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? about "happy spitters" and antibiotics

SummerBabyLoveSummerBabyLove member
in July 2013 Moms
How the hell do you give them medicine???  DD2 has her first ear infection and was prescribed amoxicillin twice a day for 10 days.  I gave her her first dose last night and 20 minutes later she spit it up.  I called the doctor and the nurse said 20 minutes wasn't long enough for the medicine to get into her system but I obvioulsy couldn't give her more until this morning.  Sometimes DD won't spit up at all after a bottle (or very little) and other times she spits up a ton and it continues even hours after eating.  She is always sitting up when she drinks and we burp her after every ounce.  The next 10 days of giving her medicine is going to be brutal.  Any BTDT moms of happy spitters have any advice?
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
    Not a mom of a happy spitter but could you mix the meds in the bottle?
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  • SummerBabyLoveSummerBabyLove member
    I could, but then I run the risk of her spitting up when burping her.  I am seriously at a loss.  The only other forms of antibiotics are IV or injection, which I don't want to do.  I really wish they could make suppositories for antibiotics.  We use tylenol suppositories when DD has a fever and they work great!
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    Suppositories would be a great idea. I hope you can get the meds in her. :)
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  • PrimRoseMamaPrimRoseMama member
    DD was a happy spitter. We put the meds in with her oatmeal. It was bubble him flavored oatmeal twice a day. Sounds foul to me, but she kept it down. It's worth a try.

    Also you try dividing the dose in four. That way a little bit at once may be easier to take.


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  • Lelo2006Lelo2006 member
    Oatmeal is such a good idea! I have a happy spitter, too, and things have really improved since I started oatmeal.

    There is nothing happy about happy spitting! There is puke covering my entire life...

    When will it end?!
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  • Kitten80Kitten80 member
    I try to give it before I fed her - first in, last out? She got better so maybe this worked. With oatmeal could work, but I know my kids always rejected food/drink that suddenly tasted mediciney and then I had to force it (equaling upset so more likely to spit up) or guess how much they took.

    GL! Hope she feels better soon.

     

     

     

     

     

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