Guest guest Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 I used to have real trouble with my son, because he was refusing to take his night-time doses. He was spitting them out, crying, hitting, ect. I felt like I was abusing him. My son was nearly 5 at this time. It was before I even had the hairtest done. When the hairtest came back and I realized, that he was really very toxic and that I had to get the stuff out, something changed in my mind (not in him). I knew that he was going to take his night time doses. I woke him up, took him out of his bed into a different room and told him he was not going to go back to sleep until he had taken his ALA. Now he still doesn't like to take it, but I didn't have to take him out of his bed for some time anymore. I now use his toy animals to talk to him. I make them squabble between them, which of them was going to be allowed to give my son his ALA. After a while he starts to feel sorry for one of his animals and agrees to have his ALA. I wrote this about 2 years ago. Now my son hardly wakes when I give him his night time doses. Dagmar. [ ] Night time dose, hving difficult time At night, i tried mixing honey water and ala, my child spit out the whole thing, i used an oral syringe, he cannot do anything which requires swallowing. If i mix in jam, and put in his mouth, it gets on the teeth, and mostly is in his mouth in the morning, what i should do? erin ======================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 At night, i tried mixing honey water and ala, my child spit out the whole thing, i used an oral syringe, he cannot do anything which requires swallowing. I asume he can swallow in the daytime?? If so, you just have to get him to wake up enough to realize he has to swallow...For my son, the first night-time dose is the hardest. He is in such a deep sleep, I really have to work to get him awake enough to cooperate. But, he goes right back to sleep afterwards. In the beginning I mixed it with applesauce, then gave hime water through a straw to wash it down. There was a learning curve...so it took a few weeks but it does get better. Now I remind him before he goes to bed, on those nights, that I will be waking him up for medicine. HTH, Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Good job! Necessity is the mother of invention! Barb [ ] Night time dose, hving difficult time > > > At night, i tried mixing honey water and ala, my child spit out the > whole thing, i used an oral syringe, he cannot do anything which > requires swallowing. > > If i mix in jam, and put in his mouth, it gets on the teeth, and > mostly is in his mouth in the morning, what i should do? > > erin > > > > > > ======================================================= > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 > I used to have real trouble with my son, because he was refusing to take his night-time doses. He was spitting them out, crying, hitting, ect. I felt like I was abusing him. My 6 yo son is a tough customer for the night-time doses as well. The first one of the night especially was always a long fight, with spitting out, etc. What I do now is put the night-time doses in very small capsules, and if he's sleeping with his mouth open I just shove it in and watch until he swallows. If his mouth is closed, I put my finger between his lips and pull a gap in his cheek and slip the capsule in. This has worked out *much better.... Nell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 If his mouth is closed, I put my > finger between his lips and pull a gap in his cheek and slip the > capsule in. This has worked out *much better.... > > Nell When I have to get my kids to open their mouths, I hold their nose so they have to open their mouths to breathe. Just thought I'd chime in. Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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