experienced medicine givers...please help

[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!)

have you tried using a syringe and holding her nose while you do it?

yes forgot to say, this makes her throw up straight away. unless i'm not doing it right!!

Try a syringe, pop little bits into her mouth and make a fuss (yeahh!! What a good girl etc). Try airoplanes too or giving her a drink after a little bit so she can't taste it. If all else fails, lie her on your knee and tilt her back, then squirt in bits.

My dd goes through phases like this and I find using a syringe, squirting a small amount at a time towards the back of her cheek works. I usually say good girl etc then if she is still refusing I say something like you need to take it and then we can (whatever we are about to do, play a game, eat a favourite snack etc). We have also been giving teddy injections and medicines recently to practise, not sure if it helps but I like to think it encourages her to see it as normal.

I agree with squirting small amount to the back of the cheek.

Have you tried telling her she cant have the medicine? Have it in the syringe, and say "youre not having this, this isnt for you, you arent going to have this lovely tasting stuff" etc etc and then let her take it from you.

Would have worked with mine at that age! Maybe that is just my children though