Track your kids' medicine doses
Dana and her partner keep a running log of their son's medicine dosage, so everyone knows who's taken what when.
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Dana and her partner keep a running log of their son's medicine dosage, so everyone knows who's taken what when.
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When my son was sent home at three weeks of age after nearly dying of myocarditis, I had six medications to give him around the clock over a six-month period.
To keep track, I put colored dot stickers on the bottles, on the medicine droppers, and on a printout on a clipboard. I had a schedule of each medicine, dose, interval, and weaning formula (to slowly release his addiction to morphine). It was stressful enough to deal with a sick baby, but I couldn't afford to give him the wrong dose of anything--especially when giving heart meds and controlled substances!
Nervous wreck, anyone?
Posted by: Mindy | 21 March 2006 at 07:52 PM
Oh, Mindy -- I can only imagine.
Posted by: Parent Hacks Editor | 21 March 2006 at 08:34 PM
Actually we pour all our medications into a baggie and everyone takes a handful in the morning with a latte and we are good to go.
Posted by: Genuine | 21 March 2006 at 09:34 PM
interesting read.
Leads me to a related topic, does anyone have a good solution for organizing all the medicines in your household. One obvious benefit would be to lock them out of reach of children but are there other benefits ??
Posted by: imwhip | 22 March 2006 at 07:17 AM