Can babies mix medicine with milk powder? How should babies take medicine?

When babies are young, they are weak and have poor resistance, so it is inevitable that they will have headaches and fevers. Today, I want to introduce to you the best way to feed medicine to babies when they are sick. Can you mix medicine with milk powder and feed it to babies? Please see below.

Can I mix medicine into milk powder?

It is not recommended to do this.

Children always catch a cold or get sick. Many children are afraid of taking medicine when they are sick, and mothers will be very distressed about feeding the medicine. So some mothers are smart enough to use milk powder to give the medicine to their children, but they don’t know that this will reduce the efficacy of the medicine and is not conducive to the child’s recovery. It is not recommended to take milk powder and medicine together.

Giving medicine with milk powder can also cause trace elements in the milk powder to react with elements in the medicine, generating new substances that are not conducive to human digestion and absorption, affecting the health of infants and young children. Some medicines can even be destroyed by the ions contained in milk, reducing the concentration of the medicine in the blood, which will also reduce the efficacy and affect the recovery of the disease.

Note: It is not recommended to feed medicine with a bottle

It is not recommended to use a bottle to feed medicine to babies, especially for infants over 3 months old, so as to avoid the baby having an unpleasant experience with the bottle and then resisting drinking milk. You can use a spoon to feed medicine. If the baby cannot swallow, a syringe or dropper is also a good choice.

Another way to say medication

It is difficult to feed medicine to children. You can put it in milk powder, because no matter whether you put it in milk powder or not, the medicine will still mix with the milk in the stomach. Because babies only eat milk. It is recommended that you use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor. In addition, this symptom of the child should prevent intestinal obstruction. It is recommended that you observe the child's stomach frequently to see if it is tense. If the child cries, scratches the stomach with his hands, and the stomach is tense and not soft, it is recommended to see a doctor immediately, as there is a possibility of intestinal obstruction.

Tips for feeding medicine to babies

Children are reluctant to take medicine because it tastes bitter. Young parents are often anxious because they lack experience in feeding medicine. Whether it is medicine for infants or young children, parents try to reduce the bitterness of the medicine; if it is a tablet, grind it into powder and mix it with an equal amount of white sugar, or dissolve the medicine in a little sugar water; for powdered medicine that is insoluble in water, mix it with sugar first, so that the powder adheres to the sugar particles, then put it in a spoon and dissolve it with water; for oily medicines, such as cod liver oil, drip it on steamed buns, bread or biscuits and other foods that children like to eat, and eat them together.

If the child refuses to take the medicine, the only way to force the medicine in is to force the child to take it. But you can't be reckless, and you can't leave a bad stimulation to the child, so as not to make him more disgusted with taking medicine in the future and cause suffocation. Even if you force the medicine in, you must pay attention to the method. Let the child lie on his back, tilt his head slightly to one side, pinch his cheek with his hand, and then feed him some water with a spoon. For sensible children over 3 to 4 years old, there is no need to force the medicine in. Parents should conduct positive education, explain clearly that if you are sick, you can only recover your health by taking medicine and injections, and encourage and praise taking medicine as a brave behavior. You can also prepare some of the child's favorite food in advance as encouragement after taking the medicine; or use the brave behavior of the neighbor's children taking medicine to induce in the form of storytelling, eliminate the child's fear, and make him take the medicine actively. When the child is disobedient, you must never scare the child with the language of injections and taking medicine. This will create a bad impression and increase the difficulty of taking medicine in the future.

Do not put medicine in milk for your baby as it will change the nature of the medicine.