Learning to do things the grown-up way

Halli has issues with her tummy, she has for at least the past year.  It never fails that at least 4 times a week, and more often than not, daily, I hear that her tummy hurts. It's not that she going to throw up, but it feels like someone punched her in the stomach. I feel so bad for her, but there isn't much I can do about it that I know of.

So, at her yearly check-up a couple weeks ago, we asked the Dr. what she thought about it. She thinks it may be a stress thing. Halli worrying about school, feeling pressure to do her best, stressing about the homework and studying and what-not. That's possible, although Halli says she doesn't worry about that stuff, so I don't know.

Anywhoo, the doc suggested some pepcid to help ease her tummy troubles. The problem is these aren't chewable. So, the time has come to teach Halli how to swallow a pill. I remember fairly vividly learning how to do this too. I remember when I was younger and had to take penicillin and my mom would mash up the pill in maple syrup or something like that. Later, as we got older we practiced swallowing MM's, and I remember it not being very easy.

When I told Halli we would practice swallowing pills with mm's she was so excited, and very ready to get started. Last night, I had finally bought the pills and the mm's, yes it took me that long, I'm a slacker! On her first try with the mm, she swallowed it without even drinking the water, but I'm pretty sure it was an accident, cause she put it too far back on her tongue.  She did one more practice with the candy and was ready to go, I was so impressed!

The pills are quite a bit smaller than the mm's, so I didn't think she's have a problem. It took her two try's to get it down and that was it. She's a pro! I can't believe she figured it out that quickly, but I'm so glad she did. That girl is growing up too fast and is just amazing me with all she can do. Yeah for learning new things easily and quickly!