medicine, how to get a 2 year old to take it, any tricks?

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I have tried everything to get my 2 year old to take her antibiotics, not something I like to give children but in this case she has to have them. She refuses point blank to take liquid and even with a syringe I cannot fight her! I have crushed tablets and put them in yogurt drinks, yogurt, chocolate (desperate here!) mashed potato with ketchup (not surprised she spat that one out) and a spoon full of jam.

Has anyone got any tips they could share I am desperate!

An siblings or friends kids same age?

Just a thought...my daughter is the same...but as soon as i offer it to her brother (and he appears willing ofcourse) she scrambles for it!

Sometimes seeing someone else have it is enough to convince them to take it.

best of luck hun x

really, she doesn't like the tutti fruiti flavour stuff? mine fight over it.

but that's not helpful. I think my point is my children assoiate "medicine" with nice tastes, and even ds (2) will take horrible medicine if I tell him there is more nicer medicine to come. will she take calpol?

as a last resort could you try the syringe and iquid when she's half asleep?

My GP told me the way to do it, it seems cruel but it's the only way I could get ds to take meds til he was old enough to use a nurofen syringe himself to squirt into his mouth.

Had to hold ds down, squeeze cheeks together to form hamster type cheeks, this means they cant spit anything out, and squirt ini mouth hoping for the best.

HTH

Never had a problem - but as an idea could you encourage her to take the syringe with a drink (juice, milk) she likes so she realises that the syringe itself isn't bad?