1. Complete entire course of preventive vaccinations and do not skip over or delay.
2. Never give any medicine on empty stomach nor soon after feeding nor disturb a child when he is asleep, continues to weep.
3. Never exceed the stated and recommended dose nor give an adult dose to a child. Give only paedriatic preparations.
4. Stop use of medicine when the child has fully recovered but some medicines are to be given for a specific period, hence do not cut short the treatment mid-way.
5. Give medicines, either dissolved in water or with some palatable vehicle, but avoid giving tablets straightway on tongue as they might gag him or cause respiration problems.
6. Capsuled medicines generally adhere and stick to soft palate or throat and, thus, may choke him, hence use liquid/tablet form instead.
7. Do not mix any medicine with child’s feed. In some cases some medicines may be mixed with mother’s milk (if the child is breast-fed) and then given but follow your doctor’s advice.
8. Do not insert any eye drop or ear drop without consulting a physician nor use any corticosteroid preparations as eye or ear drops or as an ointment.
9. Be careful to apply only baby cream, baby soap, baby oil and never use any other soap, shampoo, cream or oil which the elders use.
10. In Nausea and Vomiting, avoid giving any feed as the child may vomit the same.
11. Do not use too hot or loo cold a vehicle (like water) while giving and medicine.
The list does not end here and there are many other cautions which elders know by their experience.