New Medicine

[TheGoodLife]

Generally crushed pills can be put in a tablespoon of applesauce. That is what we I'd with my kido when he was young and had to have digestive enzymes. Original packaging and if your crushing a pill crusher. Every 2hours seems often unless if it is homeopathic.

Agreed! Like a PP mentioned, if he were to set it down and someone else get it- plus you don't have any sort of Drs. note or anything- I would definitely not do it. Applesauce or some other food that you can mix into, with a Drs. note and original container is what I would require from a parent.

[Crazy8]

any medication needs to be in its original container with the name of the patient & prescribing doctor on it. NO EXCEPTIONS. I am guessing you have that rule in your contract, if not tell her it is a state regulation.

Even my 13 yo will not swallow pills yet so we have a pill crusher (love that little thing) and mix it with a spoonful of yogurt or applesauce. There are plenty of options for giving pills to children - gross sugary juice is not a good one!

[Cradle2crayons]

any medication needs to be in its original container with the name of the patient & prescribing doctor on it. NO EXCEPTIONS. I am guessing you have that rule in your contract, if not tell her it is a state regulation.

Even my 13 yo will not swallow pills yet so we have a pill crusher (love that little thing) and mix it with a spoonful of yogurt or applesauce. There are plenty of options for giving pills to children - gross sugary juice is not a good one!

not to mention you can't be sure he is getting the full dosage doing it in a drink.

[providerandmomof4]

What allergy med is every 2 hours? Do you know what the medicine is, in case of a reaction?

Per STATE regs, I have to have all medicines in the orginial container, with specific instructions...in writing, dosing & amounts with the parents signature to administer. I do NOT do OTC drugs at all, and the only RX drugs I will allow are ones that are emergency meds(like inhaler/nebulizer) or something that is more than 3x a day. (never happens)


so I call BS on an allergy med that is every two hours. I have been through a dozen allergy meds with my kids, and never had something every two hours.
And absolutely NOT allow drugs in a drink that other kids have access. Mom needs her kid at home, pronto.

I agree....

[MrsSteinel'sHouse]

Now homeopathic may explain it but I would require an actual doctors note, prescription, and a declaration of exactly what the child is allergic to. I would also charge a medication administration fee for that level of care.

I had a mom who wanted her kid to have otc herbal sleep meds at night and had this whole routine the kid HAD to have to sleep. I refused to do the sleeping meds and within a few weeks had the kid going to bed just fine with nothing special. I told him to go to bed... that's it.

He didn't have any sleep disorder. It was all manipulation and a parent who wanted the easy way out.

This sounds very fishy and dangerous. I think the provider is taking the parents word and shouldn't.

I totally agree that she needs more information. I was just giving a suggestion for a different way of giving crushed pills. Original container, exact dosage, signed medication sheet... All of that. Homeopathic meds do work for allergies, sometimes better than prescription meds. They do for me. The mom may have been reluctant to tell provider that she is doing that method. I agree she needs to be forthcoming for he kido to get the kido the best care.

[nannyde]

I totally agree that she needs more information. I was just giving a suggestion for a different way of giving crushed pills. Original container, exact dosage, signed medication sheet... All of that. Homeopathic meds do work for allergies, sometimes better than prescription meds. They do for me. The mom may have been reluctant to tell provider that she is doing that method. I agree she needs to be forthcoming for he kido to get the kido the best care.

The mom doesn't get to be reluctant when she is bringing something in that the provider is liable for. Once you take your child out into society... society has a stake in their outcome. You don't get to decide everything because you are the parent. If you want that... keep them home so you don't involve society.

Homeopathic is fine if that's what they want to do but they can't ask a provider to become involved in that. There's about zero chance that it has been researched on babies under two or little kids. If it were, and it worked, the doc could easily sign off on it.

No matter what she needs to find out WHAT the kid is allergic to specifically. I just had a little one under two have an allergy test so there is a chance the technology for testing has gotten down into the under two crowd. I would expect the mom to have the child tested by a medical doctor to find out WHAT it is.

The allergy thing is a big issue in child care. It's the go to for so many parents when their kid is SICK. I've been trying to look up statistics to see how many kids actually HAVE allergies... percentage wise... and I've seen stats for as low as eight percent.

If that were the case the chances of us even seing one in our population would be unlikely yet nearly every parent believes their kid has them. In all the kids I have had tested over the last decade NONE of them have been allergic to anything.

The word allergies is thrown around like a rag doll in child care. Providers need to start putting their foot down and demanding that it be verified. With technology improving, it is time to start testing so that we can eliminate that out of the discussion when kids are showing colds and flu symptoms.

[Hunni Bee]

No way in hell would I do this.

In my state, you have to have a certificate to give meds in the first place. The have to be in the original container and already in whatever form they need to be in for the kid to have it. Any cutting, crushing, mixing has to be done prior to the meds coming in.

Also, that's bull. There are no *pills* needing to given to *small child* for *allergies* at that frequency in that amount of *sugary liquid*. None of it makes any since. Most allergy meds for children are either in syrup or dissolvable form.

Please take to pps advice and do not give this medication without a Dr.'s authorization. The mother might not be able to give you one because I'm willing to bet the meds are OTC Benadryl or zyrtec in adult strength, which is why she wants to dilute it with so much juice.