~ Medicine Time! ~

My little baby is in her second month and is a bit colicky, especially at night. My poor baby. ( T.T ) My mother told me to get a bottle of Gripe Water to ease her tummy upset. We opted to give our baby Woodwards Gripe Water as it is the same brand my mother fed us when we were babies and plus it is Jakim halal certified.

Since the gripe water is in liquid form, the medicine needed to be administered via either a medicator or a syringe. We had not bought any at the time we first wanted to feed the baby a dosage of the meds. We did have a syringe left by my hubby's sister and we agreed to try and use that. Our first trial in giving our baby the liquid medicine kind of failed because it was quite hard to feed a squirming and screaming baby her medicine via a syringe. The gripe water ended up either being spat out or dribbling down my baby's chin.

Our second attempt to give her the gripe water was by using her feeding bottle's nipple. It was quite a success but only for the first time. The second time we tried that, the gripe water dripped from the nipple's hole and made a bit of a sticky mess.

My frustration was growing by the day and I decided enough was enough. We needed a medicator for the baby! I ended up purchasing a Munchkin's Medicator hoping that it would solve my problem.

Munckin Medicator. Mine is purple in colour.

The first time we used the medicator, it was a success and easy to feed our baby the gripe water. We only felt happy with the medicator that first time because the second time and so on, the medicator did not work as well as the first time. It was hard to screw the medicine tube to the collar and the medicine always leaks at the joining of the medicine tube and the collar. It drove me crazy just trying to get the tube screwed on right because it took a looong time just to get it right!

I ended up having a love and hate relationship with the medicator and had started to surf the net again to find any other type of medicine dispenser for babies to help me feed my baby her meds without any problem.  In my head, I thought that one of these days I would resort to pouring the liquid remedy into her feeding bottle!  It would be so much easier if there was a small feeding bottle that is small enough to feed liquefied medicine to infants. That is when I came across Nuby's Medi-Nurser on the internet. Since it looks like a feeding bottle, I guess it would be the best option and much more easier to give the baby her medicine via this medi-nurser.

Nuby Medi-Nurser

The only problem is that none of the baby online shops in Malaysia carry this medicine dispenser. That means I needed to buy it from US. I was in the dilemma of either proceeding with ordering the medicine dispenser from the US or otherwise when one day I found a Nuby Medical Kit at Alamanda's Anakku outlet! Yay!! My heart was singing as I picked up the pack of the Medical Kit and I was smiling happily all the way to the counter.

Nuby Medical Kit

The first time using the Nuby Medi-Nurser was a HUGE success. Our baby suckled the small bottle just like she suckled her milk bottle. She finished her gripe water without any fuss or mess! I absolutely love this Medi-nurser! It is so easy to use. We just have to snap off the nipple and collar, and then pour in the liquid medicine as needed and then snap back on the nipple and collar. Then, we just feed our baby the tiny bottle and then we are done! Seriously, no leak, no mess, no stress! The only gripe I have about the medi-nurser is that it didn't come with a cover like the one in the picture above. If only it is sold as singles, I might even buy another bottle of Medi-Nurser for just in case. ( T_T )