Hi all
My 10mo totally refuses any oral paracetamol / ibuprofen and I’m in desperate need of some tips!
He spikes regular fevers, and it got to the point a couple of months ago that he was really out of sorts, and his temp wasn’t coming down because he kept vomiting the Calpol (he didn’t have a tummy bug he just threw up every time we tried to give him the calpol), that he was admitted into our local childrens ward and prescribed paracetamol suppositories. I’ve got some more from our local GP since (he’s had numerous fevers since then!) but I really want to try and get him to take it orally and stop the suppositories (on the advice of our GP).
I only treat the fever when he’s miserable too, which unfortunately he usually is when he’s running a fever.
Couple of points
- we’ve tried different flavours
- its like a gag reflex as soon as he swallows it, it comes back up
- on the occasions he has vomited it back up he’s not actually had a vomiting bug, it’s literally just the medicine
- we’ve tried blow on his face to make him swallow trick (nurse in a&e idea not mine!)
- we’ve tried laying him back (another nurse on the childrens ward - just resulted in vomit flying up and hitting him in the face!)
- we’ve tried mixing it with yoghurt
- we’ve tried giving it REALLY slowly in the side of his mouth - 50/50 success rate there but takes forever
Anyone out there with similar experience and any tips to get him to swallow the stuff and keep it down!?!