How do you get medicine into a child who simply refuses to take medicine?

[Sammiejane]

We used jam in hospital... Mix it in and pop it on a spoon.
What are you trying to give?


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[HotI]

my LO spits out panadol and a some others. she likes brauers stuff. and i found another one (for pain/fever) that she will take.

can you get an alternative? is it a long term thing? if it was needed and short term, i would go the wrestle, squirt and hope some goes down. if it's needed and long term, can you try bribery or disguising it in food/drink?

[Olive]

to you both, no advice here but i hope J man is better asap xx

[Kmn]

We have no luck with syringes at all - but the spoon works well. And the post-medicine chocolate bribe too.
If it is gluggy medicine then adding a little water may help too.

A lot of this is about control - your little one probably resents being forced to do something, especially something yucky. Try putting the medicine on a very big spoon on the table, and putting the treat next to it and telling him that when he has swallowed all the medicine he can have the treat. And agree with him that its yucky - we call DS's antibiotics "horribus medicine" because that's what he christened it.

I had a similar problem with my DS and teeth cleaning. I used to have to swaddle him in a blanket and sit on him to clean his teeth. But now he is big enough to "do it himself" he does it, and then I just do a quick clean afterwards - no major fights any more.

[diannescruffy]

DD3 won't take Neurofen so I put it in her juice and she's non the wiser. Hope you work something out, hugs.

Regards,
Dianne

[RoyaUK]

my DD1 got easier when she was about 4 yrs old, but before that age it was very difficult - pinning her down was the only way and persisting. When she got older, she learnt it was over quickly and yes, we used treats afterwards. Good luck.

[aussienic]

Does he have a dummy?

Have you seen the tommee tippee (I think) product they is a medicine thingy.

I will PM you the link.. Ds2 used to have a lot of medication when he was a newborn and this worked great and we continued buying it for panadol ect. We don't need them anymore though..

[Cassius2]

oh man i am in this boat right now with my 1 year old!!

she hates the stuff (dont blame her lol). but her fever is too high for comfort and I want to help bring it down for a few hours relief for her but she just spits it all out again....so distressing, i hear you on that one G xx

[~mamaspice~]

We have to hide DD's medicine in her drink.