My god that sounds like a nightmare to count the balls!! I wonder how much it really matters? A few balls here and there?

I'm no pharmacist and have only been doing this for a few days myself but we were advised:
* to half the tablets using a sharp knife
* dissolve in 3 ml water (takes about a minute)
* draw up in syringe
* squirt into DS's mouth

HOWEVER: we find putting the halved tablet into the syringe and then adding water works best. You dont miss any of the tiny balls that you do when drawing up the liquid. We have recently been adding milk to the syringe to disguise the taste, we need to fill the syringe 2-3 times to make sure all the meds have gone down. This morning DS was happily taking his medication while smiling and cooing. We noticed the difference in a day or two. Now 5 days later he is a different child. Good luck