We bribe our kid

Chrysallys · December 2010

DS is on Amoxicillin for an ear infection. Giving him meds was a nightmare with him spitting the full dose out until I figured out he can be bought.

All it takes is a small little cookie. If he can hold it in his hand and I tell him he can eat it after his medicine, he will chug the stuff down and then happily toddle off to eat his cookie.

We are terrible but it works.

Mee83shell · December 2010

Not terrible--smart.

If he needs the ATB, there is NO REASON you can't give him a reward for taking it like a champ :-)

ljlkm · December 2010

Bribe...reward...potato...potahto. As long as he's taken his medicine!

rebus82 · December 2010

Eh, I'm a firm believer in bribery for the greater good. As long as he doesn't think he'll always get a cookie (or whatever) every time he does what he's supposed to, I see no harm in it.

ETA: I bribe B with crackers and Teddy Grahams when we have to do diaper changes in public. It's the only way he stays still and quiet. My mother offered the suggestion a while back, and I've heeded it ever since.

Shayna0182 · December 2010

That's not terrible, you gotta do what you gotta do. Ds is on his second round of antibiotics for a double ear infection, we've started putting his in chocolate soy milk. He takes it without a fuss.