Sweet Tip for Learning to Swallow Pills (WFMW)

This is allergy season and one of my younger nieces proudly told me she now has to take “swallow” medicine for allergy control. This reminded me of how I taught my little ones to swallow pills.

1.  Buy a bag of plain M&M’s.
2. Get a glass of water.
3. Give the child 3 M&M’s and the water.
4. Instruct child to put the M&M on the back of their tongue and then take a big drink of water.
5. Do this two more times.
6. Then reward with some of the M&M’s.
7.  Repeat 1-6 until the child has mastered the art of swallowing pills.
8. Wait several hours or better yet, until the next day before repeating. That helps ensure this is a positive experience.

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