How to Easily Give Eyedrops to a Baby or Child
Gather all the necessary materials first.. Reduce distractions.. Explain to your child what the medicine does.
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Gather all the necessary materials first.
Gather all the necessary materials first.
Reduce distractions.
Reduce distractions.
Explain to your child what the medicine does.
Explain to your child what the medicine does.
Put a drop on the back of their hands.
Put a drop on the back of their hands.
Show them how the drops will go in.
Show them how the drops will go in.
Reward your child.
Reward your child.
Let the medicine warm to room temperature.
Let the medicine warm to room temperature.
Wash your hands.
Wash your hands.
Clean the outside of the eye.
Clean the outside of the eye.
Swaddle the baby in a blanket.
Swaddle the baby in a blanket.
Lay the baby flat on their back.
Lay the baby flat on their back.
Pull down on their lower lid.
Pull down on their lower lid.
Drop the prescribed medicine into their eye.
Drop the prescribed medicine into their eye.
Apply the medicine while their eyes are closed.
Apply the medicine while their eyes are closed.
Wipe up the excess with a tissue.
Wipe up the excess with a tissue.
Place your child on their back, and tilt their head back.
Place your child on their back, and tilt their head back.
Ask them to look up towards their forehead.
Ask them to look up towards their forehead.
Pull down on their lower lid.
Pull down on their lower lid.
Squeeze the prescribed amount of drops into their eye.
Squeeze the prescribed amount of drops into their eye.
Ask the child to blink.
Ask the child to blink.
Wash both your hands and your child's hands.
Wash both your hands and your child's hands.
Lay the child with their head between your thighs and their arms under your legs
Lay the child with their head between your thighs and their arms under your legs.
Wait for their eyes to close.
Wait for their eyes to close.
Place the drops right next to the tear duct of the eyelids.
Place the drops right next to the tear duct of the eyelids.
Wait for the child to open their eyes.
Wait for the child to open their eyes.
Wipe away the excess.
Wipe away the excess.
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