I used to use the syringe thingy. I tried putting it in milk but my kids wouldn't take it that way.
Yeah, we use the syringes too. DD will drink it in her milk if we need to try that too. A lot of friends recommended the chemist own brands of Nurofen and Panadol as they taste better. I tend to agree as DD took them a lot easier. She does seem to love the orange Nurofen though - she steels the syringe off us and sucks on it!

I think the trick is to try and rest it right on their tongue as far back as you can without them gagging then give it to them in a few bursts. That's how the ED nurses did it with DD back in March and it worked surprisingly well. MIL was a child nurse once and believes in squeezing their cheeks together so they're forced to open their mouth Needless to say, we were horrified when she did it to DD recently although DD didn't seem to mind!