experienced medicine givers.....help please!!!!

[Jaynee]

Hi everyone. Dd is 2 and 9 months and for about 18 months giving medicine has been a huge issue. Started after a series of things ( ear infection, urine infection and chickenpox)I cannot even get calpol or nurofen into her. With a spoon it's a battle which ends with medicine everywhere and her screaming and when I try and force her she vomits straight away ( which she can do on demand!) This week she has had tonsilitus and i've been unable to give her the antibiotics, doctor and h.visitor unhelpful and have just said she'll have to put up with it then!! Any helpful hints or ideas please...desperate. (Oh, but she doesn't mind suppositries and actually laughs....weird!)

in case anyone is watching - I've had a break thro of dipping the syringe in calpol before he has it then he at least lets me get it in his mouth - I only manage 1ml at a time but at least its something - think we only got less than half of his 20ml dose into him today seriuosly they should just make it a nice flavour!

we had the same prob with DS1 last year when he had a couple of ear infections one after the other. ended up using a dosing syringe for paracetamol ( you are less likely to spill it) and with amoxicillin, we added it to banana yogarts and DS1 never noticed.

Just an idea - I have given DD her own nurofen syringe to suck on and put water or watered down juice in it so she gets used to it. I do it too and we make it into a game. It helped me so much when I was flying back to the UK and I was on my own with DD who had an ear infection. I had to give her paracetamol and antibiotics throughout the flight and she was very good at taking them.

DD is 21m by the way

last day of antibiotics tomorrow, hurray! such a pain as taking medicine has never been an issue before, it really is all about the taste with this one, to quote ds1 'this not yummy mummy, its yucky' the mixing with capol worked a treat and at least I could give it on empty stomach like bottle said, fingers crossed we never need to have it again!