how to get calpol into 15mth old?

[cheeselover]

Ds is teething and has had a fever at night - he hates medicine and won't let us give it to him, syringing used to work but last time we tried that he immediately vomited. Got some in on the end of my finger (slow process!) eventually last night - anyone have any tips? Wondering about hiding it in food somehow?!
TIA

Have you tried using baby nurofen instead? DS1 hates the taste of calpol but would glug baby nurofen all day if we let him.

You could try putting it in his milk when you know that he's very hungry, but these things have such a strong taste that you'd need at least half a bottle to 5ml of medicine - and of course if he's teething or otherwise poorly he might not have any appetite.

Other than that I have no tips, I'm afraid - DS2 hates the taste of all medicine and won't accept a syringe or a spoon so giving him anything involves one of us pinning him down and the other one aiming wildly at his mouth, and then hoping he doesn't bring it all back up.

Sometimes my DD took it better if it was on a large colourful spoon, rather than a medicin one...

Slingshot?

supositories?

Wow - thanks, quick replies! Yes ttalloo the pinning down sounds very familiar. Is it common that they then bring it all back up then? Have got some nurofen too so might go back to that later.

Oricella that's a good one - he's obsessed with grown up cutlery at the moment, might try some novelty spoons!

The fever was better this morning, but yesterday he went steadily downhill from late afternoon on, so not sure we're out of the woods yet.

Lol at the sling shot. Am guessing he won't be impressed with suppositories either, but it's a good last resort - didn't know about them till I googled just now.

I've found that they bring it back up again depending on how much they've cried during the whole hideous process of getting medicine into them, and how revolting the medicine actually tastes.

So penicillin always comes straight back up (because it's made of mould so all the strawberry or banana flavouring in the world isn't going to make it taste good) but baby nurofen or calpol have a 50-50 chance of staying down because even though DS2 hates them, they aren't as disgusting to him as penicillin. Or any other antibiotic.

I've never even thought about suppositories, though - I'm off to have a google. God knows the thought of sticking a suppository up their bums is horrid, but if it's quick and painless and gets their medicine into them without vomiting or hysteria, it really has to be the easy option...!