Every mother tried her best to take medicine for the baby. She used tricks frequently and coaxed and deceived her. If she really couldn't do it, she would be hard. As a result, after a meal of medicine, the parents were sweating heavily and the children were crying. As for the medicine, only the medicine knew how many times they had been fed.
, especially the following wrong medicinal feeding techniques, will cause harm to the baby if you are not careful.
Misunderstanding 1: Forced medicine
Children do not take medicine, and some parents will mobilize the whole family to give medicine to their children. Those who pinch their noses, pry their mouths with spoons, and those who pull their arms and legs are used to use all kinds of martial arts. This method seems to be feeding the medicine in, but the risk is not small for the child. can easily cause choking, respiratory inflammation, and in severe cases, it may even lead to suffocation or even death.
In addition, the child will struggle desperately when being filled with medicine. During this resistance, the parents' mentality will become more and more panicked, and their movements will become more and more rude. If you are not careful, it will damage the child's nasal mucosa, , mouth, and even damage to other parts of the body.
Misunderstanding 2: Mix the medicine into the juice milk
In order to attract your baby to drink medicine, some parents mix the medicine with the juice. However, they do not know that the acidic substances in the juice can decompose the medicine in advance, and is not conducive to the absorption of the gastrointestinal tract and will also dilute the medicinal properties.
Some parents will mix the medicine with milk for their children to eat, which will also reduce the efficacy of the medicine, because milk contains more calcium and phosphate , which can form insoluble salts with the medicine, affecting the efficacy of the medicine.
Misunderstanding 3: Discontinue the medicine without authorization or increase the dosage
Many parents believe that if the condition improves, they can stop the medicine, for fear that taking too much medicine will harm their bodies. In fact, parents need to make a distinction in this situation.
If the baby has a cold or gastrointestinal disease, he or she may consider stopping the medication if his or her condition improves; however, if he or she is taking antibiotic or antiviral drugs, there is generally a complete course of treatment. Stopping the medication too early may cause the condition to repeat and cannot be completely cured.
In addition, many parents who see that their children's condition has not improved for a long time, increase the dosage or the number of times they feed the medicine without authorization. This is a very dangerous behavior. Because many drugs need to be calculated based on the child's age and weight, excessive will cause burden on the child's liver and kidneys, resulting in irreversible damage.
understands the above misunderstandings of medication. Let’s introduce some tips for feeding medication to relieve parents’ collapse when feeding medication.
1. Try to choose the drug dosage form that is convenient for your baby
. In order to facilitate your child's oral administration, it is recommended to choose liquid and granule preparations. now has many orange flavors and strawberry flavors on the market, which improves the taste and parents can give priority to when purchasing, which will avoid the problem of difficulty in feeding medicine to a certain extent.
2. Use a special feeder for children
Many parents use spoons and small cups to feed medicine. Use this type of instrument to feed the medicine. On the one hand, when the baby resists strongly, the medicine will be spilled, and on the other hand, it is easy to choke the baby. In fact, parents can buy a medicine feeder for their children. This medicine feeder is specially designed for babies and is suitable for water-based medicines.
The medicine feeder is very simple to use. Parents should use it slowly when using it. Feed the medicine along the corners of the child’s mouth and the roots of the tongue into the baby’s mouth, so that the baby can taste less bitterness, so that the medicine can be consumed more smoothly.
3. Encourage more and create a relaxed atmosphere
. Parents should communicate with their babies in a gentle tone so that their babies can only get better after taking medicine. If you can tell him: "The baby is sick now and he will definitely feel uncomfortable. This is because there are bacteria and viruses in the body. We need to ask medicine to help us so that we can defeat it and make ourselves stronger."
When the child bravely "eliminates" the medicine, parents should give appropriate praise and rewards.
3. Different ages of feeding medicine
For babies under 1 year old, it is best to use a dropper to feed the medicine. wraps the bib, prepare a towel, squeeze in a small amount of medicine, and then continue with the next mouthful after the baby finishes swallowing.
For children aged 2 to 3, if they do not cooperate with taking the medicine on their own initiative, adults can let the baby sit sideways on the adult's legs, place one arm behind the adults, and clamp the baby's legs with their legs. At the same time, the left hand is fixed on the baby's left arm and the right hand is fixed on the baby's head. After preparation, another adult feeds the child medicine with a long plate spoon, a medicine feeder, etc.
For children over 3 years old, they can generally understand some truths. If the child is determined not to take medicine, parents can reason with their children. Move it with emotion and reason, so that children can understand the importance of taking medicine and accept the matter of taking medicine from the heart.
When feeding medicine, pay attention to some methods and techniques, so that the feeding medicine will not become a "chore". It will be easy for you and will make the baby suffer less. hope parents can master the correct way to feed the medicine and not let the wrong method leave fear in their baby's heart.
