Family
Kidz-Med Medicine Dispenser
Pacifier for administering meds
My infant daughter has acid-reflux and has to take Zantac a couple of times every day. Although she'll take it straight out of a medicine dropper, she always makes a terrible face and winds up spitting out a good portion (it's bitter -- even with the mint flavoring). This dispenser takes advantage of her natural tendency to suck: the medicine reaches the farthest into her mouth. I thought it seemed a little mean to use something she associates with comfort to give her something she'd hate, but after a few weeks of seeing those faces, I decided it'd be worth trying. The pacifier was a little big for her mouth when she was a couple of months old but she took it just fine, and, at almost five months, she's grown into it. Occasionally, if she's very tired and she mouths but doesn't suck on the pacifier, we use the plunger to push it on in. Either way, she hasn't made a single bad face since we've been using it, and I don't have to mop up all the Zantac she used to spit back out. I read a review of a similar product -- the same concept executed by another company. People complained the other one leaked. This is now my second medicine pacifier (I lost the first one on a road trip), and neither has leaked. This is some of the best $6 I've spent in baby things.
-- Amanda Long
Kidz-Med Medicine Dispenser
$6
Available from Walgreens
Manufactured by Kidz-Med, Inc.
