Just had to pay for syringe for DDs medicine

[Liz79]

DD is breastfed and has been prescribed gaviscon. If you ff you just put the powder in the bottle but we are bf so you have to make it up by adding first 5ml and then 10ml of water. I asked the pharmacist for a syringe to measure the water with and to administer it. She charged me 55p for it . I know its only 55p which I can afford but it was the principle. I feel discriminated against for bf

also posted on AIBU board

The Gaviscon should come with a syringe already if it is important to measure out the medication that accurately.

Would a 5 ml plastic medicine spoon - which you probably already have - not be sufficient?

I don't think you are justified in feeling discriminated against, though...there are plenty more things worse than this to worry about!

I had to buy a syringe for DD when she was 7 weeks old and was advised to give her calpol by doctor. There was no way she could take it off a spoon.

It's hardly discriminatory!

really i must be lucky as my pharmacist gave me one for free as i had to give ds4 calpol when he was two months on the advice of gp as he was running a temp, i went to the local chemist and said i needed to buy one and why and they just gave it to me infact i have been given one on more than one occasion

i've always been given syringes free too at docs/hospital etc.

I've sometimes got them for free and sometimes had to pay.
Kepp the syringe and you will be able to use it for calpol too.

I have loads of syringes lying around as both DD's liek to put their fingers in medicine on a spoon, sometimes I've had to pay, sometimes I haven't, it's not enough to get worked up about, just wash it and keep it.

I use the syringes you get with the bottles of nurofen for children - very handy for all sorts of medicines. I have also been given them free with prescription medication for my lo's without asking for them.

if you can just tip it in a bottle why cant you just tip it in a cup of water? surely you do not need to be precise purely because you are bf and the amount of water cant affect the medicine because it would affect it in a bottle. i would have just used a spoon tbh

I've always got them free.... still use syringes for my DS1 who is 3. So easy just to squirt the calpol into his mouth, and not worry about it spilling anywhere!