Medicine whoas.....

Getting the prednisone (steriod) in Caroline is proving not as easy as it would seem. The medicine apparently tastes horrible, despite the grape flavoring to try to mask it, and Caroline does not appreciate having it forced into her mouth. She chokes, coughs, gags and spits the entire time. We are trying every different trick to try to get it in her, but so far sometimes it seems more is on the burp cloth than in her stomach. I did call a local compounding pharmacy who suggested that they can mix the medicine to make it more concentrated, so that she has to take less volume per dose. The docs at Duke said this would be fine, so it's been called in and it's worth a try. It would decrease the amount from 3 cc's to 1 cc, which is pretty significant. It won't be ready until tomorrow afternoon. In the morning, I'm going to try mixing the 3 cc's of medicine with 3 cc's of apple juice and give it to her in a bottle nipple. We'll see.... I'm running out of ideas! The bottom line: 2 month old babies should not have to take this kind of medicine! This really stinks! Any moms out there who have other suggestions, I'm open to anything!