Lesson 21 Administration of medicines to a refluxing baby.

 

How to administer medicines to a refluxing baby?
Administering medicines to babies is a tough task. It needs a lot of patience and care. Most babies vomit out medicines or just refuse to gulp those liquids down the throat. 

For multivitamins you can change the brand of the medicine by consulting your treating pediatrician; as there are many over the counter multivitamin drops and syrups for babies and decide on a drop or syrup that tastes good to the baby so that thr baby accepts it easily without a fuss. 

But for antibiotics and other drugs we have no option. And these are given only when the baby is ill. Due to the illness baby will be cranky and unco-operative but patience and high determination is the key.
To start with Feed the baby only half of the total feed amount. 
Burp the baby for 5 to 10 minutes
Wait for 15 to 20 minutes and then feed the medicines with a dropper or paladei or spoon according to your convinience. 
With dropper you can administer the syrup deep in the mouth. Keep the bulb of the dropper pressed until you talk out the dropper from the mouth completely otherwise the admisinistered syrup will also come back into the dropper out of the mouth. 
With the spoon you can readminister the drugs thrown out of the angles of the mouth while giving the medicine. But introduce the spoon completely into the mouth and wait for the baby to gulp it down before taking the spoon out of the mouth. 
Give a few sips of water if required
Again Burp the baby for 5 to 10 minutes. 
Wait for 20 more minutes and feed the rest of the food of required. 
Burp the baby again and put to sleep.
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How to administer medicibes to refluxing baby?
Feed the baby half of the total feed amount. 

Burp the baby for 5 to 10 minutes

Wait for 15 to 20 minutes and then feed the medicines with a dropper or spoon according to your convinience. 

With dropper you can administer the syrup deep in the mouth. Keep the bulb of the dropper pressed until you talk out the dropper from the mouth completely otherwise the admisinistered syrup will also come back into the dropper out of the mouth. With the spoon you can readminister the drugs thrown out of the angles of the mouth while giving the medicine. 

Burp the baby for 5 to 10 minutes. 

Wait for 20 more minutes and feed the rest of the food of required. 

Burp the baby again and put to sleep. #refluxingbaby  
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SHUMEEE ACTIVITY WALKER

Shumee activity walker is the new addition to Govind's collection of toys. After the supportive suspension walker which gives the baby all the freedom to move on its own; and the stand and sit play gym , this activity walker is really very helpful for the baby to balance the newly learnt stance as well as practice walking. 
It is a complete assortment of fun and learning activities on 3 sides. 
On the front panel, From the top it has a clock with moveable hour and minute hand, a rotating cylinder with two small beads in it which create curiosity, a xylophone, a transparent drumming surface and two holes for its sticks, a line of colorfull beads, a complete gear-pinion arrangement. 
On one side there is a maze with 3 circular knobs and 2 butterfly shaped knobs which are great resource for adequate grasping activity. 
On the other side is a wired maze with heart shaped and circular beads. 
The most unique featire of this walker is that the 4 wheels have rubber linings which give sufficient friction to slow down the pace of the walker for the new learners which most other walkers do not have. They just easily move forward with a little force by the toddler and the baby tends to fall or over stretch. 
And rest other shumee features are just super and always a win-win buy. 
Like the fact that its wooden and made with organic colors and most importantly made in india are the most important ones among others. 
Even I love to play with this walker.
Govind engages a lot with it also. 
Its like revisiting the childhood recesses of my brain and getting excited at those centers which makes my day even after tiredness. 
But now doing a photo shoot with Govind is the toughest task. He is not staying stable for a minute so all his pics are blurred and only videos are possible. #BBcreatorsclub  
 #AAM  
 #govindlovesbbc  
 #growingupwithgovind  
 #mymommyhoodexperiences

SHUMEEE ACTIVITY WALKER
Shumee activity walker is the new addition to Govind's collection of toys. After the supportive suspension walker which gives the baby all the freedom to move on its own; and the stand and sit play gym , this activity walker is really very helpful for the baby to balance the newly learnt stance as well as practice walking. 

It is a complete assortment of fun and learning activities on 3 sides. 

On the front panel, From the top it has a clock with moveable hour and minute hand, a rotating cylinder with two small beads in it which create curiosity, a xylophone, a transparent drumming surface and two holes for its sticks, a line of colorfull beads, a complete gear-pinion arrangement. 

On one side there is a maze with 3 circular knobs and 2 butterfly shaped knobs which are great resource for adequate grasping activity. 

On the other side is a wired maze with heart shaped and circular beads. 

The most unique featire of this walker is that the 4 wheels have rubber linings which give sufficient friction to slow down the pace of the walker for the new learners which most other walkers do not have. They just easily move forward with a little force by the toddler and the baby tends to fall or over stretch. 

And rest other shumee features are just super and always a win-win buy. 

Like the fact that its wooden and made with organic colors and most importantly made in india are the most important ones among others. 

Even I love to play with this walker.

Govind engages a lot with it also. 

 Its like revisiting the childhood recesses of my brain and getting excited at those centers which makes my day even after tiredness. 

But now doing a photo shoot with Govind is the toughest task. He is not staying stable for a minute so all his pics are blurred and only videos are possible. #BBcreatorsclub  
 #AAM  
 #govindlovesbbc  
 #growingupwithgovind  
 #mymommyhoodexperiences

Today I came across this piston type of breast pump which is I felt will be very useful for new moms. This is much better than the manual handle pump I had been using during my initial days. The suction is better hence the output is also better than the handle pump. Pulling the piston of this pump is a lot less laborious than pressing the handle. 

This product is only available on infinity mediequip india site. Infinity medi equip is a company which provides various medical healthcare products at affordable prices pan india. 

Electric pumps are no doubt more convinient than manual pumps but this pump works well for new moms especially with premature delivery and c-section delivery. Also they are quite expensive. On budget this is a useful and worthy product. It will become easier to feed the baby in those intial dry days as well as it will adequately stimulate the let down reflex untill the baby is ready to suckle. 

Infinity medi equip is also coming up with an electric pump. 
I wish some body had told me about this, may be i could havee been able to breast feed my baby. 

I hope this information will help a new mom. 
Even i got to know about this from my dentist colleague who had twin delivery. He lost the first baby due to prematurity at 28 weeks of gestation and under developed lungs. The second baby is now discharged from nicu and doing good. Already reached 2kgs weight in 2 months on exclusive breast milk expressed using this pump. She has a good milk let down now. 
Happy breastfeeding new moms! #breastisbest 
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