Not so good advice on how to administer acid reflux meds....

'Lay your baby down on a changing table or other flat surface.Gently open baby's mouth and squirt the Prevacid in, aiming at the inside of his cheek. Make sure to empty the syringe all at once. If you have any left over, or if you notice that there are still some capsules left at the tip of the syringe, add a bit more water and give it to your baby. Trick the baby into swallowing. Once the baby has gotten all the medication in her mouth, quickly blow a puff of air into her face. This will startle her briefly and cause her to swallow. If your baby takes a pacifier, offer it now. The sucking reflex will help the medication go down."

This was directly from eHow, what I don't agree with is that if the baby has reflux you shouldn't lay them down on a flat service, isn't that defeting the purpose of placing them on an incline and maybe it's just me but I can't see myself blowing a huge puff of air in my baby's face just to get them to take their meds. Also, if you empty the whole syringe into their mouths wouldn't that cause them to choke? What I have done with both of my children (and it takes a little patience) is make sure they are in a really good mood (play, bath, story book or tv) and then do a quiet time routine....during that routine when things are calming down I will put the meds into a syringe and keep putting little bits of it in theirs mouths until it is all gone (takes about 5 mins) and then give them a little sip of water to wash it down. With my son that has the reflux, it takes alot more time to get him calm enough but once he is ready for quiet time then its no problem. There have been times that I just can't get him to settle into quiet time at all but I still give him his meds, I think it's more the routine that I have worked out that helps...either way, whatever a parent does to make it work is good, no way is better then any other, they all have their benefits but the advice above just makes me shake my head and laugh because if I tried that with my son he would start choking immediately, probably vomit and then I've just made him more upset than he needs to be.