Sometimes our children need to take medicine, and sometimes making them do it can be downright painful. Your toddler may run and scream at the sight of the medicine dropper. Or your preschooler stands firm, looks you straight in the eyes, yells “NO!” and clamps her mouth firmly shut.
You’re likely wishing Mary Poppins would show up and do the dirty work for you.
I’m no Mary Poppins, but I am a doctor and a mom who has been there; and I have some tips on how to help that medicine go down easier…
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Ask Dr. Mom: Children And MedicationsPOSTED: 9:20 am PDT September 23, 2011UPDATED: 11:09 am PDT September 23, 2011 Deirdre chats with Dr. Mom, Melissa Arca about getting your kids to take their medicine.
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We have been battling this! Physical struggles, check. Adding antibiotics to yogurt that went uneaten, check. Spitting out of liquid medicine, check. My older son has no problems at all taking his medicine. My little one, not so much…and he’s strong as an ox!
I really like this article Melissa! Practical and good advice
My daughter has to take the most vile antibiotic right now! It’s great though! She’s older so she totally gets why she has to take it, and she does!
I do not miss the days when she was younger, and it was such a battle!