Comments on: Pre-pre-teenage rebellion http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/ A San Francisco stay-at-home dad getting the hang of things. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:11:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Robert http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-11121 Robert Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:07:49 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/#comment-11121 Our kids like Danimals drinkable yougurt (no HFCS, artificial colors or flavors [they say]), so we found that we could mix the meds in that and they would drink it down without complaint. Then we found the bubble-gum flavored Children's Tylenol. We had to hide that stuff less they bypass the cap and just rip the bottle open with their teeth. Our kids like Danimals drinkable yougurt (no HFCS, artificial colors or flavors [they say]), so we found that we could mix the meds in that and they would drink it down without complaint.
Then we found the bubble-gum flavored Children’s Tylenol. We had to hide that stuff less they bypass the cap and just rip the bottle open with their teeth.

]]> By: LizP http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-11120 LizP Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:36:40 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/#comment-11120 <a href='#comment-11117' rel="nofollow">@doodaddy</a> - Here's the URL for Target ... http://sites.target.com/site/en/health/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-040549 ...then click Learn More in the upper left of the Pharmacy Flavors window. They have chocolate ... but no zinfandel ;-) What about sitting with her at the computer and having her choose the flavor??? @doodaddy –

Here’s the URL for Target … http://sites.target.com/site/en/health/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-040549 …then click Learn More in the upper left of the Pharmacy Flavors window.

They have chocolate … but no zinfandel ;-)

What about sitting with her at the computer and having her choose the flavor???

]]> By: E... http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-11116 E... Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:58:28 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/#comment-11116 This forcing children to do things they really need to is one of my great stumbling blocks, too. Once threatened to throw my son off the deck after I had failed to get him to take Tylenol. Not my best moment. Instead, we all lost out on going to the library that day, and of course everyone suffered (though not as badly, I guess, as if I had thrown him off the deck). Totally get what you mean about being both proud and debilitated by the stubbornness. This forcing children to do things they really need to is one of my great stumbling blocks, too. Once threatened to throw my son off the deck after I had failed to get him to take Tylenol. Not my best moment. Instead, we all lost out on going to the library that day, and of course everyone suffered (though not as badly, I guess, as if I had thrown him off the deck). Totally get what you mean about being both proud and debilitated by the stubbornness.

]]> By: Dan http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-11110 Dan Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:37:28 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/#comment-11110 "Someday, she’ll realize (on her own) that when her parents suggest a course of action, it’s usually for the best." You're kidding right? “Someday, she’ll realize (on her own) that when her parents suggest a course of action, it’s usually for the best.”

You’re kidding right?

]]> By: LizP http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-11106 LizP Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:46:21 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/#comment-11106 (delurking) I don't know if this will help but Target will flavor your kid's medicine in something other than cherry. They'll even mix and match flavors. (relurking) (delurking)
I don’t know if this will help but Target will flavor your kid’s medicine in something other than cherry. They’ll even mix and match flavors.

(relurking)

]]> By: doodaddy http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-11118 doodaddy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/#comment-11118 <a href='#comment-11110' rel="nofollow">@Dan</a> - OK, let me rephrase -- "...for the best, if she ever wants to watch television, have her friends over, eat ice cream, or otherwise experience the little luxuries we her parents have control over..." @Dan – OK, let me rephrase — “…for the best, if she ever wants to watch television, have her friends over, eat ice cream, or otherwise experience the little luxuries we her parents have control over…”

]]> By: doodaddy http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-11117 doodaddy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/#comment-11117 <a href='#comment-11106' rel="nofollow">@LizP</a> - Worth a shot, I guess. Will they flavor them like something non-toxic? Medicine always tastes so fakey. I'm thinking maybe Zinfandel Tylenol here. @LizP – Worth a shot, I guess. Will they flavor them like something non-toxic? Medicine always tastes so fakey.

I’m thinking maybe Zinfandel Tylenol here.

]]> By: doodaddy http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-11119 doodaddy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/#comment-11119 <a href='#comment-11116' rel="nofollow">@E...</a> - Yeah, you can never threaten anything you're not prepared to follow through on. It's like me and the "I'll melt down your favorite doll" thing. Nice to know there are other stubborn kids out there. All of Fern's friends are sweetness and light. Damn them. @E… – Yeah, you can never threaten anything you’re not prepared to follow through on. It’s like me and the “I’ll melt down your favorite doll” thing.

Nice to know there are other stubborn kids out there. All of Fern’s friends are sweetness and light. Damn them.

]]> By: doodaddy http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-11206 doodaddy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/#comment-11206 <a href='#comment-11120' rel="nofollow">@LizP</a> - Worth a shot, I guess. Or else teaching her to swallow pills... Thanks for the advice! @LizP – Worth a shot, I guess. Or else teaching her to swallow pills…

Thanks for the advice!

]]> By: doodaddy http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-11207 doodaddy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/05/pre-pre-teenage-rebellion/#comment-11207 <a href='#comment-11121' rel="nofollow">@Robert</a> - Tylenol we've managed now -- the antibiotics the pediatrician wanted her to have are another story. Might try that yogurt thing, though... @Robert – Tylenol we’ve managed now — the antibiotics the pediatrician wanted her to have are another story. Might try that yogurt thing, though…

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