How to get my 13 month old to take his medicine

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shev

Sun, Jan 28 2024, 9:04 am

Any tips on how to get my 13 month old to take his antibiotics. He just throws it up or spits it out. Thank You.

amother

Lightgray

Sun, Jan 28 2024, 9:17 am

If you gently pinch his nose closed he will have to swallow. It may be a 2 person job to get it into him. This has worked for me at desperate moments

amother

Hydrangea

Sun, Jan 28 2024, 9:18 am

Did they flavor the antibiotics? First make sure they do if it isn’t.

To try to get him to take it, lay him on his back in a dark room, squeeze his cheeks together, and put the syringe in the the side of him mouth in one cheek. Ask you give him the medicine, say swallow swallow and give him positive feedback if he is swallowing. Have someone else hold his arms down.

Before anyone gives me hate for this message, think about a kid with strep who may get pandas. They really need their antibiotics! Or a kid with a ruptured eardrum…antibiotics could have prevented that!

amother

Purple

Sun, Jan 28 2024, 9:27 am

Mix it with ice cream

amother

Strawberry

Sun, Jan 28 2024, 9:32 am

My 2.5 year old refused to take any medication orally, even if I would get it in he would vomit every bit +. I found a pharmacy that made the prescription into suppositories for $65.

darlingdoll

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 1:46 pm

Did you try the paci syringe from Frida baby? My baby likes to suck the pacifier and it goes in through a small hole on the side. But he does also like the taste of infant Tylenol, BH he hasn’t had to take any regular antibiotics yet.

amother

Navyblue

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 1:48 pm

Is it regular antibiotics or especially gross smelling and tasting ones?

amother

Oak

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 1:51 pm

My 2 year old is very resistant to taking medication. My first rule was always to make him take it instead of using suppositories because not all meds can be compounded into suppositories. I hold his arms, lay him in my lap and squirt in a little at a time to the side of his mouth.

amother

Slateblue

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 1:57 pm

darlingdoll wrote:

I just take a nipple from a bottle and stick the syringe through

darlingdoll

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 2:03 pm

amother Slateblue wrote:

I just take a nipple from a bottle and stick the syringe through

That’s the same idea. The pacifier has a little cover that you can put on the medicine hole, so the baby can continue sucking the pacifier after you took away the syringe to get all the medicine and to soothe them.

Last edited by darlingdoll on Tue, Jan 30 2024, 2:04 pm; edited 1 time in total

amother

DarkYellow

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 2:03 pm

amother Strawberry wrote:

My 2.5 year old refused to take any medication orally, even if I would get it in he would vomit every bit +. I found a pharmacy that made the prescription into suppositories for $65.

Are you located in Brooklyn? If yes can you share the name of the pharmacist please?
I have the same problem with my daughter. We usually stay home and wait out any illness bec of this. This past time she was sick for 3 weeks and wasn’t getting better so the doctor gave her antibiotics via a shot in her thigh for 3 days straight and bh she got better after that but was very painful for her. A suppository would definitely be a better option. (My pharmacist said he can’t do it for me)

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