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Not giving my 22 month old her medicine.

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MD1803 · 22/01/2024 09:54

As I can’t come up with a way how. So, tricks, tips, type of foods to mix it in. She needs to finish the food. Please keep it coming. It’s 2.5ml syrup consistency.

She took two doses from a spoon (given in small amounts to avoid spillage so three spoons). For the third dose she saw me taking it out of a bottle with a syringe and that was that. We tried bribes, yoghurt but to be fair she saw that, squirted in the mouth when crying as wide open after already being worked up about it - she managed to move her head, held her head to get it in and she spat it out - two men job. Basically it started well, then tried nice ways, then went into traumatic approach and medicine is still not in. I tried with the yoghurt by giving her a spoonful of only yoghurt on the spoon as it looked the same thinking she will forget about the medicine once she tastes the yoghurt she likes. Did all the traumatic things, plus bribe with chocolate straight after so she was already in a bit of a state…

So I need a bunch of approaches I can try out. She is terrible with medicine and never managed to get Calpol down either. I was actually surprised she took the first two doses. I gave her vitamins from a spoon which she does take and then straight after gave her this medicine on the spoon. But now she saw the bottle and syringe just won’t have any of that.

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SeaToSki · 22/01/2024 13:03

They were puzzled the first time, and then tried to go ballistic once they realised what was going on (to no avail) and I just chilled for a bit with them until they relaxed a bit before I squirted in the medicine.

The second time there was an attempt at sprinting off to hide in the bathroom 🤣 but I got them, did a bit of a light hearted tickle and a carry back to my spot I had set up…then I got wise and shut the room door before tipping them off

The third time was a half hearted struggle and then a ‘Mummy I be still’ after 30 seconds

Fourth time was ‘I do medicine myself’

For subsequent illnesses I just asked if they wanted to do the lying on the floor thing or squirt it in their mouths themselves

One other tip, dont squirt with too much pressure as it can hurt the inside of the mouth. Clearly its difficult to balance when they are fighting like wildcats, but try and bear it in mind

2mummies1baby · 22/01/2024 13:14

dazedandconfuzzed · 22/01/2024 11:06

This! Get some mini fromage frais yoghurts, peel the lid back and mix it in then put the lid back on, back into fridge. After tea give her a yoghurt for pudding, peel the lid in front of her to open it and feed her however you normally do.

This is absolutely bloody genius!

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