Pain meds

We got home from the hospital this morning, and Addi was doing great! Until the pain meds wore off, then it was a whole different story. We gave her Motrin until she could have the good stuff, and made sure that the drugs were ready when the time came. Last time, when she had the expanders put in, Addi got to be so good about just taking the syringe and squirting it in her mouth, so I thought we would try it again this time. So, what happens when you give your kid a syringe full of medicine that she really doesn't want to take?

Yep, that's my ceiling in the kitchen. She squirted the whole syringe up in the air, and onto the ceiling, where it rained down onto Jocelyn and Kennedy, and then the floor, until Will could get on a chair and get it cleaned up. It was kind of funny, until I refilled the syringe and helped her get it into her mouth. At that point, she spit the whole thing down the front of her. Good thing she was naked already, in preparation for a sponge bath.

The offending syringes.

Third time's the charm, and I forced it down her throat. When the meds kicked in, it was quite obvious. She seranaded us for dinner instead of eating.