How to get Calpol into babies??

[Brightandbreezey]

Please give me some tried and test methods to get calpol into a poorly baby. Currently got a 10 month old who is teething and not sleeping and gets so upset whenever I try to give her calpol. I’ve tried using the syringe and mixed with food but neither are very successful.
Any helpful tips out there? I just want my baby to not be in pain and sleep.
Thanks!

Syringe. Keep going.

Syringe it gently onto the back of the tongue - that used to work for me.

It's not nice but I have held her nose so she has to open her mouth and then squirted it into her cheek. Shes pretty good with calpol tho- that's mainly for antibiotics

Syringe into the back end of one cheek and gently rub the area slight tilt her head up the same time.

Just syringe it into the back of her cheek. Even if she’s a bit upset it’s better to get it into her.
anbesol or bonjella applied straight onto her gums might help too

Syringe tiny amounts towards the back of the cheek. Nurofen is better than calpol for teething pain. I hope you all get some sleep soon.

Suppositories are another option

When my ds was tiny he would refuse and vomit as the quantity was too much, I can’t remember the exact amount but we got the 6+ instead and worked out the dose as it’s more concentrated and used the thin 1ml syringes and it was much easier (we checked with the gp it was ok they double checked the dose and said if it works then do it just to get the medication in)

We got suppositories from the GP when DC was little and absolutely refused the syringe

So much easier and you know they've had the full dose. I think they are more popular in other countries but have never really caught on here

Came to say suppositories too. Life saver for medicine refuser.

Mine preferred a tea spoon over syringe

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Safety-1st-Pacifier-Medicine-Dispenser/dp/B0034CXK4Y/ref=asc_df_B0034CXK4Y/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=658870814152&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9447461291612015727&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007173&hvtargid=pla-391437135046&psc=1&mcid=0222efeb353234e3b239b03ef40ece49. One of these.

You hold her so she's tipped back a little, then someone else syringe into her cheek. Snack or milk straight after.

You do get the knack eventually.

If she's happy taking a bottle you could try filling the teat with calpol and getting her to suck it in like that?
Also Anbesol gel is supposed to work wonders for teething (just don't ask the pharmacist for Anusol accidentally!)

We tried them at 8 weeks they worked great then when we tried again after 16 week vaccinations ds kept pushing down and popping them back out !!!!

I put my calpol refuser in her high chair and told her it was food around the same age, and it tricked her! I also find Nurofen better for teething, which is orange flavour. Maybe she'd be better with a taste.

Thank you all so much for the responses! I do really appreciate it. It’s good to not feel alone!
I hate making her cry and how upset she gets when I try and get it in her mouth with the syringe. I know she needs it but she clamps down and if I do manage to get some on then she spits it back out or coughs so hard she sicks it up.
Ive tried a spoon and have tried nurofen as well. She refuses those too!
I’ve just managed to get about a quarter of a dose in mixed with food but she got wise to me and started spitting it out!
She has never taken to a dummy and doesn’t have a bottle so thank you so much for the suggestions but I’m not sure they will work for my little one unfortunately!
I am going to look into suppositories though… can you get these over the counter or is it from a GP?

Drip feed it through a syringe in amounts small enough they can't really spit it out. It can take a good 10-15 mins to get through it all. A couple of drops a time will get swallowed naturally along with saliva.

Syringe in tiny quantities bit by bit towards the cheek. Also try different flavours maybe or nurofen?

We mixed in a bottle of milk until she was older

I have to give my 9m old the syringe to hold himself. Inevitably within 20 seconds it’s in his mouth like everything else, and I then just gently push the end, very gradually until he’s had the full dose. It takes a while but it seems to bother him less when he is able to hold the syringe and it feels a lot less forced on him

Wrap child in towel and tuck under one arm, with child lying across your lap. use one hand to gently squish their cheeks together so their mouth opens, put syringe in and squirt calpol inside cheek. Hold for a couple of seconds. Once you get good at it you can do it before they’ve even registered what’s going on!

Have you tried teething gels for pain?
Ashton and parsons teething gel was the only thing that worked for our daughter

She wouldn't take any medication, I had to mix it in puree fruit when she needed antibiotics. Xxx

You can buy dummies with a space to put the medicene in the other side, let them slowly suck on it. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Safety-1st-Pacifier-Medicine-Dispenser/dp/B0034CXK4Y/ref=asc_df_B0034CXK4Y/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=658870814152&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11677328107726572978&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006748&hvtargid=pla-391437135046&psc=1&mcid=0222efeb353234e3b239b03ef40ece49

My kids loved Petit filous and couldn’t taste the medicine if I mixed it into a yoghurt. Worked a treat for us.

Or if all else fails…….. I know it feels awful doing it, but one persons holds them and the other forces it in. Hold them at an angle where they can’t spit it out. A little at a time. I hated doing it but you know it’s in their best interest to take away the pain.