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by Chelsea Day • Feb 21, 2015 Our posts feature partner companies.
6 Ways to Get Kids to Take Medicine
We shared awhile back about our visit to the hospital with Minion for RSV (the worst day ever), but we haven’t told you much about the aftermath. In total I spent 10 days with a sick baby, followed by 13 days with a sick toddler and preschooler. I learned that while it’s scarier for infants to get sick, in a way it’s easier because they don’t fight treatment. Trying to get kids to take medicine? Strong-willed, obstinate and opinionated kids? That’s a challenge that takes DETERMINATION.
After we finally sprang loose from the hospital, we all huddled up at home for a couple weeks battling coughs, sniffles, earaches…the…
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