Please tell me your tricks on how you get your toddler to take medicine ? My son (22 months) knows when I mix it in food, he can taste it. He is on antibiotics but I can't even get him to take his doses ! I have tried forcing it, he just spits it out and screams bloody murder, applesauce, yogurt, marinara sauce... Nothing had worked . I want to scream. No , he will not take it if I let him do it.
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juice? popsicle? smoothie?
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Mine takes it himself out of the syringe. He sucks on the end and I push it in. The only other way I can think of is to tilt him back and squirt it in way in the back on one side. Then blow in his face and he will automatically swallow. I'd just do a little at a time, though. We've done it that way quite a few times when DS was younger.
Hugs Mama, I know it's super-stressful!!
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Tried chocolate pudding tonight.... only worked for a few bites then he refused. Trying smoothie tomorrow....
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I've never tried this, but some moms on my old parenting listserv swore by giving it by the spoon with some whipped cream on top.
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We lay my son down on the floor on his back and my husband sits at his head (his feet towards my son's feet) and lays his legs over his arms and cradles his head in between his legs so he can't turn his head. You can also tuck his legs under my husband's legs when needed but my son is weird and likes laying down to take medicine this way. He'll protest when he sees us filling the syringe but he'll wander over to an open spot on the floor (while crying) and lay down all by himself and wait. I guess because he gets meds so often it is just routine.
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Thanks all for your suggestions
I've been taking the medicine to his daycare and his daycare lady manages to get it in his mouth with a spoon. She is amazing. I tell her I need to take her home with me. She tells me my son is playing games with me & my husband b/c he behaves with her..... great, huh ? At nights though I cannot get the medicine into my son's body. I'd rather not do the forcing thing as he just looks and acts like he's being tortured and then ends up coughing violently. He's probably acting huh ? *sigh* .....
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I got the medicine in tonite without a fight !! Want to know what worked ? This smoothie ! I put the medicine in a little bowl/cup, added the smoothie, and let him drink it with a straw. He drank it all. I'm so happy tonight .
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@podomama: that's a great idea!
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@bao: thanks! I just need to do it 12 more times ! (6 days 2x/day) . Wish me luck ...
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@podomama: good luck
I've been taking the medicine to his daycare and his daycare lady manages to get it in his mouth with a spoon. She is amazing. I tell her I need to take her home with me. She tells me my son is playing games with me & my husband b/c he behaves with her..... great, huh ? At nights though I cannot get the medicine into my son's body. I'd rather not do the forcing thing as he just looks and acts like he's being tortured and then ends up coughing violently. He's probably acting huh ? *sigh* .....
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