How on earth do you give meds to a reluctant toddler!?

[FlamingoBingo]

My 2yo needs antibiotics and she hates all the medicines she's ever had - even calpol! .

Anyway, she's out and out refusing to take the antibiotics and I can't blame her - they taste really minging.

How on earth do I give them without making her a) vomit and b) hate and mistrust me!?

Have you tried with a syringe? Try and squirt it into the side of her cheek. I must admit that I have held onto ds's nose before to make him swallow .

I go for blackmail -medicine bottle in one hand, marshmallow in the other!

Oh I feel your pain, each day I need to give an 8 month old an inhaler, antibiotics, vitamins, calcium supplement, antihistamines and at the moment calpol. I'm still crap at it, too young for bribery. He can projectile spit pretty well.

Not sure if it'll work with a toddler but a paeds nurse once gave me this tip... keep the tongue down with the syringe/spoon until they swallow. if you keep control of the tongue they cannot spit! wrap them up in towel first too. sounds awful, but doesn't hurt them despite the fact they don't like it. Horrible but cruel to be kind.

For calpol, nurofen etc I used to mix them with a it of yoghurt...

Some antibiotics are truly hideous and I'm afraid the syringe on the tongue trick was the only one that worked. Chocolate milkshake good for taking the taste away...