I cant shoot it down the back of ella's mouth she chokes and holds her breath so i mix it with marina's infant mixture (a sweet peppermint flavour which masks the bitterness of the zantac) or a smidge of diluted sugar water and ella doesnt spit any out now but mix it just before you give it to them dont let it sit.
I use a nurofen dispenser also a fair way back to the side of her mouth and i leave the dispenser in her mouth for a few seconds aferwards so she kind of has a suck and swallows it all down. I think it makes it a bit trickier to spit it out with something in her mouth I also find that having her on a recline rather than sitting up helps.
HOpe that was somewhat helpful. My DD is now gulping it down like it's some special treat
The marina's infant mixture you get at chemists it's for wind/colic and reflux.
I mix 1ml of that to the 1ml of zantac.
For the sugar water
I use a 1/4 of a teaspoon of normal suger to a teaspoon of boiling water mix it so it disolves all the sugar and is no longer hot then just mix in the zantac i do this in a little medicine cup then use a dropper to suck it all up it comes to about 1.8mls all up then pop it into the side of her mouth and squirt a little at a time with her dummy in and she sucks it all down.
Oh and i asked my doctor if that was ok to do that and he said it was fine as long as we knew there was the 1ml of zantac in it then whatever i need to do to get her to take it is ok.
EJ - i cant imagine my DS thinking of it as a special treat - i'm sure he thinks i'm trying to poison him
Ferrals - thanks, i might try the sugar thing today as aiming for the cheek alone isnt working
do you think the prescriber allows for some of the dose to be spat out? I would hate to think the doses to date are going to waste particularly as it takes 10 days to have an affect
I also find that having her on a recline rather than sitting up helps.
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