Does anyone have any ideas of how I can get my 3 month old to take medicine?

Question

I am trying to give her Gripe Water to help with wind, but she spits it out and doesnt swallow it, I have also tried using a syringe but just get the same results, please help?

Dont want to put it in her bottle (not sure if I can) as she has other medicine and dont want to mix medicines.

Answer 1

try doing it a tiny little bit at a time. such a small amount that she wouldn't be able to spit it out it would just coat her mouth. it will probably take a while and she'll fuss through the whole thing, but i would try something like that. if it doesn't work honestly i have no idea

Answer 2

I put gripe water in our son's bottles. Works well and is better than mixing milk with Infacol due to its orange taste. I would be cautious about putting actual medicines in with the milk but gripe water is fairly bland and the same consistency as the milk. If you try the syringe again, be sure to squirt it to the side of her mouth and towards the back. Tilt her chin up until she swallows. Good luck!

Answer 3

No - putting it in her bottle is not a good idea, as if she doesn't finish her bottle, you won't know how much medicine she will have had.

I would suggest you keep trying with the syringe, and holding it at the side of her mouth, very slowly squirt little drops as far to the back of her mouth as you can safely reach - then hold her mouth closed just for a couple of seconds and she will automatically swallow - its a bit time consuming but it works with my baby brother (now 6 months) each time you have to administer the medicine, try with slightly bigger drops, until you eventually get the whole lot down in one slow pouring action.

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

My son was the same way, put the gripe water in the bottle as well you can do it without any problems. If that doesn't appeal to you then you can you use a syringe for kids but if you are giving them medicine as well always use separate ones.

Answer 5

A doctor once told me to put the syringe into the inside of the cheek and squirt it out slowly. Apparently they swallow if something is in their cheek. She wont like it, but will feel better for having her gripe water.

Answer 6

Never put it in the bottle - if they don't finish the bottle, they don't get the whole dose. (And some medicines are not effective diluted.)

Try the syringe again - but shoot it into the side of her cheek and then gently push her bottom jaw up a little. She should swallow it then. If not, speak to your doctor.

Answer 7

My son was the same. I bought a syringe and laid him down flat and put it right down the back of his throat with the help of my mum so that he couldn't really spit it out. I also used to gently hold his mouth shut so he swallowed. As i said only gently,i would never hurt him and i knew that if it meant he was gonna burp and not be in discomfort then it was worth it. I also used to lay him tummy down on my lap rubbing his back as this used to help get he wind out easier

Answer 8

hi i have a 4 mth old and a 2 and 3 year old and i use a syringe but if you give it to them on a spoon then if you keep the spoon slightly on their tongue and do not remove then they cant spit it out and have to swallow the medicine always works

hope this helps

Answer 9

Hi I am a mother of two. When my kids were little and had to take medicine. The doctor told me to get a eye dropper and put the medicine in that so you only put a little in their mouth at a time. That way they don't get to much, they will be less likely to spit it out that way. Plus they won't gag from it.

Answer 10

I always found a syringe worked if you place the tip of it towards the back of the tongue, this way the baby usually swallows automatically, hope this helps.