Lil Tip: Making the Medicine Go Down
When little ones are under the weather, getting medicine down their throats can become a Herculean task.
If you can get the medicine in the mouth, you're halfway there. The toughest part usually comes when they have to swallow it. So before they can spew it back, quickly blow in the child's face. This will cause them to swallow as a natural reflex. Mother Nature has our back on this one. There's a reason her first name is Mother.
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