Tips for feeding medicine to 2-year-old babies

We all know that babies don’t like to take medicine, mainly because Chinese medicine tastes bitter, and babies are unwilling to drink it if they taste the bitterness. If a 2-year-old baby is unwilling to take medicine, mothers can choose powder or liquid, or crush the tablets and add glucose, etc. This way the medicine will not taste bitter and the baby will be able to eat it easily. Let’s learn some tips on feeding medicine to a 2-year-old baby.

Correct way to give medicine

1. Before giving medicine, please read the medicine instructions carefully.

Identify the medication time, interval, dosage and recommended method, and strictly follow the instructions or doctor's orders to prepare for medication.

2. If you can choose the dosage form of the medicine, try to choose liquid or powder, which will be easier for your baby to eat.

Try to avoid choosing tablets, capsules, etc. to prevent accidental aspiration, suffocation, etc. Fortunately, many common medicines for infants and young children are available in powder or liquid form. As long as parents pay a little attention, there is a relatively wide range of choices. Fruit-flavored dosage forms are the first choice, such as fruit-flavored effervescent tablets, which may be the most popular among babies. According to the instructions, dissolve the effervescent tablet in water, and the liquid will taste like sparkling water, which is both delicious and fun. This time the boy had a fever, and the medicine prescribed by the doctor had a fruity flavor. The boy did not resist taking the medicine and finished it quickly. It was the baby's main request to take the medicine. Although I also played with boiled water for a long time.

3. For infants under 1 year old, they cannot communicate with words and they don’t understand much, so you can crush the medicine, mix it with glucose water, put it in a bottle or a special dropper for feeding, and feed it.

Generally speaking, because the baby's foraging reaction is normal, they will suck on their own when they come into contact with the pacifier or dropper tip. Some information suggests that using bottles is not recommended, so as to avoid causing the baby to have an unpleasant experience with the bottle and then refuse to drink milk. If parents find this happening, it is recommended that medication be administered using a dropper.

4. For older babies, try to communicate with them verbally to let them understand that although the medicine may not taste good, they can still try to take it slowly in order to recover as quickly as possible.

At the same time, if persuasion does not work, you can give appropriate rewards, such as toys, candies, biscuits, etc. to stimulate your baby's interest in taking medicine. After your baby finishes taking the medicine, be sure to encourage him or her with words or actions to make him or her feel a sense of accomplishment.

5. Medication auxiliary tools.

A dropper is suitable for smaller infants and toddlers; a spoon is suitable for newborns or toddlers over 1 year old; a cup is suitable for toddlers over 1 year old who have learned to swallow.

6. After feeding the medicine, you can let the baby lie diagonally with the upper body slightly tilted upwards, or stand up, pat the back gently, or lie on his side.

Appropriate abdominal massage can help gastrointestinal motility and digestion. Only let the baby go to sleep after observing that the baby has no abnormal reaction to avoid drug reflux and aspiration.