Help Me- I Cannot Get a Syringe of Medicine Into Him!

[Erin_25]

when DH is around one of us holds him down, or wraps him up in a sheet, whilst the other squeezes his cheeks together & puts the medicin in slowly so he doesnt gag on it. This is how the nurse showed us & have done it often as he was one sick little boy last yr & needed his medicine.
If I'm on my own....yep I'd go with the choc milk option....or anything he'll love. I used to put small amounts on his spoon when feeding yogurt or weetbix or something he was going to eat. Just now before his afternoon nap I put panadol in his milk due to an ear infection........luckily for me he'll take the antibiotic & ask for more!

[Ginger]

so it doesn't like 'wreck' the antibiotic by putting it in the milk?
itms?
so it will still work?

[AnyDream]

It will still work, unless the medicine label specifically says not to give with milk.

Also, I'm a big fan of the Lolly Bribe. Good luck

[Janie]

Yep, choc milk, lollies, whatever it takes. Failing all that pinning to the floor is probably your last resort, unfortunately.

Hope you get it into him soon hun!

[Ginger]

thanks guys, i'm going to try it in chocolate milk. i'm just so upset and frustrated. i've been crying cos he's so sick and miserable and i feel awful.

[Janie]

Oh darl, it is so horrible when they're sick . But he will get better soon. I'm sure the choc milk will do the trick, if it's a fave of his

[MamaPan]

G - i'd go the choc milk option - also prob good for him to have the milk since he has been off his food...
i am lucky - N seems to LOVE medicine... hmm not sure that will be graet in teenage years...
hope he is feeling better soon. xxx

[Ginger]

thanks
i'm so upset and emotional. i don't know what's wrong with me. i just want him to start feeling better.

[Phteven]

If you put it in the choc milk you need to be exact about the ratio and quantities so that if he only drinks 50% of the milk you know how many mls of antibiotics he's had and you can top him up with the syringe - having half doses of ABs doesn't just mean that it is less effective but it also gives the bugs a chance to develop resistance and become AB resistant super-bugs.
If it's panadol etc it doesn't matter if he has a half dose.

The further back you put it in their mouths the harder it is to spit it out.

[Olive]

hun its hard seeing your kids sick especially when they dont understand that your just trying to get them better, id go with the chocolate milk too