Please tell me there is a better way to administer DD (14 weeks) antibiotics

[blackcat86]

DD is 14 weeks. She has a skin infection and has been prescribed oral antibiotics 4 times a day. The medication comes as a liquid with a syringe and the GP told me that it tastes disgusting but just to squirt it as far back in her mouth as I can. I so far tried:

-Just squirting it in her mouth and a lot of it leaked/got spat out. Each dose was requiring a clothes change for both of us and I'm sceptical how much was ingested.

-putting the syringe in a teat and seeing if she'll suckle it.This went well a couple of times but then she got wise to it and refused to suckle.

-i've squirted it to the back of her mouth in 3-4 smaller squirts. This is most effective in getting it down her but clearly traumatic (for both of us) with her crying, screaming, choking, gagging etc. I know she needs the meds but I feel like utter shit doing this to her. If I do it in smaller squirts it takes about a min longer but if any gets spat out I at least have the rest of the dose. I'm tilting her head back to stop her spitting it out but she often sounds like she's choking.

Please tell me there is a better way experienced mum's of the internet?

Your gp sounds like he's getting mixed up with a dog geez... a little bit in a syringe inside the cheek at a time works well.. but I've found mixing it in with a bit of milk in a bottle is best (doesn't go anywhere near tastebuds) x

My mum said it sounded like administering it to a dog to! I don't think I can mix it with milk as it has to be taken on an empty stomach either 1hr before or 2hrs after a feed (so they've made it super easy to sort out 4 times a day for a young baby!) I like the idea of trying to squirt it into her cheek rather than straight down her throat.

Swaddle in a blanket, lie on lap, tilt head back and administer as little as 1ml at a time or less if you need to, aim for the back of the cheek.

Thank you. Aiming for the back of her cheek worked much better. It all went down but with no horrific gagging sounds.

Glad it worked out for you, hope your little one feels better soon x

Dont tilt head back and squirt in....

This will cause gagging and choking

@LondonLassInTheCountry that's exactly what was happening. I can't believe the GP suggested it or that I was stupid enough to do that to her. Inside of the cheek worked much better. She didn't get a chance to spit it out but she didn't choke or gag either.

Sometimes i do wonder about medical advice given

You wasnt to know. You followed drs advice

Use a medicine spoon. I found some still came back out, but it was easier to catch it with a spoon than a syringe