Medicines- administering them to a new baby

In this day and age, every baby is prescribed few medicines. These may not actually be medicines but supplements which the baby needs.
Mostly oral drops, they need to be taken p the baby daily.
A few things to be kept in mind while administering the medicines.
1) Always administer a dose together.
Suppose you have a calcium syrup and a multi vitamin to be taken in the morning, give both together.
2) Before food.
Administer medication before food. If your baby does not like the medicine taste, food is ready. This maybe through actual breast feeding or expressing the milk in a bottle. It may also be other solid food for a bigger baby. Moreover feeding reassures the baby of the mother's presence.
3) Get it together.
Get the spoon or dropper and the medicines close buy. You do not want to be running around or getting up a dozen times during the process.
4) Supervision.
If someone else administers the medicines, supervise.
5) No baby alone.
Leaving baby unattended with or without medication(think of bottles and droppers around) is a big no- no.
6) Clean washcloth nearby.
You'll thank me for this point. Babies do not have medicines like we do. For any oral intake, baby uses the sucking motion. A dropper which pours only a drop maybe be too much for the baby. Your baby will soon be spitting the excess out, only to suck it up later. This will naturally pour on to baby's body. Clean washcloth to the rescue.
* This was Papa dearest's tip.
7) Cleanliness.
Squeaky clean is not the phrase. For a baby, cleanliness at all times. Sterilise the dropper and washcloth.
8) Wrap up the baby.
Wrapping helps to hold your wriggling baby in place. Or you will have medicines flying around.
9) Pat yourself and your baby.
Yes, trial and error many times leads to sucess. Pat to burp the baby.
10) The way to do it.
All baby's medicines have a sweet taste to them, babies actually like them.
Gently move the dropper over the baby's lips. Baby will get her tongue out to taste. Then at the opportune time put the dropper in the mouth and squeeze it a wee bit. Washcloth. Nearby. Ready. Wipe clean.