Better Way to Give Prevacid Solutab

My son never took a paci, so I would add the appropriate amount of water to the syringe, holding the end spout with a finger so it wouldn't leak out (I used the syringe that comes with Motrine or Tylenol - much more control with that kind).

Then I put the broken-up tablet in the syringe, put in the other half of the syringe & then shook it really well until the table had pretty much dissolved. Then I would administer the dose with my baby laying against a pillow & would squirt it into the side of his mouth, not directly down the middle of the tongue. Putting it to the side of the mouth kept it from going all over the place. I would squirt half in there, let him swallow it then follow up with the other half.

It was a pain but I rarely lost any due to him spitting it out & there was only a small bit that didn't dissolve at the end of the syringe. It has to go quick or else the pieces wouldn't stay dissolved - frustrating! Great job on figuring out the pacifier bit :)

I had exactly the same problem and came up with the same solution without the paci. Works like a charm for me too! Much quicker as well

There are also special pacifiers that are designed to hold medicine and she can suck it right out of the paci. I bought mine at Babies R Us it was about $4. But it sounds like you have a plan that works. :)

That's wonderful advice. there is nothing harder than trying to give a baby medicine, especially if they don't like the taste. another way I found very similar is to put the medicine in a bottle nipple and then put the nipple in the baby's mouth. they automatically suck and by the time they realize they don't like what they're getting, it's all gone!

Sorry about your little one and the reflux! But good for you in figuring out how to get her to take her medicine. I had the same thing with my son for the first 18 months. Here's how we gave him the solutab:

Drop solutab in empty syringe and push the plunger as far down onto the tab as it will go without crushing the pill
Fill a small glass with water
Quickly suck up the required amount of water and invert syringe, shaking a little to dissolve tab
Flip the syringe back and into your child's mouth against the inside of their cheek
If any granules remain in the syringe, suck up a small amount of water and shake, then give to the child again.

I used a Safety First syringe with a tapered point instead of a ledge, so the granules didn't often get stuck. Also, when I was flipping the syringe back into his mouth, I'd try to create a "vortex" with the water inside. My son got so good at taking his medicine, he learned to come running when he heard me filling a water glass. Even now, he refers to his vitamins as "medicine."