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January 10, 2008 at 9:37 am #47182

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My 4 month old is fully breastfed (except for the medicine of course) and in the beginning of taking the zegrid thought it was OK, but now it’s a struggle to get time to take it every time. 4ml is a lot of give my syringe and he dribbles a lot back at me, not sure how much though.

Unfortunately he doesn’t suck either on my finger or on a pacifier- he chews instead so I can’t give it to him like that.

Any other suggestions, it would be nice if we don’t have to fight 3x a day.

January 10, 2008 at 2:46 pm #47197

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Have you given him any solids yet? Probably not, but when you do, you can mix the med is a very small amount of food and spoon it to him.

We always did the squirt/pacifier technique. I would just squirt a small amount in and then put the pacifier in his mouth to help him suck it down. He didn’t suck on a pacifier any other time but would for this.

Some moms have found using a small bulb syringe like in the tylenol bottles works better. IT takes a while, but you can get it in them more easily as you can fit it in their mouths better, etc.

Good luck. We went through this for a bit too, but once he got used to it, and I got better at giving it to him, it was so easy. Now he just chugs it down.

January 11, 2008 at 10:42 am #47228

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You can try giving it while he’s sleeping. We had to do this for a bit with Justice and then he eventually loved his zegerid. He would get very excited every time he saw it. I know you said he doesn’t take a pacifier, but maybe you could train him to take a bottle and express a little milk and add the zegerid and get him to take it that way. My friend did that, but it seemed like too much work to me. Oh, I know this sounds horrible, but if your desperate you can squirt the meds in and then blow in his face. I know it sounds horrible, but it is for the greater good.

January 11, 2008 at 3:00 pm #47241

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Thanks everyone. I tried the expressing today and it took a while, but it worked. Much easier that trying with the 6 ml syringe I had before. I’d do it when he is sleeping except he only naps for 20 mins at the moment and i don’t think I can cope with less as he’d probably wake up.

And I’ll keep the dropper next time we finish a Tylanol bottle and try that.
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