What age did you stop giving your DC Calpol and start giving tablets?

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I was just interested?!

8yo (dc's med wasn't easily available in other form)

At 9 we practiced with tic tacs - has worked out well as she has needed to take tablets since.

Still giving Calpol at 9. Works well, why bother with anything else?

Still giving Calpol at 9. Works well, why bother with anything else?

Well, at some point your child will presumably have tablets-unless they are still having Calpol at 18!

I was just wondering what age people stopped.

Because tablets are much cheaper. Dd was terrible at swallowing tablets so was probably about 12. Ds was maybe 10/11

why bother with anything else?
tablets are much cheaper.
and wwyd if a medicine is not available as tasty liquid?

About 12 I think

Practicing with tictacs is a great idea! My dd12 still has calpol as the thought of swallowing a paracetamol makes her gag, so I think I’ll be trying this with her!

My 7 & 8 year old both take half a paracetamol rather than have calpol.

DS couldn't swallow tablets until he was 19(yes, 19), he had fast-melts then soluble paracetamol on the rare occasions he needed painkillers before then. We tried practising with tic-tacs many times but he just couldn't do it.

Then at 19 he got tonsillitis and had to swallow antibiotics so he pushed through and got there in the end.

I buy the caplets rather than round tablets as they are easier to swallow

Calpol make tablets, that dissolve on the child's tongue, they're a godsend for dd, all that sticky sweet medicine can't be nice in high doses, or good for them really.

The fastmelts are really expensive though. We used them before trying normal paracetamol caplets

My 6 and 3 yr old can both manage tablets (different medication). I give calpol until they don’t want it and would prefer a tablet.

My DD was 10/11 when we first gave her a tablet. I need to break it in half and she can take it no problem.

DD1 was 9, DD2 was 7 and DD3 was 5. DD3 learned first because she's a stubborn little thing, and she learned with tic tacs.

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