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administering medicine

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Ellaroo · 27/08/2002 19:49

My 11 month old dd is having to take medicine quite regularly at the moment. She point-blank refuses to open her mouth for it and so dh has taken to pinching her nose lightly to force her to open her mouth for it. When I saw what he was doing I said I didn't feel comfortable with him doing that and didn't think it was a good idea as it seems a bit of a mean trick even if the medicine will make her feel better in the long run. However, I don't seem to be able to come up with an effective alternative for how to get her to take it and dh is now upset that he may have been doing something that I suggested could be psychologically damaging!!! What are your thoughts on this - am I being over-cautious? Do any of you do this?

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codswallop · 19/01/2004 14:27

YOU WOULD THINK ON DS3 i WOULD KNOW WHAT i AM DOING BUT I DONT

i have bloody medicine everywhere

WHY Do they make it acid yellow?
he hates it

have tried althe usual tricks, hates calpol hates nurofen hates me and ia m rather un keen on him at the mo