teething since 3 months, cannot get ds to swallow calpol, please help new mum

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I am a new mum and ds I think has been teething since 3 months, now 4.5. Tried 2.5 dose of calpol but cannot get him to swallow it, just spits it all out. Today tried eezimed dummy type dispenser, but still gagged and spat whole lot out. Tried three times and in end he was red faced inconsolable crying he'd got himself in such a state. Have already tried spoon and syringe, but same happens. Please help, does anyone have an easier way if he needs calpol!!

Agree with Lizs - suppositories much better for babies, syringes work well if they like it and/or are older

I spent a fortune replacing all my medicines with flovoured ones, the flavoured lactulose cost £8 alone.
She spat it straight back at me!

I used infadrops (given to us by the nurse when we had the first lot of injections) with mine - same as calpol basically but more concentrated - you give it with a dropper. You can work the dropper even between clenched gums and much less volume for them to spit up. It was a long time before mine would swallow calpol from a spoon and with one it is still dodgy at 16 months.

by the way, last time I forced calpol down the throat of one of my twins he promptly threw up all over me, my bed, the wall and the carpet. He is a stubborn little blighter and was determined he didn't want it.

I hid calpol in DS2's Readybrek the other day. Alibro - no help to you but, if he is eating any solids (?) try hiding it in a fromage frais.

Thanks again for continued advice. Think I will get some Boots different flavour to try, and the infadrops recommended sounds ideal, as I think getting the actual volume down is the main problem. Will also continue with anbesol and powders though as last night and today these seem to have helped, and will only attempt medicine as a last resort!! Never thought he would teethe so early but hv said it is quite common; niece started at 3.5 months now nearly 6 months and still no teeth!! When he does wake up crying, he sucks his fists like mad, and at first some calgel would help him go off again, but the gels seem to be working less, so fingers crossed the anbesol and powders do seem more effective-thank you!!

all 3 of mine started teething early but didn't get teeth until 9-10 months - apparently the teeth move about under the gums which hurts but you get nothing to show for it.

I agree, they can be teething for a good while before they come through, each baby is different. Too different you start doubting your own instincts but stick with it your usually going to be right thats what Iv found so far. I rushed down to the drs scared to death Id missed something but was very quickly reassured. Its hard to define sometimes between the lines of being unwell or just very upset about something especially when they are tiny. Mine is 5 months and I still feel as though I haven't a clue.