GIVE MEDICATION TO MY CHILDREN AND DON’T GO CRAZY – MOM’S GOOD ADVICE

“As a parent, my greatest fear is always the fear of my children.”

My little ones went through various colds, fevers, stuffy noses, and coughs. Diaper rash, teething pain, sore throat, diarrhea, and vomiting. 

And with the beginning of the Nursery all the contagious viruses, such as chickenpox, rubella, whooping cough, etc., started too. And there was no chance that my child would not get infected. They say that it is better for a small age than for adulthood. But for me, seeing a child in pain, scratching, unable to sleep, and having a fever hurts more than I had smallpox myself.

Every vaccine was unbearable for me. Firstly, the sight of a needle stuck in such a small hand or foot was terrifying. Secondly – my baby crying, thirdly – swollen and painful places after vaccines, and finally, fever and crying at night.

In short, motherhood is an endless journey of mother and child through numerous diseases, allergies, vaccinations, and viruses. A Mommy journey full of anxiety as my baby had a fever, lack of appetite, and left vomit or poop of unknown colour and texture everywhere. In the end, a new form of stress surfaced in me – applying medicine to my children.

Giving children any medication, or applying spray was a time when I felt more fear than my little ones.

And because of that horrible feeling I found and developed enjoyable methods that make it easy to give my children any medications. And above all, it is a simple and stress-free way for mothers too. 

                 Check it out, Mommy:

• introduce your children to the medicine, and tell them why you give it, why after they feel better
• show your medications if you have (even vitamins), and give yourself a dose next to your children,
• if your child is old enough to use the spray himself, let him do it,
•  give your child a choice if he wants medicine from a measuring cup, syringe, or teaspoon (for example, his/her favourite spoon) it depends on what the child liked more. My son loved any syringe and my daughter liked the teaspoons,
• playing with children’s toys, a teddy bear is a patient, a child is a doctor,
• bath time is a good idea for applying medicine. Patrick after taking the medicine was still playing with his syringes in the water,
• with a nasal spray, I used the technique of saying start and stop. So my children knew that their application depended only on them and they felt no fear,
• use the spray on yourself first, you can start to sneeze or behave funny, it will make your child realize that the drops, syrup, and spray do not hurt, only cheer you up and make you laugh.

But as I always say, each child is different and each accepts something else. The methods of giving medicine to my children while playing in the bath, casual conversations about the nasal spray, syrup, or pills, and playing with favourite teddy bear as a doctor and patient always helped in my situations.

Dear Parents, let’s leave the stress forever and follow this quote:

“The best medicine is laughter.”