Babies taking medicine can achieve smooth swallowing by adjusting the correct posture, supplementing with sweets, mashing the medicine and distracting their attention.
1. Tilt the baby’s head backward and slightly sideways, lift the lower jaw and feed a small amount of medicine slowly with a spoon, don’t take the spoon out in a hurry, wait until he or she has swallowed the medicine before taking it out.
2. Follow the instructions to add fruit juice, sugar water or baby’s favorite food, preferably liquid, which can reduce the bitter taste.
3. As babies’ digestive tract is not fully developed and the esophagus is narrow, they are prone to reflux choking, so you can mash the medicine or use liquid to deliver the medicine.
4. Distracting your baby’s attention through toys or movements, sounds can relieve his or her tension and reduce the risk of vomiting.
There are many tips for feeding your baby medicine or spending time with him or her. It is important to gain your baby’s trust, but it is also an effective way to enhance the emotional well-being of both mother and baby. It is also important to seek medical attention to find the cause of your baby’s illness and not to take medication on your own.