When our little one gets sick, in addition to feeling distressed, we also have to face the challenge of giving medicine! Whether it’s not being able to eat, throwing it up, or being uncooperative, these situations can make us anxious and anxious…but don’t worry! The editor will share five practical tips to help you feed your baby medicine correctly and easily, and solve various difficult situations.
Giving medicine to babies under one year old – make good use of droppers, syringes and medicine feeders
These tools can help precisely control the dosage of medications, ensuring babies are not given too much or too little. At the same time, they are specially designed for feeding medicines and are simple and convenient to operate, which can reduce the risk of accidents and ensure the safety of medicines. These specialized tools may be easier for babies to tolerate than using other utensils such as spoons, reducing medication refusal.
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Giving medicine to children over one year old – giving incentives and rewards
Give your child some favorite food or drink as a reward right after they take their medicine! This can increase their motivation to take the medicine because they know there will be a reward after taking the medicine.
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Correct way to give medicine
To inject medicine into both sides of the child’s mouth, first prepare the medicine and medicine feeder. Then, place the child in a comfortable position, gently raise his head, and use a medicine feeder or dropper to inject the medicine into both sides of the child’s mouth to ensure that the medicine can fully contact the mucous membrane in the mouth. ! Remember to observe the child’s reaction after completion to ensure that the medicine was administered successfully.
Tips on taking medicine – advance notice
30 minutes before feeding the medicine, start giving advance notice to your child! Don’t forget to remind them again in the next 15 minutes, 10 minutes, and 5 minutes, so that the child will be mentally prepared for the medication later. With psychological preparation, they won’t resist so much!
Tips for taking medicine – eating while playing
Just like when feeding food, many parents will hold a spoon and say, “The little plane is about to take off~~ It goes into the mouth.” You can also play a similar game when feeding medicine! Or you can create some role-playing situations, such as telling your children that this is a brave challenge, and you need to drink the magic potion specially made by the doctor uncle in order to defeat the bad virus and become the bravest brave. Once children are integrated into the situation, their willingness to take medicine usually increases greatly!
Tips for taking medicine – Mixed ways to take medicine
When you give medicine to your child, you can try hiding the medicine in some food, such as puree, juice or yogurt. The advantage of this is that the taste of the food can neutralize the bitter taste of the medicine, making it easier for the child to eat. Easy to accept! And it’s like giving them a little surprise, they may not even know they have taken the medicine! However, citrus fruits should be avoided as they can easily interact with medications.
Tips for giving medicine – verbal encouragement
You can try to use some dramatic tone to attract the child’s attention. For example, instead of saying seriously “Eat it quickly!” or threatening “If you don’t take the medicine, Aunt Tiger will come to catch you at night”, you can change it to “I see.” Who is so brave and able to take the medicine obediently, is it you?”, “Wow! This medicine is so bitter, but you still take it so hard, it’s amazing!” The effect is even better. Such words can make children feel affirmed and encouraged, and then cooperate more actively in taking medicine.
If a child spits out medicine, do he still need to refeed it?
Potions and powders are easier to absorb. If you spit it out 10-15 minutes after taking it, you don’t need to take it again; if you spit out a whole pill, you need to take it again.
