Hey Parents...I need help/advice.

JanetLM73

Hope you were able to get her to take it and she's doing better now!

Thanks my friend She is actually feeling better this morning, so I don't think it was as bad of an infection as the dr said....it was not her regular doctor. She has no fever, no pain at all.
:hugg (oops, wrong support board) :-)

Snow__White

Just had this problem with my 2 year old, two antibiotics and some prednisone. I give him the option, if he refuses, then i hold him down, put it in the back of his mouth, and hold his mouth shut until he swallows. And next time guess what? His mouth opened right up!

My son hated prednisone....I had to bribe him with money ha ha,poor thing kept gagging...had to give him sumthing to chase it down with

momof3and3

Teach her to swallow a pill...practice with M&M's....then she can have pills and not the icky liquid...I have 6 kids, all hated meds...they all could swallow a pill from about 2 years old, on....solved that probelm

ckmama

We moved to pills at around age 5...he doesn't have any trouble with them. even if they are big. But he never had issues with liquid meds either.

My nephew hated it and would throw a fit and scream so she told him it could go down his throat or up his hoo ha in a suppository form...needless to say he started taking his medications.

samf36

She is 5 give her the option of swallowing liquid , chewable or pills. My daughter hated liquid so my by 2 she would swallow pills dry.

11Jayme11

I think its alot different for all kids. My 6 year old son has always taken meds like a champ.. when he has a sore throat, or something.. he will ask for something to take. On the other hand, my 3 year old son will not take anything other than the chewable tylanol, only because at first he thinks its candy. Drinking meds is a whole other ballpark! My and my husband will explain to him that if he does not take it.. we will have to take him to the DRs or the hospital, and they will have to do it. Which is very true. He recentally had hives all over his face, and he needed to take benadryl. Refused and refuese until finally I said enough was enough and we just held him down, and forced him to take it. Ripped my heart out of my body, BUT atleast I knew he couldnt have a recation durring the night and his throat close, and stop breathing(worst fear when he gets hives). When done with the best of intentions.. I presonally dont see anythng wrong with that, BUT its not ideal.. id much rather him just drink it. I know he will soon grow out of this.. but until than. this is what we have to do. I just wish they made all meds, in a form of a chewable pill! HAHA