Help please! My DS is 7 months old has to have daily antibiotics squirted in to his mouth each evening and at the moment most is coming straight back out again!!
He was being great about it and on some days would almost drink it out of the syringe, but on not so easy days having a bottle of milk ready to pop in his mouth would ensure he wouldn't spit it out.
For the last couple of weeks it has becoming almost a battle! He knows what the syringe looks like and even if I manage to slyly get it in the corner of his mouth whilst he drinks his bottle he shakes his head and jams his gums and lips shut. Screaming can sometimes be to my advantage (as awful as it sounds) as I can sometimes get a bit in , but then he spits it out and has learnt the bottle trick, so now prefers to not have his milk either - not so great!!
He is eating really well, can be a bit fussy about milk at the mo and has good and bad milk days and I am a bit worried that the more we have this fight over antibiotics the worse he will get about me getting anywhere near his mouth.
Sometimes I just want to accidentally drop the bottle of medicine in the bin as it makes me so sad to see him get so distressed . He will need to continue having his medicine until he is operated on at GOSH, so this could be an ongoing battle for the forseeable future.
Any ideas on how I can get him to have (and swallow) his medicine!? The doctors are so specific with his 1.4ml dose and I know most days he just isn't getting enough.
Thanks.