[blparent] Droppers to give infants medication/vitamins

[Elizabeth Cooks]

I usually use my fingers for measurement.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Droppers to give infants medication/vitamins


> 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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