Yesterday's "well-visit" turned into a hell visit when all of a sudden the doc looks in Little Man's ears and
SURPRISE!!!!! We have an ear infection. The boy just started acting cranky in the waiting room, cried as soon as he saw the nurse, wouldn't let the doc check him, but I don't care about that. He has an ear infection. He just joined the club of millions of kids across the united states, has to take amoxycillin twice a day but. he. will. not. drink. it. The directions on the rx say I can mix the medication with milk. He's not stupid he knew there was something in there, but drank most of the milk anyway. And the motrin we have to give him for the pain- let's just say I'm glad it's clear and dye-free because my SIL's furniture was getting the worst of it. He has never had a problem taking medicine. If anyone has any advice or special procedures they would like to share on getting them to take meds- feel free to comment. I stayed home with him yesterday, and he couldn't be happier. We sat on the couch and watched Sesame Street and Doodlebops (gag) and we played with Princess Niece. And he took a two hour nap. (That was before the hell visit.) Made me wish I didn't have to work and could stay home with him everyday. We made sandwiches. Well, I made the sandwiches he was pulling on my pant leg because I was taking too long to give him a slice of cheese to nibble on. It was a pretty good day. Now I have to get to work-
Please let me know of any ways to get the meds IN their mouth and not all over ME!!!!!!!
2 comments:
Okay, I'm going through the same thing...my daughter is on antibiotics and HATES 'em. This morning I told her she could have some m n' m's if she took the stuff!!! And guess what? It worked. And she forgot about the m n' m's. So...um...shameless bribery?
--Mel
See, we have been holding him down and it's torture for him. I feel soooo bad. But he usually doesn't drink all his milk in one sitting (he's too "busy" doing other things) so my next plan is to just put a couple ounces of milk in a sippy and the full dosage of meds, so that way he can drink all the milk. And I'm going to have to buy strawberry to put in there because we tried mixing it with milk this weekend and he knew. (but he at least drank half)
Ugh, I hate this!
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