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When you think it’s time to give your child medicine, make sure the medicine is prescribed or okayed by your physician. Any anitbiotics you give your child should be prescribed by your doctor. And any medicine that may be left over from a previous illness should be discussed with your pharmacist or physician before you give to your child. Sometimes medicines go bad or only last a short period of time. Sometimes the medicine you may think you should be giving your child also might not be the right medicine.
You’ll want to follow the strict orders by your doctor when giving your child medicine. If you’re told to give your child three or four doses of medicine in a day but spread out every six or eight hours, be sure to ask your physician if you can spread it out throughout the waking day of your child (after waking, before bed, and twice in between), or if the medicine needs to be given at strict intervals in order to keep the same amount of medicine in your child’s system at all times. If this is the case, you may find yourself waking your child in the middle of the night in order to give her medicine.
Few children like taking medicine. And if your child does, perhaps that’s not normal. When you must give your child medicine, have her sit in your lap and get comfortable and ready for the medicine. Don’t apologize to your child for having to take the medicine, simply let her know that you expect her to take the medicine so she’ll get better.
Make sure there’s something your child likes to do ready to go after she takes her medicine. Even if it’s just her favorite drink to wash down the yucky medicine, that will be good enough to make it all okay... hopefully.
If your child has trouble taking medicine in a pill form, try mixing up the medicine in ice cream or applesauce. The flavor of the yummy substance may overtake the yucky medicine and make it go down easier.
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