to be crying too trying to get DS to take some calpol

[Madmartigan]

Please give me tips! We ended up both in tears, Even wiht help from Grampa. He used to be okay but he has had two or three viruses on the trot and now he is just miserable. DS, not Grampa. He just gets distressed when he sees the syring coming. Spoon was a disaster.

[SlightlyTubbyHali]

How about putting it in the teat of a bottle and giving it to him to suck?

Or getting teddy to give it to him?

Or putting it in a spoon of jam and giving him the jam to eat (all children love a spoon of jam).

Or put the syringe down the side of his cheek, squirt to the back corner of his mouth and then rub under his chin to make him swallow.

Although you might consider that if he is strong enough to fight he is probably well enough to not need calpol. That's probably where I would end up, and it is not as though calpol is necessary (like anti-bs or something).

[porcamiseria]

syringe, its tough mine is same, hold him down, give it and then give a choc button

they scream like you are killing them biut what can u do?

[indiechick]

I'm in the holding down and forcing it in like they're doggies brigade. It's really quick, you know they've had it and it's over in seconds.
Mind you, just bribed dd1 with a piece of chocolate orange to have her antibiotics so maybe try that first.

[humanoctopus]

You need to go and get some paracetamol suppositories.

Not too nice to give/get, but you'll successful and it works very quickly.

I have found them to be a lifesaver.

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Disprol in diluted juice worked for us - but put less water in than usual. DD1 wouldn't take calpol as she had a similar coloured steroid which tasted foul. Our lovely pharmacist made us up some white coloured pineapple flavoured paracetamol syrup as well, which did the job. Might another flavour work?

[pugsandseals]

We used to get suppositories for DD as she would always be sick after being given calpol! We did eventually work out that she would take tescos own orange flavour one, but only once she was old enough to reason with. For antihistamines, she would chew a biscuit, then pop a 1/4 of a piriton tablet in the mouth before swallowing. Would 1/4 of a paracetamol tablet work the same way if you really don't want to do suppositories? They really aren't all that bad if you cover with lots of vasalene!

[onceamai]

Nothing worked with dd. In the end we resorted to suppositories. By three bribery and reason takes over. The orange flavour was more successful btw.

[missalien]

Quick pin them down method is best for us, another one having had to deal with life threatening infections etc. Squeeze the cheeks together and put syringe to one side of cheek and rugation squirt . Over in seconds.

[SlightlyTubbyHali]

Indeed Lady. I forced down FOUR WEEKS of the evil fluclox, DD1 fought every dose. But calpol is not worth the distress.

[FakePlasticTrees]

children's nurofen comes in orange flavour - DS doesnt like calpol but will have nurofen, but only in the orange (had had some when hungover I had a slight headache and we were out of normal painkillers, it's really rather pleasant)

[Madmartigan]

Back to say thanks, we got a prescription for suppositories, which none of the pharmacies had in the right dose. Gramps went on a mercy mish to a pharmacy across town that had them in half the dose. Unforch a 2 year old's bottom is too small for two at a time. He has guzzled a whole dose twice with ice cream now. So we have options. He just cries for a few hours without and if I can get it down him he his reasonably happy for a few hours.