Sara,

Glad you found this board and I hope that we can all be helpful to you. I have twin girls, 22 months, both with SWCAH. I will probably get bad reviews for this, but we did not and still don’t wake our kids up for meds. Our endo did not recommend it unless they slept like 4 hours and really missed the time, but otherwise, we don’t have a strict schedule. We give meds in the AM when they get up (6:30-8), in the afternoon after their nap (3-4) and again before bedtime (8-10).  Their labs have always been great so the endo says that our routine is fine.

I would ask your endo what he/she thinks. Some are strict, some aren’t and all kdis are different as well.

About the pill--crush it with a pill crusher, add a little water and suck it into a syringe. Then, we put a little more water in the dish just to make sure you don’t leave any traces as when you are dealing with a 1/4 pill is likely. Then suck that up and give it as well. When he gets a little older and is eating baby food, you can just add it to it and eventually, we just started giving our girls the pills whole and they chew them up.

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions. Just click my name below.

Cassy