Help! How can I get DS to swallow his medication?

[badkitty]

We've just got medication for DS's reflux, 2 different things which have to be administered by syringe. It is a total disaster - don't think he is swallowing any of it, it just gets spat out and he gets really upset by it, obviously it must be pretty disgusting. He is only 7 months so I can't exactly reason with him about it! Does anyone have any tips?

I find that if you lean them slightly backwards, take them by surprise and literally tip it deftly and quickly down their throat, it's the only way (this is how I did it with my autistic boy). Then quickly give them something nice like ribena to take taste away, good luck!

Can you put it in his milk (assuming he is drinking from a bottle/cup and not exclusively from the boob)?

We use the 1ml at a time approach these days - not enough for DS to spit back out, tho he'll give it a good try!

Little bit at a time, as far back on his tongue as you can, then a quick drink of milk/juice/water - anything to get it where it needs to be.

If one of your meds is ranitidine, I sympathise, my DS hates it too.

Thanks everyone - will give it a try on the back of the tongue tomorrow. Yes, one of them is ranitidine and I think that is the real problem, the other one isn't too bad.