We have a pill swallower!!! :-d

[imwood]

The liquid script for Bentyl is still not in at the pharmacy so I went in today (she's having another episode of LLQ spasms) & asked if they could just do a partial fill of just 3 or 4 pills as the liquid should be in tomorrow afternoon. On the hope that maybe somehow she could magically learn to swallow pills despite valiant efforts in the past & trying every trick ever found on the internet.

SHE DID IT! Chewed up a grape so it was half-mushed in her mouth, popped the Bentyl pill in, and she swallowed the whole mess. It was mostly a mental block anyway, and I'm SO GLAD she got past it, now she'll get some relief from the spasms and I bet she'll have an easier time swallowing all pills from here forward.

YAY!

(and her 7yo sister swallows the giant adult horsepill-sized fish oil supplements like they're water, the two couldn't be more opposite!)

 

[DustyKat]

Good on her!!!

What a relief! So happy for you all! :ybiggrin:

Dusty. xxx

 

[imaboveitall]

Rubbing the pill on a stick of butter helps too.
Awesome. Pills are so much easier.

 

[Crohn's Mom]

Congratulations !!

 

[Tesscorm]

So glad the pills worked!!!

When my kids were small, it was a nightmare whenever they were sick! Forget pills, mine couldn't even have liquid! From the time they were infants (first vaccine at 2 mos??) until they were about 2-3 years, they would instantly vomit all meds???!!! At two months, certainly too young to be anything but an involuntary response and I never did figure out what ingredient it was in the kids meds (antibiotics - flavoured or not, children's tylenol, ALL other brands, cough syrup, etc.) that caused this reaction in both of them! All I could give them were acetaminophen/aspirin suppositories. Antibiotics were always on a 'best efforts' basis! LOL It was very odd and then they both just outgrew it. Although, I must admit, in the end, the aspirin suppositories were often a godsend - when they were feverish, nauseated, etc. I never had to worry if they kept 'all' the medication down, do I give more, etc.

 

[izzi'smom]

Yay! How wonderful!!!
Julie, the thought of rubbing my pills in butter makes me want to vomit lol! Whatever works, though...lots of kids love butter!
Tess, what a pain! Like you said though, nothing worse than having them vomit just after dosing...and wondering if they retained any of the meds.

 

[kimmidwife]

Yay so glad to hear!

 

[Dexky]

That's awesome mom! Not so sure she should be eating grapes though....those skins can be tough to digest!!

 

[Devynnsmom]

Thats great!!