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My Baby Won't Take Her Medicine!
Read all 12 responses: "My 2 year old is on Bactrim for a bladder ... Some as easy as using a medicine spoon. Changing the method of giving it to her. ...
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- When you hold her down and use the syringe to give her the medicine, blow in her face after you know the medicine is in there. This will make her swallow. I blow in ...
- You'll likely need to hold her down and then use when of the syringe thingys so you can shoot it to the back of her mouth - that's what I do for cats and my pony. Dogs...
- I have a two year old on antibiotics right now and right when we started I ran into the same thing. I even tried holding her down and we wound up with medicine everyw...
2 Yr Old Won't Take Medicine
Does anyone have suggestions on how to get a 2 year old (28months) to take medicine? ... Next question: Giving My 2 Year Old Medicine. ...
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- I mix my son's medication with applesauce because I had the same problem.
- what if you try mixing it with a small amount of ice cream or yogurt, Just not too much so you know he'll finish it all. Yo can use the infants concentrated drops so ...
- I had a tough time as well when my 3 yr old was that age. I would mix it with her juice and she would drink it that way. Other then that you may want to try the Fevera...
Mixing Medicine with Food
hi...my 1 year old son takes singulair in a chewable form everyday, .... how to give a 2 year old medicine · giving medicine to a 2 year old ...
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- My husband has worked in the pharmacy dept for 8 years now. He said that you can dissolve the medicine/powder in juice or water. Just make sure it dissolves completely...
- You could use apple sauce. You can get the no sugar added in the individually packaged and it doesn't have to be in the fridge. I like to do mine children's in somethi...
- I'm not sure what foods your daughter likes but a couple of healthy alternatives could be single serving applesauce (which you could travel with since it doesn't have ...
2 Year Old with Allergies Waking up Coughing
We have been giving him like a teaspoon of honey and that helps. ... Hi D., I would be concerned with that amount of medicine in a 2 yr old. ...
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- Honey is GREAT for coughs. Drs. are recommending it more now because of wanting to limit cold med. usage. You could look up dosage online, I think it's like half a tea...
- Hi D., I would be concerned with that amount of medicine in a 2 yr old. Prescription meds are are way over prescribed. My son ( we call him the mucus man) has sever...
- I assumed my 3 year old just had a recurring cold this past fall. He would be stuffy during the day and then as soon as we laid down to sleep the coughing would start...
Daughter Refuses to Take Medicine
Read all 23 responses: "My three yr old, will not take her medicine. ... giving medicine to a 2 year old · can a nursing mother take amoxicillin ...
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- if it comes to forcing it in hook it on the outside of her teeth along the cheek to the backside of her mouth and squirt it in the reflex to swollow then kicks in and ...
- Did she ever like the pacifier? They have the medicine pacifers that pass the medicine pass the taste buds. I know she may be a bit old for one but if it works try it.
- Depends on the medicine. If it's tylenol or iburophen or benedryl you can add it nicely to sprite or 7-up and they won't know, just don't let them see you adding it. ...
Allergy Medicine for a 5 Year Old Boy
My 5 year old has been taking liquid Zyrtec before bedtime for about 2 years. It helps her breath better at night and ... Giving Zyrtec to a 10 Month Old? ...
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- My 5 year old has been taking liquid Zyrtec before bedtime for about 2 years. It helps her breath better at night and sleepiness isn't a problem. From time to time w...
- Some people get sleepy with Zyrtec, myself included, but my 10 yr old daughter does not. Claritin is not supposed to cause sleepiness. Hard to decide, make sure to cov...
- After trying several prescriptions (Allegra, Flonase, Singulair together), I decided to try over the counter allergy relief for my son. My son's ped said that it do...
15 Month Old Has a Sore Throat, How to Soothe It?
Usually for a 2 year old it says a 1/2 tsp or something I always just ... As far as giving him cold medicine, I would check that out with your pediatrician. ...
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- I want to emphasize the honey - it is one of those remedies from our grandmothers but the doctors are recommending it now. My family just went through the flu and my ...
- I would give him infant Motrin. That should take the edge off the sore throat.
- I have always gave my kids cough medicine.They have pediatric formulas out there. Usually for a 2 year old it says a 1/2 tsp or something I always just halved that and...
2 1/2 Year Old with Growing Pains
Read all 17 responses: "My 2 1/2 year old woke up screaming last night. ... I also give him medicine and socks before he goes to bed if he has had a long day. ..... If you don't like giving your son pain med every night for a ...
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- Hi N.. I understand your helplessness...feeling. My son (5yrs)has had horrible leg aches since he was 18 months or so. I have tried various things over the years fo...
- I could be wrong, but this sounds more like a night-terror problem than a growing pains problem (I hate the name, but that is what they are called). When my (now) 4 y...
- I have had 5 children, and two of them had the same thing, I have them pretty bad, I finally went to the doctors, and they told me it was lack of potasium, try getting...
Taking Medicine
we just got through giving our 21 months a round of medicine first of all dont .... Beth Y added this item When I change my 2 year olds diaper he always ...
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- My daughter(5) has strep throat right now and my easiest way to get her anitibiotics in her is to take the syringe thing full of meds and squish it in as fast as I can...
- Hi A. - I read this tip in a magazine and it seems to work for us. I have a little boy who hates to take medicine and spits most of it out. Use the dosing syring ...
- A. H, Oh yes, I remember those days! What I would do is use an oral syringe. This sounds means and I felt bad doing it, but I knew they had to have the medicine: ...
Cold Medicine for 16 Month Old
I need some personal advice on giving a 16 month old cold medicine. ... I ended up giving my daughter a 1/2 t. of Tylenol non-drowsy cold medicine. ..... They changed all the medicine rules since my 5 almost 6 year old was that young, ...
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- Sounds like what my 21 months old son is going through right now. It is not recommended to give them any cough medicine under the age of 2. This is what I've been doin...
- If you haven't done so already, take her to the doctor, especially since she is coughing so hard she pukes. It may be something more serious than a cold. They also m...
- I know the medical community says not to give infants cold medicine, but I have been in the same boat you are now. You may want to try Robitussin. My daughter is 17 mo...
