Eye drops

[Rhi2005]

My little girl is 2 and has conjunctivitus. She has been prescribed antibiotics in drop form but she wont let me go near her. We have to literally pin her down and even then the drops dont get right in the eye? The eyes arent getting any better because of this. Does anyone have any genius tips to get the drops in? Thanks. x

Apart from the pin-down technique, which you are already using, I can only suggest bribery with copious amounts of chocolate buttons, before and after.

When my two had conjunctivitis earlier this year we had hell and chocolate buttons were the only thing that worked with DS1 (3.6 years) but DS2 (then 18mos) wasn't having any of it.

(I think one of the problems with the eye drops is that, bizarrely, the DC can taste them after a minute or so - DS1 always complained of a funny taste in his mouth after we'd put the drops in.)

I seem to remember my parents having to do it when I was asleep. Even chocolate buttons wouldn't persuade me.

My dd has been getting drops from this age and I remember lying her on the seattee and sitting right beside her,
tell her to fold her arem on her chest then sort of lean on them as you put drops in, Iused to make her count too, and then a reward as ttalloo said

don't try to put the drop in an open eye. Get her to close her eye and put the drop in the corner by her nose, when she opens her eye the drop will go in. Sometimes the drops can be cold, this way it doesn't come as so much of a shock. If you're still not having any luck go back to the gp and ask for the gel rather than the drops. And of course lots of bribery and corruption along the way!

wait till she is asleep and see if the doc will change to an ointment and then smear on eyelid

I think that pinning down, distraction and bribery are the only realistic ways, though if you can do as many of the doses as you can while she is asleep that would be good.
The ointment might help as well - One of my DDs had an ointment prescribed, and because it wasnt a liquid it was easier to get into the right place (as could push the right amount out of the tube, and then manouver it onto the surface of the eye), and is seemed to be better tolerated.

My newborn had sticky eyes and i was prescribed antiboitic drops but they just seemed to run out of his eye. Then my doctor recommended I let the suds from some 'no more tears' shampoo run into his eyes, and his eyes have cleared up!