Saturday, December 12, 2015

Trickster medicine sippy cup

 There is a Sippy cup designed to trick kids into taking their medicine without a problem. The cup has a secret spot right under the lid, so the medicine goes down first, then follows the juice. I imagine as being a parent, one of the hardest things is having kids take their medicine and eating their food. When the time comes to time for a child to take their medicine, it is the struggle of a life time because the child does not like the taste of the medicine. Parents are willing to do just about what ever it takes for their children to properly take their medicine without a hassle.

I asked two children how cough syrup tastes to them and what is it like when they are forced to take it by their parents and here is what these goofy children had to say. To the first child I asked, What does cough syrup taste like to you? The child said "cough syrup tastes like a poison juice in a poison cup". My next question to the child was, When your mommy gives you your medicine, how do you feel about it? The child replied and said," I don't want to take the poison medicine because it taste gross". The child is 5 years old and thinks cough syrup is poison.

I asked the second child the same exact question and the reply I received was," it is just plain stomach churning and it tastes revolting" This child is 12 years old. Now I was tempted to ask the parents about how they felt about the cough syrup but I don't think the answers world be appropriate. Personally, growing up, I was always sick and my grandparents always mixed my medicine with food. When I grew up and my grandparents stopped mixing my medicine, I thought they were trying to poison me. Seems funny but I was scared, I said "But I thought you guys loved me, why are you trying to get rid of me?". They laughed, of course. If I could have used the sippy cup medicine dispenser, I believe that taking medicine would be much easier today.



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