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How to get toddler to take liquid meds

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DS used to be pretty good about taking liquid meds orally via syringe. Not anymore, he spits it out. We tried the little cups that come with it, that was a no go too. Suggestions?? I had a relative tell me to put it in juice or something, but he never drinks all of his sippy so that wouldn't work.
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Re: How to get toddler to take liquid meds

  • AtlJuneBrideAtlJuneBride
    DD is great at taking meds because we tell her it's "special juice" and she generally likes the taste of  it.  However, she had some medicine about a year ago that she had to take but she hated the taste.  What the pedi told us to do was to hold her nose closed so she'd have to open her mouth and then we'd squirt it in there and she'd swallow and then she'd generally be hysterical.  I hated it, DH hated it and DD hated it but it was what we had to do as a last resort.  I wish I had a better way...Good luck!
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  • magdusiamagdusia member

    This may be a little bit much, but this is coming from a mom who has to give medicine all the time.. .

    we use to go through hell giving our son (3 y/o) liquid meds. We frequently give him Benadryl due to allergic reactions and if we run out of the chewable tablets (which is often) we have to give him the liquid and it use to be a fight every time.

    This is what we do now - I put my arm around him and almost pin him against me, holding his chin. I have the liquid med dispenser with a pointy front (not round) b/c he closes his teeth and i can't get it in there, the pointy one goes through his teeth and i always squirt it to the side of his mouth.. if you squirt it in the front, he will spit it out.. when you do it to the side of the mouth he will most likely swallow all or most of it.


    They showed me this in the ER b/c he was having a reaction and wouldn't let us give him medicine and it was getting pretty bad so we took him to the ER and instead of putting him on steroids, they showed us how to give him liquid medicine. It use to take us 20 minutes with a fight and now it takes me 10 seconds and it's done before he can throw a fight.  I always have a lolly pop waiting so it never becomes a fight after.

    good luck!

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  • meldoo2002meldoo2002 member
    I am mean... I either count to 3 and they go to time out if they won't take it.  Or I do hold them down and squirt in their cheek.  Usually they do it without a problem, but if they won't I'm not against bribing or time out.

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  • olechkaolechka member
    i gave up on the syringe, just put it in her milk which she loves, she finishes all of it.
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  • onlymegganonlymeggan
    I have DH hold him while I squirt it in his mouth in 3 bursts.  If I'm home alone I strap him into his high chair and hold his forehead back against the back of the chair and squirt in 3 bursts.  I wish I could do it all at once but he'd choke and that wouldn't be good so 3 bursts it is Smile
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