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How to Teach a Child to Swallow a Pill or Capsule?
I just can't bring myself to swallow all that butter. ... She would mush up bread into a small pill form, then have us try different methods of swallowing ... My advice would be to give the pill to him with some applesauce or pudding. ...ANSWERS
See all- He is thinking too much about how to get the pill down. I'm sure hes swallowed meat or gum or candy larger than the pill. Getting him to relax will be hard. Before he...
- Tell him it is no different than swalowing food - much smaller in fact. Then dip the pill/capsule in applesausce (so it doen't stick to his tongue), tel him to put i...
- I put the pill in the back of their throat and gave them a TABLESPOON of applesauce to swallow in one big gulp. When they got that all down to a science, I started w...