Calpol - Help

[Noaksie]

Hi...I'm new, and I have a strange question. My 2 year old willnot take any medicines at all. If he has a temp I have to pin him down to give him Calpol and he screams to the point of throwing up so he doesn't actually take any down. Does anyone know if you can freeze Calpol into ice cubes and still be effective??? He loves ice pops and he will eat it this way! Or any other advice you may have would be very much appreciated!. Thank you

What an interesting question. I don't know the answer, but will wait and see.

hi and welcome maybe u could try mixing it in a drink?

dd doesnt like taking it either the other week she was bribed with sweets to take it

I have no idea, I do know that you can give it to them mixed in with yoghurt.

How nice it is to have a response so quickly!! Was thinking that noone would be there! Thanks guys. I have tried the drink and yoghurt route to no avail. He is so fussy! And he always manages to eat the sweet before the medicine gets anywhere near him (I think I may be too soft but anything for a quiet life!)

have you tried nurofen for children instead - it comes with a syringe - much easier and you could try to make it into a game.

I would go to the GP and get a scrip for suppositories.

We Brits seem to be very squeamish about them, but I swear by them esp for children who are prone to vomiting.

have you tried one sweet first them medicine then cpl more sweets
thats how i do it with 18mo dd

If none of those options are working I'd probably just sneak up with the syringe squirt it down the back of his throat then offer him a sweet or w/e for being such a good boy for taking it.
If it's that or a temperature, then IMO, afetr having a DD tht was prone to febrile fits, it would be that.

Yeap I've tried nurofen and he runs at the site of a syringe. I didn't even know you could get suppositories...you learn something new every day. That may be a job for my DH though. My DS would def deserve a sweet after that trauma . I may need to go get a new tin of Quality Street...

Thank you all so much I now have to go as my 7 month old is screaming. I will be back soon - so glad I found this site. Talk soon I hope

OK this is a very tried and tested method and is realtively stress free for all involved.Put your ring finger in his mouth and tug his cheek gently down to open mouth. Spoon the medicine in with your other hand. He will have to swallow. Follow with a piece of choc This really works with less tears than a syringe attack!

quality street Roses

Mine won't either. I have thus discovered that the VAST majority of childhood ailments get better by themselves, and that cool drinks and cool baths are just as good for getting temperatures down. And as a rule of thumb, if they're feisty enough to run away, I reckon they can probably manage without calpol!

Seeker, I agree. Ditto the sweets.

Although my DS has had febrile convulsions before, so do think that temps over a certain level should be medicated, 38 is about my limit for leaving unmedicated (obviously this depends on child/illness).

I know we are all busy people but I always sponge or splash in a lukewarm bath before giving meds. I feel meds should be given as well as using physical ways of getting temps down, not instead.

agree, agree, agree with seeker.
in the buggy for a walk with little clothing running around the house with the calpol gets everyone hot