How do I give my 1 year old calpol on my own?

[IvanTheDragon]

My 13 month old hates calpol (not uncommon I’m guessing) but me and her dad can just about manage to get the majority of the dose in if one of us holds her still and the other operates the syringe. He has been working at home every time we’ve needed to give it to her, but what do I do now he’s having to go out to work again? One of those skills in normal times I would have learnt earlier (and probably when she wasn’t so strong!). Any tips appreciated! We used to go softly softly and let her hold the syringe, but she now wrestles it away given the chance. Same with it on a spoon.

I always used to put ot in a drop of squash in a fruit shoot bottle. Fruit shoots were a treat & never refused.

Once DS got over the shock of suppositories he chose calpol syringe every time!

@MiddleParking

Do the suppositories hurt them? (Mine would have calpol for every meal if she was allowed so I’ve no need for them, just interested!)

No, not at all. Inserted with a drop of lunricant and all done within a few seconds. It's usually the adults who have the "ick" factor about medicines this way. From a physiology point of view it is a far more efficient route than swallowing a tablet

@AlmostSummer21 The baby/ young toddler won't even notice that you put the suppository in but its personal preference I suppose and it's very common in the UK to give Calpol so it might be strange concept to use suppositories.

I personally don't like the list of ingredients:

CALPOL Infant Suspension contains 120mg Paracetamol in each 5ml.
Excipients: sucrose (contains 2.2 g of sucrose per 5 ml), sorbitol liquid ((E420) contains 0.45 g of sorbitol liquid per 5ml), sodium (contains 0.86mg per 5ml), propylene glycol (E1520), methyl parahydroxybenzoate (E218), ethyl parahydroxybenzoate (E214), propyl parahydroxybenzoate (E216) and carmoisine (E122). See section 4.4 for further information.

Suppository:

Each suppository contains 125mg paracetamol

Collodial silicon dioxide, PEG 2000 & hard fat

Start feeding them stuff they like (juice?) in syringes as a "treat". Then when you need to feed them the medecine they will take it before they realise i doesnt taste like they expect (although you can also mix it with juice I suppose)

@apalledandshocked

Start feeding them stuff they like (juice?) in syringes as a "treat". Then when you need to feed them the medecine they will take it before they realise i doesnt taste like they expect (although you can also mix it with juice I suppose)

I think the op only has one child on Calpol at the moment, a daughter.

Sounds like a plan though. The op may find her baby doesn't need it today, let's hope that's the case.

We do the yoghurt trick when LO won’t take it.

@Workyticket
I used to do that to my cat 😁

I think you can get sachets that dissolve in milk/water?