Janette reminds us we may not need to wake a sleeping child to give medicine:
This hack was obvious to me and my husband, but when my friend just
sent me an email and said her four year-old had to go on breathing
treatments every 4 hours and that waking up a preschooler at 4am was not easy, it dawned on me that maybe it wasn’t so obvious. When my son
was under 1 year old and had to do breathing treatments we let him
sleep. I mean, all he has to do is breathe to get the treatment, so why
wake him up?
Check with your doctors about this one — some breathing treatments may require your child be sitting up (granted, some kids can sit up and remain asleep, but it’s worth asking).
Related:
Calm coughing without medication
Apply antibiotic ointment while the kid’s asleep
