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Just a handhold waiting for ambulance

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intrestedvic · 20/05/2023 01:14

Hey I'm a single mum and my 3 year old has a high temperature of 40 plus shivering. He's also not had a wee all day.

I've rang 111 who have sent out a ambulance and currently sat here in the dark wondering if I have done the right thing waiting for them to turn up

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Hugasauras · 21/05/2023 23:36

It's really brutal the four doses a day for 10 days course so I sympathise! I was bloody glad when it was over.

Daffodilsandtuplips · 22/05/2023 08:36

sunshineandtea · 21/05/2023 22:23

And a dr won't change the medication because DC don't like it 🙄

They will if asked. My GS wouldn’t take it, his mum asked to doctor if he would prescribe something else as her son flatly refused to open his mouth.
He did, pink stuff. Slightly more palatable.

letshaveanicecuppatea · 22/05/2023 17:21

Is it the banana flavoured amoxicillin? You could put it in a banana flavoured milkshake or syringe it in before the banana flavoured milkshake. Boots sell needleless syringes in different sizes. It's how I get our rabbits to take their meds. (Not with banana flavoured milkshake tho obvs). 😂

CreamTeaThievery · 22/05/2023 19:20

I was advised to sit them sideways on your knee, with their legs over one leg and their bum on the other leg, put their arm around you and you arm around them enabling you to hold their far away arm. A but like a side on hug.

Put the syringe in their mouth pointing up and to the side of the cheek, squirt it In and then lean the child back a bit so they have to swallow.

Absolutely heart breaking but getting the medicine in is essential and unfortunately as a parent you have to be the bad guy.

Good luck, I hope the little one is feeling better soon.

Lizzy1328 · 23/05/2023 11:38

It was far easier to get capsules 💊 down my 2.5 year old that the liquid form, I rang the GP and changed to capsules. X

ElizabethBest · 23/05/2023 11:52

Put him on your lap, facing forward. Assuming you are right handed, sit him on your left knee. Put your left arm around him, using your hand to hold his left arm. Tuck his arm that's nearest to you against your body. Hold the medicine syringe in your right hand. Tilt him back and squeeze a tiny bit of the medicine into his cheek. Using the hand holding the syringe, stroke firmly downwards under his chin and down his throat a few times to make him swallow. Repeat until the medicine is done.

He will scream, and struggle, but the important thing is to get the meds in him.

Just a handhold waiting for ambulance
Original poster
intrestedvic · 23/05/2023 14:44

ElizabethBest · 23/05/2023 11:52

Put him on your lap, facing forward. Assuming you are right handed, sit him on your left knee. Put your left arm around him, using your hand to hold his left arm. Tuck his arm that's nearest to you against your body. Hold the medicine syringe in your right hand. Tilt him back and squeeze a tiny bit of the medicine into his cheek. Using the hand holding the syringe, stroke firmly downwards under his chin and down his throat a few times to make him swallow. Repeat until the medicine is done.

He will scream, and struggle, but the important thing is to get the meds in him.

Thank you so much !!! The milkshake tip earlier also worked but I've screenshot that on my phone incase it stops working xx

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ElizabethBest · 23/05/2023 15:17

@intrestedvic you're welcome! I work in a children's hospital so I've picked up some tips! :)

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