It's definitely true that Sulwen has to take a lot of medications and remedies. Six are prescription, five are herbal, and there are some vitamins, probiotics, and homeopathic remedies too. It's a lot to get down a 16 month old, especially since some medications are given four times a day.Added to that, Sulwen now gets to soak her toes in epsom salts and get them doctored up with ointment twice a day too. She has developed some severe ingrown toenails on both big toes and we've now put her on some antibiotics to help stave off infection. She is also fighting a little cold, so it seems.
We've tried various techniques to give her medicine. Syringes work best. As helpful as syringes are for measuring and dosing, Sulwen still has her own techniques to thwart medicine imbibing. Stephen is the creative doser and distraction, preferably very funny and weird, will give the slight respite in her thwarting tactics so that the syringe can go in and the meds can go down. You can see one of the latest below. Of course new distraction ideas are needed constantly so the creative juices are always primed.
We also try to make sure that Sulwen gets to give both of us some "medicine" via syringes each time she gets hers. It's usually latte flavored in the mornings and herb tea in the evenings. She laughs and enjoys that part of her medicine taking best.
Sulwen's many meds
pick the plungers from Daddy's nose - this distraction gets an A+!
not a pretty sight - one of the ingrown toenails - don't cut nails too short!
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