Mea and the Placebo

Can a two year old be a hypochondriac? Mea and I are coming down with colds and she has had a really runny nose the past two days. Every time she sneezes she says, "did you hear that, I sneezed!" Like it is life or death. "I need medicines!" She has gummy bear vitamins that she takes once a day and I swear she thinks they can solve all of her problems. So yesterday after a sneeze she took her gummy vitamins for the first time that day. As the day progressed and she kept sneezing and demanded on more "medicines!" I told her she already took her medicines, which resulted in crying, crying, and crying. (You know how a sick two year old can be!) So, to keep our busy day functioning, I thought hmmm....how can I solve this??? A placebo....thank you science class!! So I proceeded throughout the day to give her real gummy bears as "medicinces" and it worked like a charm. Yes, I am probably creating a medicine addicted hypochondriac....but at least we got all of our errands done!