One of my Rainbow Bridge babies, Ashley, needed to take a number of pills when she was sixteen. It was a daily struggle to give her medication, and i will never forget it. For a while broccoli with cheese sauce worked because it was sticky. Other times baked ziti worked. We gave her anything she would eat that wasn't harmful to her. Some days it was a struggle to get Ashley to eat, and we had to force the pills down her. It was so upsetting for both my husband and me, and we felt like we were being bullies to our baby. She needed her medication, so we did what we needed to do to get her medication in her. We started calling her our vanilla bean baby because for a while vanilla ice cream was all that worked. I pray it gets easier for both of you and that ultimately Olivia won't need as many medications. |