Princess,
Yes, the nurses at the pd clinics I am going to taught me as I asked them how best to feed my girl who is expert at spitting out med. They said not to use the older folks way of cry feed but do it via placing med side of the mouth, of course the same logic applies, ie not to feed the med all at once and as its quite common sensical that with such an influx of fluid all at once, the med will surely backflow. Do it in stages, three pushes of the syringe of 1ml. When there is a little but not an influx of liquid at the sides of the mouth, the baby's natural reaction is to swallow. When the baby starts to wail during feeding, nurses say to let them calm down first and resume when they are calmer. The nurses said babies nowadays are still not so smart to be able to push out med if by the side of the mouth and if by the side, natural reflex is to swallow. Maybe in a decade or two with more DHA added into milk and our diet, they might [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]
Huhh.even when the baby is elevated but wailing away, as she takes in air and pushes out air using the mouth when wailing, the med can get pushed into the nasal passage during the pushing out phase.
Actually the deeper on the tongue we place the syringe, the more the vomitting reflex is triggered. And the choking is not cause by the position of the syringe but cause by the crying and swallowing med at the same time. Risky. That is why when the baby is crying, try not to feed milk. Same logic.
When they wail, that is when they take in air and push out air forcefully with the mouth and by feeding med, its challenging luck in a way. Just a reminder for the moms here esp during these months of 5in1 and 6in1 jabs are like flowing non-stop
For handicapped ppl, feeding med is not quite a problem since they are grown up and not like our babies who will spit stuff out regardless...Hiaz.
