Mommy Monday- Hard Pill To Swallow

I've mentioned before about J1's IBD issues.  We got labs done early last week for him.  We saw his regular pediatrician on Thursday.  He has been having more pain lately along with headaches and some knee stiffness. So, of course his inflammatory markers were elevated. What we didn't expect was that they were doubled from the last time and they were already elevated then.  The pills he takes are bright blue and are huge. He takes two in the morning and evening and one at lunch time.  He has other medicine too but I'm not going to get into that. Who knows if they will end up changing them due to this recent flair up. I worry about him far more than he worries about himself, but I'm the mom and that's what I do.

The dreaded pills.

When we first got his pills he had never been successful in swallowing a pill before.  These capsules that he takes can't be crushed or chewed because they are time release and are not effective unless swallowed whole. I thought I'd share how we got him to be able to swallow pills, and a huge ones at that.

You want me to swallow that?

Okay, I guess I'll try.

So, I went to the store and bought micro mini marshmallows (the little dehydrated ones for hot chocolate packets), Tic Tacs,  Good and Plenty,  and Mike and Ikes. The Mike and Ikes are the closest in size to the pills he takes.

We started with the micro marshmallows, they dissolve fast and are really tiny. 

He tried swallowing those a couple of times with the help of some water. I had him put one as far back in this throat as he could and then take a sip of water.

Once he was successful with those, we moved to tic tacs, then Good and Plenty, then finally the Mike and Ikes.  It took several tries with each, but he finally did it. Now, he takes his pills with no issues.

I got this!