taking medicines

[carrieholes]

my 7 year old son has always refused to take medicines and today he has had the doctor out he has got tonsilist that has gone to the ear which means pus is coming out of it. The doctor gave him penacilliyn and i explained that he wouldnt take it he just said that is a mother son problem, i think he thinks i am just being soft with my son any ideas, and yes i have tried the ususal putting it in drinks food etc even offering to by him what he wants.

i would tell him that if he wants to be in pain and run the risk of a perforated eardrum and hearing loss then that's up to himn.
but it'd be a lot easier, and nicer for him, if he took it

sorry if that sounds harsh.. but at 7 he is old enough to know why he is being given medicine and why he needs to take it

i have tried all that he is very stuborn and the doctor even told him that he could go deaf i am not being soft i am actually telling him how it is and he still refuses. he takes pain killer but only surpossitries.

I was going to post exactly what starlover did. He's perfectly old enough to understand.

so let him go without. don't make it into a battle.

yes but i have told him and shouted at him what more can i do i am not giving in or i wouldnt be asking for help

but maybe it's a control thing. he knows you can't force him to take it...

just say fair enough. go deaf then. and then just walk away.

yes maybe it is but i am not just going to sit around thats why i joined mums net tonite to c if there was any other mums out there with this problem. i wonder why they have not made a antibiotic suppositre ( sorry dislexic ) maybe its something i should look into.

ok well i don't think anyone is going to have any idea of how to force feed a 7 yr old medicine.

he WANTS a reaction from you. if you don't give it he'll probably stop it and take the medicine

give me a break i am not asking for ideas of force feeding and i hope u never have this problem, my youngest child understands that she has too, if you new him you would understand.

carry afraid antibiotics dont come in suppository form. The next step reallyis intravenous or intramuscular, injection into the vein or the muscle. At age seven he really is not old enough to be able to make an informed choice about his treatment. he probably has no concept of long term effect. You should speak to your gp again as they may want to give him injections of antibiotics or admit him to hospital for observation and antibiotics through the vein.

you could ask your gp for an emergency referal to a play therapist who may be able to find the route of the problem and reccomed an alternate solution.

hth

thankyou for your comment much appreciated.

no prob carrie, would you mind letting me know how you get on , will keep my fingers crossed for you!

carrieholes, sorry i dont know what to ] recommend but good luck luv what about getting capsules and opening them and putting on food make up a carpet picnic or something and put it in sarnie ??

Hi carrieholes
How do you get your 7 year old to tidy his room, do his homework or anythink else he doesn't like to do? Isn't it the same principle with taking the medicine?
As a mother you know you can't just walk away from it so you have to find somethink that works for you!
If my daughter doesn't eat her veg, she won't get a dessert (not be allowed to watch tv, has to stay in her room...); if she takes the "disgusting" (currently her favourite word) medicine, she gets a treat. It works for us, probably because she knows I won't give in...
because if I can't control a 5 year old, what am I to do when she's 15; better start saving now so I can send her to brat camp when she's 15...?!

carrieholes,

how did you get on