What to do if it is difficult to feed medicine to your baby

When a baby is sick and feels uncomfortable, and when the mother asks for medicine, the baby will express his protest by crying and is unwilling to take the medicine. Parents must not pinch their children's noses and pour medicine into their mouths. This will cause the children to choke and will make them feel even more disgusted with the medicine. Parents should train their children properly so that they have enough confidence to take medicine on their own initiative.

Do not pinch your nose to administer medicine.

Many parents like to pinch their children's noses to force medicine down their throats. This method is actually very dangerous. Although we pinch the child's nose, the child will still choke if he breathes through his mouth.

Adopt correct posture.

When parents feed medicine to their children, they must use the correct posture. Let the child turn his face to the side and then raise his head. Use a spoon to slowly feed the medicine into the child's mouth, press down the child's tongue and lower teeth, and take out the spoon after the child has finished swallowing.

Tablets must be crushed.

If the medicine given to children is in the form of tablets, we must first crush the tablets into small pieces, then re-open them with water or let the children take them directly after drinking water.

Train your children appropriately.

Children don't take medicine because they are not used to bitter things. Therefore, it is necessary to train their taste buds from an early age and let them eat some bitter melon juice and other foods appropriately. This will help them adapt to the bitter taste.

You can give me some sugar.

If the medicine is really bitter, we can give the child some candy after feeding the medicine. In this way, the child’s mouth will not feel too bitter. Moreover, it can be regarded as a kind of compensation for the child, making the child less disgusted with taking medicine.

It is important to encourage children.

After all, children are still young. Sometimes, a little encouragement from you will make them feel very good. Even if the medicine is a little bitter, they will bravely overcome it. Therefore, you must understand the child's psychology and let the child accept it actively.

Don't overdo it.

Although the medicine is bitter, we parents must not exaggerate how bitter or unpalatable it is in front of our children. We should treat it as a very normal thing and let the children think that this is something they have to do and there is no room for negotiation.