Giving Medication

[cheezelkat]

Whats the best way to give oral medication to a 14 month old?

Plopping it straight in the mouth is not working. :rolleyes:

[veve]

Whats the best way to give oral medication to a 14 month old?

Plopping it straight in the mouth is not working. :rolleyes:

give up if you are using a stoopid eye dropper .. its messy and harder to control..

I use a syringe .. and JAck usually accepts it (I give him water straight away .. as the flavour of some meds are pretty strong) ... I give it to him about a mil at a time (otherwise its a bit much in his mouth ..)

you could try singing .. or using a fun toy??? loads of cuddles too ..

hope that helps - nothing worse than wrestling at med time ..
xx
JEn

[Mariposa]

i use the syringe also, and also give little bits at a time, otherwise the girls tend to spit it out, they always have water between squirts aswell.

or play a game, where he opens his mouth to smile or laugh, and squirt a bit in then.

[cheezelkat]

The meds came with an eye dropper and I ended up with blue over everything and one upset bub.

Next dosage I'll try a syringe.

Thanks lovelies :hugs:

[veve]

Thanks lovelies :hugs:

no dramas :D (the droppers SERIOUSLY suck)

oh .. and if you dont want to buy a syringe by itself .. you can buy baby panadol .. it comes with syringes (there are two DIFFERENT boxes.. one with a dropper (eww) on with a syringe ... ) - this is how I come to have about 10 syringes on my sink .. lol

xx
Jen

[punkbaby]

Syringe will work if you slide it down the side of the mouth, then at least bubs cant spit it out :)