Reddit mentions of MediFrida the Accu-Dose Pacifier Baby Medicine Dispenser by FridaBaby

THIS. Fridababy MediFrida the Accu-Dose Pacifier Baby Medicine Dispenser https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073XVXQ6R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_wTpWDbD7F0NT9

It is amazing. It is the only way I can get my kid’s iron supplement into her.

Fridababy MediFrida the Accu-Dose Pacifier Baby Medicine Dispenser https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073XVXQ6R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_VVrWDbJ7097TW

Absolutely love this thing!

I've had success using this: Fridababy MediFrida the Accu-Dose Pacifier Baby Medicine Dispenser https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073XVXQ6R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Ef9TCbSFCE657

It supposedly bypasses the taste buds!

Not sure if she likes pacifiers but maybe the medi-frida could help? https://www.amazon.com/Fridababy-MediFrida-Accu-Dose-Pacifier-Dispenser/dp/B073XVXQ6R

Tell them to invest in this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B073XVXQ6R/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_track_package_o1_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Do not push the dose all at once, with or without this device. Baby’s tongue thrust reflex will waste the dose 99% of the time. If they can’t afford this product (which is amazing btw) instead instruct parents to syringe it little by little into the cheek, or measure out the dose and put it in a bottle nipple and let them suckle it.

I use a MediFrida for vitamin d drops. It’s basically a pacifier with a syringe. Maybe it’ll work?

I thought this may help my fellow new parenters out there. If you're anything like me, you scoured the internet checking off every "must-have" baby items list before your LO was born, but I still ended up having Amazon deliver things about every other day for the first couple months.

As a disclaimer, I'm not saying these are MUST HAVE items. I just went through my Amazon purchases and I'm writing down some things that I purchased in those 3 AM wee hour Amazon shopping sprees.

Here's a compilation of everything that I felt I missed in my preparation for my baby girl:

• An electric nail file. I was terrified to cut her nails myself. This is a safe and easy alternative.
  
• A Swaddle UP. This allows her hands to be by her face, which she preferred her first month or two.
  
• Friedababy MediFrida. My baby had a rough go of reflux and was diagnosed with Ranitidine pretty quickly. This helped us give her doses with no fuss!
  
  
• Comfy shorts for me. I was unprepared for my post C-Section body and clothing options.
  
  
• Gripe Water / Colic Drops. My reflux baby had some rouuuuugh nights. These helped? Maybe? Witching hour SUCKS.
  
• A bigger swaddle that ZIPS. Screw trying to unvelcro my child out of her swaddle quietly at 2 AM.
  
• A mirror to help with tummy time. She still hates tummy time. But she does like looking at herself for a while. So I count that as a win.
  
• MORE. BOOKS. you don't have enough. I promise. After the 15th time of reading "The Rainbow Fish" you'll appreciate a change of pace. I personally recommend, "The Wonky Donkey."
  
• Trial and error pacis. Your kid will have a preference and you'll just have to figure out which. Once you figure it out, buy extras.
  
  
• Bibs / ABSORBENT Burp Cloths. Again... You don't have enough. And the little tiny rags that Gerber tries to sell at Target will not do the trick. Get some THICK in your burp cloth regimen.
  
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  I hope this helps! Let me know if there's anything you would add to the list.

A lot of pharmacies/Walmarts/targets and Amazon carry something called a MediFrida that’s a system designed to do this - it’s a syringe-compatible pacifier that has a little tube in it that goes to the tip, so the medicine gets delivered just past the back of the baby’s tongue. My LO has to take meds as well and is not a fan, but with this thing, he doesn’t even notice. If you can, it helps to give it right before a meal when the baby is already hungry, so they gulp through the meds fast before realizing it isn’t milk/formula (nipple in their mouth + liquid coming out = oh yay, I’m being fed!). I then swap it out super fast for an actual bottle (or boob, if you’re nursing), and the baby can then chug their way through the rest of the meal.

We went from spilling/having the baby spit out almost half of each dose to giving all the meds with no issues. Totally worth the $13 in my opinion!

Here’s the amazon link for it (not an affiliate link, I promise, I’m just SO grateful for how much easier this thing has made our lives that I try to tell people about it whenever this comes up!). If it’s easier, I think most pharmacies carry them too, although that might just be the ones I’ve checked.

Oh! And you don’t have to use the syringe that’s included; most syringes will fit in the little tube. So infant Tylenol will work if you need that at some point, or smaller syringes like the 1ml ones you can order off of amazon, if you’re doing smaller doses and need to be more precise.