How To Give A Baby Eyedrops?

[Meerkat]

My baby, poor little girl, woke up this morning with her little eyes glued shut from gunk...we are both sick....I took her to the doctor and she has eye drops, but how do you give a wiggling baby eyedrops? I can't seem to get her still enough to get the medicine in. Thanks

[unikuelady, RN]

put them in while she is asleep. Gently pull her bottom eyelid down and place the drop in the little pocket it makes. Worked every time for me!

[canoehead, BSN, RN]

Of course the best way is to get the drops actually in her eyes without touching the outside of the lid...but sometimes that's impossible. What you can do is to put a drop on the inner corner of her closed eye, by her nose, and then hold her supine until she opens her eye and the medicine rolls in on its own. No fighting, no mess.

[Meerkat]

Thanks you guys!!