Getting 3 year old to take medicine

[eggofmantumbi]

I desperately need to get my 3 year old to take her laxative powder. She can taste it in water/ milk which is all she will drink. We tried sprinkling it on her cereal my
and just general bribery. Nothing works!!!
Any miracle suggestions?

[Bert2020]

My niece is much older but says it tastes horrible and only has hers in juice as it masks the flavour. Would a yoghurt work maybe?

[ProfInkly]

What is it she is on? My 3yr old was prescribed laxido but wouldn't take it. It tastes salty. Now I buy Dulcosoft which does the same thing but doesn't have the taste. But it depends what she needs and how much of it.

[OnlyJudyCanJudgeMe]

We have to mix my DD’s with a bit of cordial.

[eggofmantumbi]

It's cosmocol- doctor advised a sachet a day to begin with.

I haven't tried yoghurt yet, mostly just because she tastes it in bloody everything, but it's worth a go.

[eggofmantumbi]

She won't drink cordial unfortunately (generally it's fab she drinks loads of water and only likes water and milk but I really wish she'd drink something sweet enough to disguise it now.)

[eggofmantumbi]

@profinkly is dulcosoft tasteless?

[Neighneigh]

Does she eat toast and jam? Maybe sprinkle it on the toast before you put the jam on. Or mine will take pretty much anything if there's watermelon involved...

[eggofmantumbi]

Tried watermelon juice this morning- that was a no.

She's a butter fiend so won't usually have Jam on toast. She's a pain!

[OnlyJudyCanJudgeMe]

Worst case scenario (we had to do this a few times at the beginning), mix it up and use a Calpol syringe and just squirt it into the pouch of her cheek until she swallows it all. You usually have 24 hours to drink it all.

[eggofmantumbi]

Good point. We might have to do this

[ProfInkly]

Yes dulcosoft is tasteless (I tried it ). Have a look at the Movicol Mummies Facebook page. There's lots of good advice and lots of people in the same boat.

[eggofmantumbi]

Brilliant, thank you!