Liquids and
Pills and
Tablets, Oh My
treated like a
only works best when
are being followed,
“It becomes
part of a continuum
opposed to
focus on, whether it’s
something that’s
Make it more
Applesauce, yogurt,
chocolate syrup are
foods to pair with
foods are easy to
safely mixed with
she says.

Tablets and pills,
for kids to swallow,
taken with small
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asking them to take the medicine can
be helpful in gaining their trust and
understanding,” Johns says.

During the conversation, Johns
emphasizes that parents stress the value
of health, wellness and taking care of one’s
own body. Medicine should “become one
element as part of a greater picture” rather
than a central focus, she adds.

It’s important to make it clear to your
child that medicine itself won’t keep them
healthy and safe. In times of sickness,
medicine isn’t the only magical cure.

Instead, medicine should be conveyed and
hard. To help build
recommends letting
tablets with a small
the type that are
of ice cream, cakes
comfortable with
swallowing tablets
like mini M&Ms.

taking their pills with
of water.

When swallowing
Johns says it is easier
the tablet at the back
the kids can take a
both the pill and the
same time.