Curkey

  Ensuring that your little one takes medicines can be quite challenging. So when the sweet cajoling does not work, parents and grandparents need to find creative ways to administer the dose prescribed by the doctor.  A popular way of giving medicine to a child is bringing the medicine in a spoon like a flying machine or an aeroplane and letting it land in the child’s mouth. Adding sound effects makes it even more fun. It is important to place it on the tongue in such a way, that it glides down easily or the child may squirt it or spit it out.  One can also let the child choose the colour of the cup from which she/ he wants to take the syrup or the room in the house where she/ he wants to have it. When the child is given a chance to make a choice, she/he feels in control of the situation and quite likes it.  Alternatively the medicine can be given as a part of an ongoing series of stories, where a little part of a story is revealed to the tot every time a dose is giv...