[blParent] Medication Question

[Donna Casteen]

Depending on the thickness of the liquid medication, on average one drop equals 0.05ml. Four drops would be 0.2ml. A pharmacist may be able to mark a syringe for you, by placing a small cut or piece of tape on the plunger part of a syringe. I test the medication dropper to see how much pressure I need to apply to squeeze out one drop by drawing up water in the syringe & squeezing the bulb end of the syringe & letting the drops of water drop into the palm of my free hand. Once my children were able to count, I would practice using a medication dropper filled with water & have the child count the drops out loud, pausing between each squeeze. 

Donna
  
> 
> From time to time I have had to dispense medications by the drop.  Take four
> drops every 6 hours.  Although I can do this for myself by dripping the
> medication on my tongue and counting them, does anyone have a suggestion for
> how to do this for one's child without vision?
> 
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