[blParent] Tips for administering eye drops?

[Ashleigh Moon]

Hello Helen,

This is certainly a tricky one. I think my husband and I must have had to
administer what feels like thousands upon thousands of eye drops for my
daughter throughout the years. We never used any kind of guide when she was
an infant, nor as she got older. Instead, we learned to gently use the tip
of our finger to locate her upper and lower eye-lids and center the dropper
of the bottle right in between. Of course, hovering our hand so as not to
get the tip of the dropper into her eye.

The single-drop only part is more difficult. The best way we found was to
practice with the drop bottles and get used to how the various ones worked
with different amounts of pressure. Some drops required no pressure and a
drop would just fall out, others required some pressure, etc. We'd first
test it on our hand to feel how much came out. This is not a 100% work's
every time method but it did work well enough for us over the 5 years of
drops we've had to give.

I know that may not be the most helpful information. I just wanted to share
what worked for us. Hopefully others will reply and provide even more
suggestions.

Best,
Ashleigh Moon


On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM Helen Stevens via BlParent <
blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Good evening,
>
> Does anyone have experience administering eye drops for infants or young
> children? I’m looking for tips on making sure one drop, and only one drop,
> ends up in the eye. I’m familiar with eye drop guides that can help with
> lining up, but am not aware of any that fit very small faces.
>
> Thanks,
> Helen
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Ashleigh Moon
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480-338-1419
STEM Access Consultant
President, Arizona Organization of Parents of Blind Children
Chair, NFB of Arizona Education Committee
Board Member, National Organization of Parents of Blind Children