About finding the medicine spoon: if you live anywhere near an inclusive grocery mart(one with a first aid/cold and flu section and a children's section or pharmacy), or a drug store, like Longs Drugs or Walgreens, then you can probably find a medicine spoon. You probably don't have to worry about funny looks from store attendants when you ask for one either, they're a simple item for giving syrup to little kids!
You're gonna wanna look in the children's section, the cold/flu section, and if all else fails, ask the pharmacy. I was ready to give up at my local grocery store(it's such a basic item, many pharmacy type places would carry it) but ended up lucking out at the pharmacy, where they handed me a couple for free!