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I've tried giving him the syringe to do himself (pushes it away), giving it him in a cup (push/spit), dh and I combined headlock (spitting and gagging it up), mixing it with custard (worked once, failed twice today). Ideas please?
we pinned dd down - one on the body, the other on the syringe and head. Squeezed her mouth into a fish shape and squirted it in little by little. The fish face stops them spitting it out and they do eventually swallow it.
It was absolutely horrible to do as she was so upset but she really needed the AB's. After a few days she seemed to accept it and took them much better.
Are you sure he needs them? I work on the slack mummy principal that anyone feisty enough to fight off medicine probably doesn't need it. But I'm probably wrong......
we had this a week or two ago holding on knee, tilted slightly back, arms pinned, syringe into sideof mouth or under tongue but a ml or so at a time so he didn't gag / spit it out Hope he's better soon
In a bottle, mixed into her milk (done it with EBM and formula at various times). There was one sort of AB she absolutely hated and that one was hopeless - and disgusting, I tried it - so we ended up asking GP for a different one, which was fine.
Syringe, btw, never ever worked with dd. She had reflux meds via syringe at 8 weeks and by 12 weeks could hold then spit jsut about anything with deadly accuracy
She's had all her meds in milk or water in a bottle ever since.
In between med giving times, try filling the syringe with water and practise giving him little bits.
The only way we could get it into DS was by pinning him down and squirting it into the side of his cheek.
My sister swore by bribery but I was too mean .
Since then I got a really bad case of tonsillitis and was given liquid antibiotics as tablets wouldn't fit down my throat, I will never ever ever give DS antibiotics without a couple of chocolate buttons after to take the taste away!
In between med giving times, try filling the syringe with water and practise giving him little bits.
The only way we could get it into DS was by pinning him down and squirting it into the side of his cheek. After practising with the water, he got much better at taking it.
annoying thing is, he will quite happily take calpol and nurofen (when he was last teething) from the syringe. Have never given him a bottle, it's either boob or cup for that boy. Suspect putting 'em in a cup would result in a nuclear yellow spray across the room... will find something nice for after though, that's a good idea. thanks calsworld
dd has taken various meds 3 times a day for 4 years. Use a syringe and drip it in and wait for a swallow before dripping in some more. Takes bloody ages and they can hide it in their cheeks before spitting the lot back!
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