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Jan. 10th, 2011 03:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rivkaRivka's recipe for an instant attitude adjustment:
For Colin, 1.875ml infant ibuprofen.[1] Effect: He got off my lap for a while and actually played with toys.
For Alex, the last four chapters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory[2] in one glorious big lump of reading-aloud. Effect: I got about an hour's peace while she pretended to be a child Oompa-Loompa delegated to take care of Grandma Georgina after Charlie's family moved into the factory. All that was asked of me was that I occasionally repeat lines she fed me.
Unfortunately, the effect was sadly temporary. (Beaker: "Meepmy memporary.")
For myself, I have strongly considered, but rejected, a nice shot of whiskey in my tea. Damn those scruples of mine.
[1] Temp of 99.9. You'd better believe we start medicating at that low a temperature, when it's accompanied by such strong behavioral indicators of misery.
[2] Incidentally, did you know that in recent editions, the Oompa-Loompas have been whitewashed?
For Colin, 1.875ml infant ibuprofen.[1] Effect: He got off my lap for a while and actually played with toys.
For Alex, the last four chapters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory[2] in one glorious big lump of reading-aloud. Effect: I got about an hour's peace while she pretended to be a child Oompa-Loompa delegated to take care of Grandma Georgina after Charlie's family moved into the factory. All that was asked of me was that I occasionally repeat lines she fed me.
Unfortunately, the effect was sadly temporary. (Beaker: "Meepmy memporary.")
For myself, I have strongly considered, but rejected, a nice shot of whiskey in my tea. Damn those scruples of mine.
[1] Temp of 99.9. You'd better believe we start medicating at that low a temperature, when it's accompanied by such strong behavioral indicators of misery.
[2] Incidentally, did you know that in recent editions, the Oompa-Loompas have been whitewashed?
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Date: 2011-01-10 09:50 pm (UTC)If I would do it for me, then (with the caveats of not over-medicating anyone, especially children) I would do it for a child. If a trial dose makes the child less miserable, then it's worth it. After all, it doesn't help anyone in the family to have to cope with a miserable child if there's something that can be done about it.