Yeah right!
So, Alyssa got some medicine today that she has to take twice a day with cereal. YEAH RIGHT!! (Remember the previous post about what she thinks about cereal?!)
So...
After avoiding the fact as long as I could, I got my courage up, strapped my armor on and set out to do the impossible. Here is our 10 step program to success...
Step 1: Mix up cereal and medicine. Try and trick baby by making it mostly liquid.
Step 2: Strip baby down to her diaper (for obvious reasons...refer to previous post!) : )
Step 3:
Location #1...bumbo chair with bib.
Method #1...baby spoon.
Result: 100% of food and medicine spit out.
Step 4:
Location #2...Mommy holding baby.
Method #1...baby spoon.
Result: Baby squirms and food gets all over mommy.
Step 5:
Location #3...bouncy seat.
Method #1...baby spoon.
Result: Baby squirms and food gets all over bouncy seat.
Step 6:
Location #3...bouncy seat.
Method #2...mommy wises up and puts the food in a bottle (it was thinned quite a bit)
Result: Baby loves sucking on the bottle...however no food comes out. Rice granules are too big. (ARGH!...start running out of ideas)
Step 7:
Go and get a sippy cup...hey why not?...look at the cup and decide that is a bad idea.
Step #8:
Location#4: floor...maybe with her head all the way back, it will slide right down?
Method...#1...baby spoon
Result: baby keeps rolling over and laughing.
Step #9:
Mommy is about to admit defeat...when all of a sudden...light bulb moment!...THE MEDICINE SYRINGE. Alyssa is used to taking medicine that way, so why not try the cereal in it!
Step #10:
Location: floor...with Mommy holding baby's neck up. Added bonus...dog shows up so baby watches dog instead of rolling over
Method: Syringe
Results: SUCCESS! (I just hope there was enough medicine that actually got in her...oh well)
So now we get to do that twice a day. Hopefully for just a couple of days. Poor baby! (poor mommy!) : ) I'm hoping maybe she'll warm up to the taste of the cereal and then I can just give it to her normally.
Now...off to do the load of laundry and load of dishes we created with this little fiasco!
Posted in: on Monday, January 26, 2009 at at 5:24 PM
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Poor both of you! I feel for you both. Have you considered giving her a different kind of baby cereal? Have you tasted the rice cereal? Maybe it really tastes terrible. I think I gave an oatmeal cereal to the girls. I just can't remember what it was called. Hope you solve the problem so it doesn't remain one. Love to you all. Just can't wait to get to see you all. Gramdma (aka Grammy)