When the IV line was prematurely taken off from her hand on Monday night, Baby C had to be given oral antibiotics (Zinnat) at the hospital. Zinnat must have tasted yucky coz Baby C bawled big time and struggled until she puked. Hubby and I spent over half an hour in the hospital coaxing her and forcing the meds into her mouth. I really feel so sorry for Baby C. I really hate forcing my kids to swallow their meds coz I had a real traumatic time eating antibiotics (the stinky and bitter pink colored ones) when I was 8 years old. When I kept throwing up the antibiotics, my parents forced me to drink it too… and in the end, I still puked. That incident is still etched in my mind and because of this, I am really very patient when it comes to feeding my kids meds coz I know how terrible it feels swallowing those yucky stuff, only to have it forced out again painfully. Anyway, back to Baby C. When we finally forced fed her 6ml of antibiotics, she puked everything out in the car…. all on my pants.
After the incident in the hospital, Baby C has developed a phobia whenever we feed her anything using a spoon or a syringe. The moment I put a bib on her, she would start crying and the minute she sees me holding a spoon, she would turn her head left and right to avoid the spoon or syringe, struggle, push my hand away forcefully, squeeze my hands and purse her lips. It’s a real struggle feeding her antibiotics now and she has to take antibiotics twice daily for 2 weeks. This evening, my maid and I spent over 30 minutes just feeding her 1.2ml of antibiotics. That’s only about 3/4 teaspoon but Baby C was struggling, crying and puked….. and I had to feed her all over again. I used a quarter slice of white bread, 1/2 a banana, a black grape and a small carrot stick to let her chew on to go with the meds but she still puked. She is terribly terrified of meds after the hospital incident and I hope she will get over this phobia soon coz she has to be on antibiotics for a few more years until she outgrows her Kidney Reflux. It is really exhausting feeding her the meds everyday. I forsee the situation will only get worse as she grows coz she will gain more strength to struggle and push me away. I can only pray that God will heal her from Kidney Reflux and get us both out from this nightmare soon.
Yes I pray very hard too that Baby C will soon be spared of all these suffering and will conitnue to grow up as a healthy child. Just a thought, but you may not be able to mix the antibiotics with milk, but perhaps you could check whether it could be mixed with juices or Ribena, or something sweet (Yakult, melted ice cream, with her meals) to disguise the taste?
PL….. thanks very much for your prayers and your constant support…. and gifts too. Yes, I’ve read that antibiotics can’t go together with milk. Some adverse reaction to these 2. Today, I found a good solution which Baby C loved! I made her fresh black grapes juice and gave her tiny bits of the grapes flesh. She loved it and had very little fuss eating her meds! I hope she won’t get bored of it and refuse it tomorrow.
How abt trying tiny pieces of ice chunks or shaved ice? Ice of course is a real treat(avoid giving Baby C that when it’s not antibiotics time) and the cold can be a numbing agent so she doesn’t taste the medicine. Avoid citrus juices with medicines(FOR ADULTS TOO) as there can be a potential adverse reaction.