%40> ' Subject: RE: Teach - take Pills Hi , I taught my daughter with using the oraflow cup. It was about $15, but worth it b/c she was freaking out. This did the trick. I’m hoping it’ll help my son, next (she’s not asd; my son is). http://www.oralflo.com/ you can shop around, I think they are on amazon now too (not sure). The ARI website also has info on how to get your child to learn to swallow pills – it’s an aba method. Just go to the site and type in learning to swallow pills in the search engine. Some include using something small your child can have to help them learn (like a mini m and m). I won’t use any candy or dyes with my son, so this won’t be my method. The only other things I thought of to use was a frozen or freeze-dried pea (again I won’t use candy like the aba videos show, but that’s just me, so I’m trying to think of alternatives). Just some thoughts; hope it helps. Good luck and Merry Christmas, Kathi From: <mailto:%40> [mailto: <mailto:%40> ] On Behalf Of Denton Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:44 PM Subject: Teach - take Pills I am trying to teach my son to swallow pills and have not been very successful. Does any one has any suggestions or literature on how to do it. Merry Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 , We had a big celebration when learned how to take pills. Life was so much easier after that. This is how I taught him to do this. I would cut the pills into small pieces and surround them in the ice cream and put them on a spoon. We followed with a water chaser. Eventually when he was ready, we eliminated the ice cream. (The Mocha Mix Ice Cream is in with the other ice creams at stores here.) Frozen foods tend to make your taste buds not as sensitive so it also covers up the taste. Best, Marcia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 We used decorating sprinkles to teach our daughter and then " graduated " to mini-choc chips. When she had graduated to tic-tacs, we knew she was ready. We also put the pill in the middle of her tongue so she wouldn't have a gag reflex or taste bud issues. We did it very slow and it took about 2 weeks. Good luck, pill swallowing was life changing for us! On 12/21/10 9:07 AM, and Marcia Hinds wrote: > > , > > We had a big celebration when learned how to take pills. Life was so > much easier after that. This is how I taught him to do this. I would cut > the pills into small pieces and surround them in the ice cream and put > them > on a spoon. We followed with a water chaser. Eventually when he was ready, > we eliminated the ice cream. (The Mocha Mix Ice Cream is in with the other > ice creams at stores here.) Frozen foods tend to make your taste buds not > as sensitive so it also covers up the taste. > > Best, > > Marcia > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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