Aaahhh, Milestones in the CF world! What a wonderful day it is when they start swallowing thier enzymes! Congratulations!
My youngest started when she was 18mo. She just had to copy her big sister who was 4yrs. At that time it was just two pills. She's graduated to 6 all at once. You'll find it amazing as the years pass by just how much she can swallow. My max is 2 tylenols at once, woohoo.
We were never told you couldn't use dairy products. Since my oldest wasn't diagnosed until age 3 we had to break them open and put her "special sprinkles" on ice cream. Desert before breakfast, lunch and supper for about a year. She had just started swallowing them a few months before our youngest. Oh, and swallowing them dry. UGH, I hate it when they do that! As a mom I envision them getting stuck.
Liza
(mom of 2teen girls w/CF)
(ages 19 & 16)
My youngest started when she was 18mo. She just had to copy her big sister who was 4yrs. At that time it was just two pills. She's graduated to 6 all at once. You'll find it amazing as the years pass by just how much she can swallow. My max is 2 tylenols at once, woohoo.
We were never told you couldn't use dairy products. Since my oldest wasn't diagnosed until age 3 we had to break them open and put her "special sprinkles" on ice cream. Desert before breakfast, lunch and supper for about a year. She had just started swallowing them a few months before our youngest. Oh, and swallowing them dry. UGH, I hate it when they do that! As a mom I envision them getting stuck.
Liza
(mom of 2teen girls w/CF)
(ages 19 & 16)