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To ask how I can get this medicine into dd

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snorepatrol · 22/03/2016 15:54

Blatantly posting for traffic as I'm getting desperate
DD (5) has ASD and she currently has tonsillitis.
She will only eat
Toast
Butter
Pasta
Pasta Sauce
Sausage
Crisps
Breadsticks
Pizza
and will only drink water

She's been prescribed antibiotics and the pharmacist and doctor have agreed I can break the capsules and just give the powder from inside the capsules to her rather than the entire capsule ifswim (syrup is no chance as it is sweet flavoured and sweet flavoured anything is a massive no no) she wont be getting the full dose this way but they kinda said there was little other choice.

I mixed the powder into some butter today as suggested by pharmacist and put on her toast I tasted a tiny bit too see if it was obvious I couldn't taste a thing. Gave it to dd who tasted it took it straight to the bin threw it and started to eat her db's toast.
I've tried diluting in lots and lots of water but she could taste it (again I couldn't)

Does anyone have a magic way of getting this medicine into dd?
I tried just squirting it in last night with a syringe but she only saw the syringe and started vomiting then clamped her mouth shut.

If it helps with suggestions she wont eat or drink anything sweet so she wont have
yoghurt, smoothies, juice, ice cream, rice pudding or anything like that so I'm hoping someone on mnet is a medicine fairy and can help me with some ideas of how to get her to take this?

Thanks

OP posts:
Fourarmsv2 · 23/03/2016 09:22

I wonder if getting them too warm will damage them?

shinynewusername · 23/03/2016 09:30

Phew Wink

404LifeNotFound · 23/03/2016 10:51

Will she eat while watching tv?
If she's not paying attention to the food you might manage to get it past her.
Maybe try first few mouthfuls plain to get her chewing, then a few that have all the antibiotics in, then washed down with more plain if possible.

DixieNormas · 23/03/2016 11:08

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snorepatrol · 23/03/2016 14:45

Thank you all for your advice.

She doesn't even eat chocolate Shock tried putting finding nemo on which is her favourite film and sneaking them in but she noticed and sobbed her little heart out.

They hid nicely in the food but which was good. So we are three doses in now yaay.

Not sure how many meals we can give pasta sauce for though ( she had pasta sauce on toast for breakfast) but it's basically just tinned tomato right Blush

Don't worry I won't be making pr antibiotics. Pasta sauce is about the limit of my ability to make things I sometimes worry if her limited diet is due to hating my cooking Grin

OP posts:
PotOfYoghurt · 23/03/2016 16:32

I wouldn't worry about that- give it to her 3 meals a day if you need to as long as it gets the ab's in!

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