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!
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.
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
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.
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