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.
I like to use the concentrated cordial method, a spoonful of cordial mixed with the antibiotics, the taste is well covered, and you are only doing a small volume, and not have to worry about him not drinking the entire amount of chocolate milk.
For the younger babies, squirt 0.5ml or 1ml at a time against the inside of the mouth, it'll slowly trickle in. Also ask your doctor to prescribe a more concentrated formula of the antibiotics. eg. Amoxil has a 100mg/ml strength. For babies around 12 months of age(weighs 10kg), you only need to give 1ml each time.
For those struggling with Panadol, there is Panadol suppository, it's easy to use once you get the hang of it. If your child is older, I find Nurofen For Children tastes much better than Children's Panadol.
Not a very gentle thing to do.. but the nurse showed me how to do it when we had to get steroids into DS at the hospital for his breathing.
She lay him down, held his nose and squirted the medicine into his mouth.. he had to swallow to breathe. It worked and is quick. It's the only time we've had to do it.. he usually sucks the stuff down.
Hope you can get it into him soon. I also find DS only rejects his medicine when he's feeling his worst, once he's feeling better he takes it better.
I also second the lolly bribes.. he has the lolly in his hand ready to pop it in soon as he has it.. that's when it's yucky medicine like the steroids.. not flavoured stuff like panadol.
how'd you go G? Bront is right you need to make sure he has ALL the choc milk with the dose of AB's in it, so making it a small-ish drink would be better. Load it up with Milo!
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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
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