Hi folks,
Just thought I would share this little tip with you all. I was advised to open my son’s meds and mix them with soft food as he wasn’t able to swallow pills. But it tasted awful, and it added just one more stress to our day. Like we all don’t have enough stress.
My mother-in-law said that her elderly neighbor has never been able to swallow pills and would bury them in a spoonful of applesauce. We tried it and voila! Applesauce, yogurt and oatmeal are all things that have worked. Thank God for my MIL.
Just thought I’d share.
Hayley
Re: Trouble taking pills?
When my daughter was small, about four, she was changed from liquid to pill-form antibiotics and she simply choked on the large capsule. I found that she could get it down with a mouthful of jellybeans — chew the jellybeans fairly well, toss the pill in, and swallow together.
This was the terribly underweight kid who needed the jellybeans anyway.
Re: Trouble taking pills?
If the applesauce, chocolate sauce, etc., doesn’t work, there is a company that makes a special cup for taking pills. The pill sets in a little lip and goes down with a swallow of liquid. It works for a lot of kids. If you do a google search, you should be able to find it.
Re: Trouble taking pills?
[url]http://www.oralflo.com/testimonials.html[/url]
Found this in a search.
HTHs
Re: Trouble taking pills?
Super link!
We all know how our children can be difficult and determined people. When we decided to try medication I dreaded it! I knew that my son would eventually come to hate pill time. We didn’t want him to feel negatively about the medication and resist it as so many ADHD kids do.
We had been advised to mix the contents of the capsule with soft food. It tasted AWFUL. Thank god it was only a couple of days before my mother-in-law suggested the applesauce trick. But that won’t work for all kids. Cool cup!
Hayley
straw
The medication my son was taking could NOT be crushed with food. He would not swallow the pill through any of the other tricks suggested and we had about given up as it was important that he take it.
Finally, I was at my wits end with his spitting out the melting capsule and I stuck his coke with a straw at him before he could spit it out. Magic!!!! He sipped the coke throught the straw and the medicine went down without a problem. Now, he get’s his own cup and straw out and swallows it down like a pro.
We used to have the same trouble and a nurse friend told me about the apple sauce trick! Ice cream works too!