Guest guest Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Sheryl, I don't know if this will help, she'll still gag and cry afterwards, but my son is 9.5mos and I get him to open his mouth by acting like I'm giving him his pacifier (rubbing it against his lips) then putting the medicine in really quick, He gets mad as soon as I do it, but we don't have to fight to get it in there, and he doesn't cry as long afterwards. I hope this helps! le mom to Datreon 9.5mos 23in ~12lb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Sheryl, My son did exactly the same thing at that age. The nurse at the Dr. office didn't believe me until she tried to give him his oral polio!!! She never gave me grief about it again. What I did was add his meds to a bottle with only about one or two ounces in it. This was the ONLY way I could get him to take any meds! I hope this helps. The doc wasn't happy about adding meds to formula, but when they experienced how he took meds any other way, they stopped complaining! Blessings, Carmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Hi Sheryl, Thankfully Olivia has always taken her meds pretty well for us but she's been on them since birth so she doesn't really know any different. I don't know if Dalia (beautiful name!) takes a bottle or soother but when Olivia was a baby we would put her meds in the nipple (not attached to the bottle) and " feed " it to her when she was hungry right before a feed. If Dalia takes a soother, I've seen in drugstores a soother in which you can put meds into the soother nipple, it's not meant for all day use, just for medicine time. I'm not sure if this will help but it's another suggestion! Is she teething also maybe? Olivia was not into food or sleeping when she was cutting some of her teeth and a little tylenol sure helped, not a full dose where she would get sleepy but just enough to take the edge off, she loves wet face cloths that I froze in the freezer as well. Take care! Leah, mom to 9yrs and Olivia 4.5yrs, 19.5lbs, 33 " > Hi everyone, > > I know you all have had good days, bad days and worse days!! Today > is a worse day. Dalia needs to take medication as I'm sure all of > your kids do to...she fights with me so badly that it is almost > impossible...when I do get some in her mouth she gags, cries and > then throws up. I think I age a few years every time I try...I > actually stopped giving it to her until I can figure out a better > way (it is for reflux). > > Next sob story...today is one of those " I don't want to eat at > all! " ...stress, stress, and more stress... > > And to top it all off, she is screaming at naptime, is very tired > and then finally sleeps for a short time only to be tired again > really soon. > > It's just one of those days. I hate to complain, but it helps > sometimes :-) > > Can anyone give me some positive insight or tips on giving > medication or just give me a valium. > > Looking forward to meeting all of you at the convention. > > Sheryl (mom to Dalia, 7.5 mos, 13#, 24 1/4 in., possible RSS) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Sheryl - Sorry you're having a bad day - we have all been there. My mother taught me how to give all my children their medicine by doing this: A 2 person team - one holds baby - arms and head, the other squeezes cheeks, inserts the dropper, then rub under her chin. This works like a charm every time - they can't spit it out with their cheeks smooched together and the rub stimulates a swallow. Sounds mean but it works. My mother is talented that she can do all this by herself butI usually have a partner in crime. Hope this works for you! P.S. Did you get your valium? Jane - mom to 10 months, 12lb 7oz, 24 1/4 " " probable RSS " , Gavin (4) Aidan (2) both nonRSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2004 Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 Sheryl -- She is so young it makes it even harder with the meds. First of all, I have a non-RSS son who has NEVER been able to take liquid meds by mouth. As an infant, he would gag, etc. we would hold him down, force open his mouth and hold it open until he had to swallow, all the while crying. For ear infections, we learned to simply skip the oral meds and go right to the shots!!!! Antibiotic shot, quick and done. So, on that note, I would go in and talk with a good pharmacist. I have found that the mom and pop pharmacies are the best, I no longer go to SavOn or anything like that. Ask them if there is anyway to concentrate the medicine so that you have to give her LESS volume. Second, there is flavoring available. The problem though is that at 7 1/2 months, you won't know what she will like. The reflux med Zantac is absolutely HORRIBLE. takes it and despises it. I tasted it, and she is right, GAG!!!! We add it to a small amount of purple grape juice which helps a little bit. Oh, I feel for you. Jenn > Hi everyone, > > I know you all have had good days, bad days and worse days!! Today > is a worse day. Dalia needs to take medication as I'm sure all of > your kids do to...she fights with me so badly that it is almost > impossible...when I do get some in her mouth she gags, cries and > then throws up. I think I age a few years every time I try...I > actually stopped giving it to her until I can figure out a better > way (it is for reflux). > > Next sob story...today is one of those " I don't want to eat at > all! " ...stress, stress, and more stress... > > And to top it all off, she is screaming at naptime, is very tired > and then finally sleeps for a short time only to be tired again > really soon. > > It's just one of those days. I hate to complain, but it helps > sometimes :-) > > Can anyone give me some positive insight or tips on giving > medication or just give me a valium. > > Looking forward to meeting all of you at the convention. > > Sheryl (mom to Dalia, 7.5 mos, 13#, 24 1/4 in., possible RSS) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Another thing to do is once the medicine is in the mouth, if you blow in the person's face, they have a reflex that will cause them to swallow. It will not make the child happy, but it will go down. I do not know a way to stop them from gagging it up, however. Also, there are some flavorings a pharmacist can add to improve the flavor of the meds and if you are using Zantac, I highly recommend improving it. I don't know if you have tasted the medications, but Zantac is just horrible tasting. I might gag too if I had to take it. Conny > > Sheryl - Sorry you're having a bad day - we have all been there. My mother taught me how to give all my children their medicine by doing this: A 2 person team - one holds baby - arms and head, the other squeezes cheeks, inserts the dropper, then rub under her chin. This works like a charm every time - they can't spit it out with their cheeks smooched together and the rub stimulates a swallow. Sounds mean but it works. My mother is talented that she can do all this by herself butI usually have a partner in crime. Hope this works for you! P.S. Did you get your valium? Jane - mom to 10 months, 12lb 7oz, 24 1/4 " " probable RSS " , Gavin (4) Aidan (2) both nonRSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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