Getting medicine in

[OhWifey]

Does anyone have any brilliant tips for getting medicine into a refuser? 11 month old won't take calpol etc which is frustrating at times like now when she's burning up and has pain in her tummy. Been up 2 hours. She's not really into eating yet so can't mix it with anything. Breastfed although will take a bottle but not if not really really hungry.

Get medicine in suppository form.

Use the syringe to squirt it bit at a time into the back of their mouth aiming towards the back of their cheek. If you do it bit at a time then should some get spat out then you've not lost the whole dose.

If she's screaming when you are trying just shoot it into the back of her cheek then she will swallow it. If she's clamping her mouth shut you would need to wiggle it in then again aim at back of cheek. If she's pushing it away wrap her up in a blanket like a sausage roll with her arms inside. Good luck

Will she eat it mixed with a yoghurt/fromage frais?

There was a thread similar to this yesterday with some good advice. I think the long and short of it is you just have to force it down with a syringe a bit at a time, you feel terrible at the time but they soon learn that medicine makes them feel better.
The person who suggested suppositories, that is an excellent idea if you can get your gp to be on board with it, but when I asked my gp this for dd he looked horrified and said, We don't go putting things up babies bums! I felt such a weirdo then so never mentioned it again. In some countries its the norm for suppositories to be given when very poorly as they last longer, doesn't matter if the baby is vomiting, or awake, and don't upset the tummy the same.

Put it in a bottle teat. Best tip ever given to me by a friend who had a baby in special care.

Dr refused to take the syringe early on but is fine with the tea spoon. I think it was because she couldn't see it....