[blparent] Droppers to give infants medication/vitamins

[Veronica Smith]

What I did was get the smaller droppers, one that just held the right
amount.  Another thing we do is get a plunger type syringe and cut a notch
in the stick part right at the right amount.  For instace, put the syringe
into the bottle and pull up, the push the syringe back down into the bottle
until you can feel the notch at hmm, 1 teaspoon or what ever the right
amount is.  Did that make sense.
If not, I would be willing to contact you off line and describe over the
phone.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Melissa Wagner
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 3:32 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: [blparent] Droppers to give infants medication/vitamins

Hello.  I appoligize if this has already been asked, but I am looking for a
way to safely measure my infant's medicine or vitamins in to a dropper so
that I can give it to him.  I know the dropper that comes with the bottle
holds more than the recommended dose.  If any of you have found a way to do
this that does not involve asking a sighted person to measure the medicine
let me know.  Otherwise I have come up with a plan to have my husband or a
sighted friend measure the medicine out and store it till I need to use it.
I am also looking in to a way to have the medicine stored and ready to give
if I can't find a solution for measuring by my self here.  Any tips are
appreciated.

 

Melissa

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