2 year old won't take Calpol

[homarr]

My 2 year old has got Covid.

Her temperature has been up and down a lot over the last couple of days.
It has gone up to 39.5 tonight. She is refusing Calpol.

We have tried everything to get her to take it. We've tried bribery, trying to just get the syringe in her mouth but she retches. She is just getting more distressed the more we try.

She has had a cool bath and we have put a fan in her room. Temp has come down a bit but she needs the Calpol. Any ideas?

@Confuciusornis

They can get febrile convulsions though if there fever gets too high? I feel awful when I have a fever I couldn’t just leave them with one x

Agree with this. Just pin to them down and it's done.

I’ve read research that in children who get febrile convulsions the height of the fever makes little difference to the chance of it happening. But sure, if your child is prone to febrile convulsions you’d want to be vigilant. Most aren’t, though.

Another one for paracetamol suppositories.

Febrile convulsions are caused by the speed of the temp increase, not the high temperature itself.

My child had febrile convulsions. Spoke to 5 doctors and 2 paramedics (mostly due to poor admin rather than any medical reason), not one was concerned about the fever (or the convulsions for that matter). The consensus was very much that it happens and don't worry about it.
They wanted evidence that it could be bought down, but didn't care if we kept it down or not, just wanted to see that one dose of Nurofen did something. I assume paracetamol ineffectiveness indicates something? But they weren't bothered about the fever.

I used to buy junior disprol and dissolve it in their juice.

I wouldn’t advocate not taking any at all. I think a fever isn’t necessarily dangerous in itself - unless it’s exceptionally high, 40+ is dangerous - but a fever that doesn’t go down at all despite taking paracetamol or ibuprofen is something to look out for and may need extra medical attention. So if you don’t take any you obviously can’t establish this.

Our son used to go into a sort of convulsion. His head used to droop, eyes rolled and and it was frankly frightening.

I can't believe folks saying don't give him anything.

As I said before OP, paracetamol suppositories all the way.

Quick and effective.

Pinning them down really doesn't help when they just puke it right back up.

Mixing it with a spoon of sugar seems to help a lot though!

If you pop in boots you can get like this dummy where you put the syringe in to it. 2 year old also a nightmare for taking calpol