Episode 118 | How to Give Your Child Medicine
Child Life On Call: Parents of children with an illness or medical condition share their stories with a child life specialist
English - May 04, 2022 06:00 - 14 minutes - 33.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsParenting Kids & Family Health & Fitness Medicine nurse parents resident cancer child childlife childlifespecialist condition disease doctor Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
I’m bringing you a quick episode about a commonly asked question. This topic also happens to be one of our most downloaded resources on the website (in case you didn’t know, you can get free downloadable resources here!) We’re talking about how to get your kids to take medicine - liquid, pills, eye drops, and more.
In this episode, I talk about…
[1:37] Helping ourselves to help our children
[2:12] Helping children to understand the need for medicine
[3:02] Step 1: Setting expectations
[3:34] Step 2: Recognize that medicine is non-negotiable
[4:29] Step 3: Consider the child’s developmental level
[7:16] Step 4: Offer choices about how to take the medicine
[8:20] Step 5: Practice and getting the child comfortable with taking medicine
[9:00] Giving eye drops to children
[10:38] Helping children to swallow pills
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