My three year old won't take medicine--please read?

Count your blessings.

My daughter is 2 and because of chronic conditions she has to take several Rx meds and several over-the-counter. she gets:

Prevacid (daily, first thing in the morning)

Singulair (daily, in the evening)

Mylanta Supreme (as needed...2 to 4 times per week)

Gas Drops (as needed....most days)

Ibuprpfen (as needed....only when teething)

Tylenol (as needed.....only when sick)

She will take any medicaiton and she is SO used to being medicated that she often asks for things she does not need. I know that when the meds taste good, they are easier to get down.........but she LOVES her meds. that makes me uncomfortable and therefore they are in LOCKED high cabinet.

But that being said, can you try different forms of the med? Better flavored liquid that he will take. Flavored liquid that blends better into things (orange flavor in OJ for example). Pills that can be crushed into food. Or even capsules that can be opened and dumped into food.

My almost 2 year old son had to stay in the hospital back in the spring and had to take tylenol for his fever to stay down. The nurses and doctors told us to blow in his face immediately after getting the medicine in his mouth. It worked for a while and now it doesn't, but it may work long enough to get him through this bout of antibiotics.

Three and a half is old enough to understand.

If it's an ear infection 90 percent of the time it clears up on it's own. Wait two or three days and if it's still bothering him then try again but otherwise it will clear up on it's own.

The worst that can happen is his ear drum will perforate. That will release any pressure and the fluid will drain out.

Try not to let him blow his nose HARD as often blowing pushes the mucus into the ear canals and causes the build up. Better he just sucks it in and swallows it gross as that sounds.

Mix it up into some applesauce or something he likes, like ice cream.

If you tell the doctor that he refuses to take it often they prescribe something that tastes good. Stuff like Biaxin works but it's grainy and kids hate it.

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My daughter used to spit her medicine out also. What I did was I got the medicine dropper that looks like a syringe and you push the thing down like a syringe and it squirts out the medicine........well I would squirt it into the back of her mouth so she had less of a chance of spitting it out. And she probably didn't taste it as much either.

My 4 year old does the same thing, he doesn't spit it out, he just refuses to take the "red" colored syrups. He KNOWS they have a nasty taste. I get some in an oral syringe and have a cup of water with me, and I tell him to hurry and swallow it and he can have the water afterwards. It takes a bit of coaxing, but he eventually gives in and hurriedly drinks the water afterwards!

Mix it with grape jelly or peanut butter. Many liquid antibiotics are bitter There are flavoring agents in the drug store that you can buy to help. Many pharmacies will flavor the medication for you. Call your pharmacist and ask. Good luck.

My little brother mikey who is 8 had the same problem 'till he was 7.We found a product that is a little powder that changes the flavor of your medicine.It comes in Watermelon,Apple,And strawberry.You can get it at your pharmacy,Or Tell him Santa's Not coming to your house this year.

Get a syringe, tilt his head back and hold him tightly on both sides of his jaw and squirt it in the back of his mouth and offer him a freezie afterwards. That's the only was I can get my son take it.

Hi I always had this problem with my son who is the same age as yours... in the end i tried putting the medicine in a egg cup ( Noddy ) and let him use a straw.. that way he just think its a drink.. it daft i know but believe me it worked for me. x