Re: Administering medicine

[Guest guest]

Hi Kirsten

> I am just about to either string myself up or my DS. I know it is not

> really his fault.

.... I know the feeling Mari gags and spits when we try to give her

anything other than Calpol. When she had an ear infection her temperature

was 'going thru the roof' but she can gag and spit whilst screaming and

struggling with the best of them, the Nurse quite rightly called her 'a

little tyrant'. She only has to see a medicine bottle and the mouth clams

shut with hand clasped tightly over it!

Only things we came up with were:

* getting different antibiotics that had to be taken less times a day than

the others.

* as you say literally pinning her down and squirting it into her mouth -

hurt me more than her

* once she was eating a bit more we mixed her antibiotics in with rusk and

milk and the neurofen in with her milk.

* bribing her with, if you take the medicine then you can have a sweet -

only worked once though and then she said she didn't want the sweets!

> How long do antibiotics take to work? (if he is keeping any down)

I would say within a day - if he keeps any down - but this is purely based

on my own experience with Mari.

> Can the doctor just give him an injection of them instead?

Sorry, don't know but it was never suggested as an option to us.

> Desperate and worn out.

{{{hugs}}}

Jenni

(& Gethyn) *** 17yrs yesterday! ***

Mari 3yrs (HB), Babi Bach exp.09/2001

[Guest guest]

Isaac has never needed medicine until last week when he had the high

temperature. He refused Disprol Paracetamol (like Calpol but the one that

loves) and we had a real battle with him, which in the end meant he

got about 1/2 teaspoon full.

had the high temperature at the weekend and he just takes it with no

problems, always has done. Isaac then decided that he would take it and

stood at the side of begging for medicine.

SAHM to 3 boys

Jack 7, 5 and Isaac 2

Trisha

[Guest guest]

>

> Josh usually takes calpol off a spoon willingly, until I introduced the >

> antibiotics, then he went off of everything!

This is what happened with Mari, it was Neurofen that we tried to introduce

and it really put her 'medicine radar' up!!

Some of those antibiotics taste disgusting, the allegedly banana flavour one

is particularly nasty and they 'catch' in the throat as well - yuk, yuk, yuk

- moral of the tale for me is that I always taste everything before trying

to give it to her now - but the damage is done. She will now trust me with

Calpol again but I tried Boots own paracetamol syrup the other day and she

wasn't having it at all, despite me telling her it was Calpol for 'big

girls'!!

As for mixing it in with foods, works sometimes, like rusks with milk and

antibiotics but other times she can smell it at 40 paces ( She loves

olives though - mmmmmm olives stuffed with banana flavour antibiotics -

yummy!!

Jenni

(& Gethyn) 17yrs, Mari 3yrs (HB), Babi Bach exp.09/2001

>

> Kirsten.

[Guest guest]

> Feeling really cruel. I put todays dose in the medicine Dummy and

> swapped it for his normal dummy in his sleep, and every 10 mins or so

> squeezed it a bit to let some more dribble onto his mouth! It worked

> he swallowed the lot!!! :-))))))))

>

> His first full dose in 5 days and only 1 more to go, typical! I will

> try it again when hi goes to bed. Why didn't I think of this 5 days

> ago?

Kirsten don't feel bad for not thinking of it 5 days ago ... I hadn't

thought of this in a year of battling when she has been ill so 5 days is

pretty good going ............

Jenni

(& Gethyn) 17yrs, Mari 3yrs (HB), Babi Bach exp.09/2001

[Guest guest]

> Feeling really cruel. I put todays dose in the medicine Dummy and

> swapped it for his normal dummy in his sleep, and every 10 mins or so

> squeezed it a bit to let some more dribble onto his mouth! It worked

> he swallowed the lot!!! :-))))))))

>

> His first full dose in 5 days and only 1 more to go, typical! I will

> try it again when hi goes to bed. Why didn't I think of this 5 days

> ago?

Kirsten don't feel bad for not thinking of it 5 days ago ... I hadn't

thought of this in a year of battling when she has been ill so 5 days is

pretty good going ............

Jenni

(& Gethyn) 17yrs, Mari 3yrs (HB), Babi Bach exp.09/2001

[Guest guest]

>> Feeling really cruel. I put todays dose in the medicine Dummy and

>> swapped it for his normal dummy in his sleep, and every 10 mins or

so

>> squeezed it a bit to let some more dribble onto his mouth! It

worked

>> he swallowed the lot!!! :-))))))))

>>

>> His first full dose in 5 days and only 1 more to go, typical! I

will

>> try it again when hi goes to bed. Why didn't I think of this 5

days

>> ago?

>

>Kirsten don't feel bad for not thinking of it 5 days ago ... I hadn't

>thought of this in a year of battling when she has been ill so 5 days

is

>pretty good going ............

>

Yes but with loads of thought provoking ideas from you lot, it just

got me thinking (for a change)! Thanks again!

Kirsten

Mum to (23 months) Step-mom to Shelby (6yrs)

Trainee ANT, and Memb-sec Woking and Knaphill Branches.

[Guest guest]

>> Feeling really cruel. I put todays dose in the medicine Dummy and

>> swapped it for his normal dummy in his sleep, and every 10 mins or

so

>> squeezed it a bit to let some more dribble onto his mouth! It

worked

>> he swallowed the lot!!! :-))))))))

>>

>> His first full dose in 5 days and only 1 more to go, typical! I

will

>> try it again when hi goes to bed. Why didn't I think of this 5

days

>> ago?

>

>Kirsten don't feel bad for not thinking of it 5 days ago ... I hadn't

>thought of this in a year of battling when she has been ill so 5 days

is

>pretty good going ............

>

Yes but with loads of thought provoking ideas from you lot, it just

got me thinking (for a change)! Thanks again!

Kirsten

Mum to (23 months) Step-mom to Shelby (6yrs)

Trainee ANT, and Memb-sec Woking and Knaphill Branches.