Help me please !!!!
Struggling to give, 3 year old daughter medicine.
She really hates it. Kicks up a big fuss, screams, hits me, and squirms loads.
How can we restrain her, to force it in?
really needs it, for an infection.
2006-12-18 00:42:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Have same trouble with our 2 year old. I usually give him a bear hug to keep his arms and legs from flailing and my wife uses the medicine dropper. Of course I've gotten a fat lip a couple times from him throwing his head back, but I guess that's the price of being a Dad. He's getting better about it.
2006-12-18 00:50:43 · answer #1 · answered by DGS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask the pharmacist if that particular medication can be flavored. When my daughter was that age, I made suckers for her out of chocolate chips. I melted the chocolate, mixed the medicine in, and put the mixture into a candy mold. The pediatrician suggested that remedy. I tried it, and it worked wonders for us.
Some people would say that you shouldn't mix medicine and candy because the child might take too much of the medicine if they manage to get hold of it, but I always kept the medicines locked up.
2006-12-18 10:51:42 · answer #2 · answered by GI tech 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We always used a medicine syringe while giving a bear hug and we always had a cup of water close by for a chaser...helps get the taste out and ensures that they swallow. It worked for all three of my girls until they got old enough to understand why they needed to take the medicine. Good luck!
2006-12-18 01:35:46 · answer #3 · answered by Barbiq 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a medicine syringe. You should be able to buy one at the pharmacy, or sometimes a pediatrician's office will have them. They have the dosage amounts on the outside. You fill the syringe, wet the tip, dip it sugar, then hold your little girl very snuggly, and place the syringe in her mouth, and quickly, but a little at a time, push the medication to the back of her mouth, allowing her time to swallow. Worked like a charm for me and my three boys. Hope it works for you too. Good luck!
2006-12-18 00:48:04 · answer #4 · answered by Firespider 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried bribing her with a favored sweet? Sometimes that works. ('if you take your medicine like a good girl you can have a cookie'). If the Medicine is really nasty ask the pharmacy to add a flavoring they can do that now ( I wish they had that when I was young) Wal~Mart pharmacy has it so the others should as well just ask.
2006-12-18 01:57:39 · answer #5 · answered by paravou 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never restrain a child and force anything!!!!! first buy a good flavor or u can have one added at ur pharmacy.... or u have to make it fun like a lil game!! overexagerate it!! tell her u will be so proud and happy when they take it u will give her big hugs n kisses!! or if she has any character she likes(DORA, BARBIE etc.) tell her they are big girls and always take their medicine n are healthy !! last resort bribery but never an edidible treat! good luck and remember she HAS TO take it!!!
2006-12-18 05:03:51 · answer #6 · answered by SEXY CRML 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had this problem with my child. My suggestion is try putting it in a drink that she normally is not allowed to drink. Perhaps, soda or a fruit drink. She will never know!
2006-12-18 07:37:37 · answer #7 · answered by debster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put it in her favorite food. Then when she eats the food, she will get the medicine. I'd use soup or spagetio's or even her favorite drink
2006-12-18 00:55:46 · answer #8 · answered by disney_dude 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Put it in a medicine dropper and put the dropper in the side of her mouth and squirt it in.
2006-12-18 00:47:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋