Thanks for your comments!
Just to quickly clarify, MediTip is not a dummy replica. It's simply a syringe 'tip' with a clever design
Yes, you still have to use a syringe but this is the whole idea. You use a dosing syringe supplied with the medication (it also ensures the correct dosage is given), then quickly slide MediTip on to make administering safer and easier. When giving medicine to a baby, you should always try and dispense medication slowly (as you probably know anyway). Like you said though, it does happen that you 'shoot' it too fast if the baby is wriggling. With MediTip, it helps you be more in control as the syringe is positioned in one place once in baby's mouth but also, if it does happen that you 'shoot' it too fast, it ensures that it will not go straight down baby's throat and cause choking.
PS. There are actually medicine dispensing dummies out on the market, which I have to say, saved my life with my baby, but it still wasn't the right soultion for me. My son did not take a dummy or a bottle, therefore the suckling was not an option for us. I had to use a little plunger to make the medicine come out. I did find it very messy, as I had to fill the syringe up first, then squirt it into the little container on the dummy (which only holds 5ml), it was also hard to open...just a very long and messy process when you have a crying and unhappy baby in your arms. It was also very difficult to press it slowly so on several occasions medication did 'shoot' way too fast down his throat.
I hope this was helpful.
Thanks,
Dora
