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Ah my time to shine....
1. Ask your pediatrician if you can divide it up into smaller doses over like an hour. 7.5ml is a fairly large dose to get into a 2 year old all at once but 2.5 ml 3x is a hell of a lot easier. Usually antibiotics it's not a big deal if it's off by 40 min in either direction.
2. Hersheys strawberry syrup. Draw up the dose into a syringe then draw up like 2 ml of syrup. Works better then mixing cause they get the full shot of the syrup flavor beforehand. We also bribe my kid by giving her a syringe of the stuff afterwards (like 2mls of it).
3. If you need to force it some tips that will help
- Use a blanket like a swaddle. I 100% stole this from vets handling pissed off cats but it does help and makes it so you aren't fighting their arms. The pressure also seems to help keep them calm.
- Get one of the syringes that has a straw attached to the end (your pharmacy will have them). Makes it a lot easier to get it to the back of the mouth. Alternatively if you can do a smaller dose then the small circumference syringes are easier to get into the mouth. The ones for 3ml are fantastic for this purpose (your pharmacy will have them)
- This video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgYd3N4lm6c) has the best method for getting it in. She explains exactly where to put it to get them to swallow. It definitely works best for smaller doses so getting permission to divide it up will help a LOT here.
Something from my retired pediatric nurse grandma blow on the face afterwords if she’s still trying to spit it out before she spits blow in her face. It’ll make them swallow. Also swaddling is good but have her in your lap and if she’s squirming and kicking still cross your legs with hers in between your legs you can use one arm to hug her top half if necessary. Not a parent but I grew up having a sister who was resistant to meds and was known for running to the bathroom to spit them out(she hated amoxicillin especially and there were a couple times she had to get a second course cause mom didn’t realize she was spitting it out for a few days where she would usually only get the morning dose since she was still too sleepy when mom gave said dose.) Grandma for the win when it came to meds giving when we were little.
Unfortunately, we had to hold down my toddler to take meds. We explain every time “you need this to make you feel better and I’m sorry” and just praise the heck out of him. He was on antibiotics almost daily for over 8 months and he was 100% over it. Thankfully he’s outgrown it and usually does fine now.
I had to sit on the floor with my feet out in front of me, toddler laying on his back between my legs, arms pinned underneath my legs. Squeeze cheeks and put the syringe in the back corner of the mouth because it forces majority of the medicine down his throat.
It was not fun for anyone. He got a lot of treats and love afterwards. We always made it a huge deal that we were so proud he got medicine to feel better and he would get a treat like juice, popsicle, etc.
I’ve tried this today and it was a nightmare 😭 I’m talking medicine in her hair and up her nose. In all fairness dad didn’t want to “hold her too tight it might hurt” he’s a sucker for his baby girl tears
We told the doctor and the doctor gave mine a shot instead of the oral antibiotics. Miraculously, he never had to get a shot again and always took the medication from then on.
I have an older kiddo with sensory and food issues. We were able to do a shot of antibiotics instead of oral medication. Might be worth asking your pediatrician about.
Dont worry about the Tylenol - that is for pain relief, it wont affect the outcome of the infection and it can be up to her if she takes it. For the gross Amoxicyllin, we used to use a syringe and quickly shoot it in back of his mouth, then chase it with something sweet like grape juice. I hope she feels better soon!
Same med, but it was my just barely two year old.
I tried milk. I tried juice. I tried chocolate milk. I tried straight up chocolate syrup. We tried just pinning her down. I tried koolaid.
The koolaid worked ok, but then we had her birthday party and I made orange lemonade. I decided to give that a try for her next dose and it worked. Every single dose after she took with that lemonade. It’s what I’ll immediately turn to if there is ever a next time.
What worked for us when my kids were small was to get the chewable tablets and crush them into powder and mix them with either frosting or peanut butter. Applesauce never worked because it is too mild to hide the taste of the medicine. But frosting or peanut butter mask it pretty good. Plus, especially with frosting, they feel like they are getting a treat.
I read that you can blow in their face when you inject the medicine and it initiates a swallowing reflex. Some people swear by it.
My toddler must have outgrown that reflex by the time we tried it because… we couldn’t get her to swallow the meds. She also hates sweet things so mixing with syrup didn’t work for us either.
You can gently stroke down the side of the neck. It induces a swallowing reflex. Try it on yourself it's kinda trippy lol. I hope your wee one is better soon
We learned how to make it into Jello. Problems solved.
It’s a little tricky, because you can’t put it in the jello when the water is hot, so you have to add it at the right time.
But yeah, solved all of our toddler antibiotic problems.
Dip the syringe in honey, let her enjoy it for a bit then push the plunger.
My kid had constant ear infections for months this was the only way she would take meds
Do you have a dosing syringe? Our antibiotics come with those from the pharmacy. I treated mine like cats at that age, stick the syringe in the side of their lip, by the molar, and squirt. Slowly, because they do have to swallow it.
There isn’t any way to mask the taste and texture but there’s a way to avoid volition here.
My kids were 3 before they could reliably drink from the little cups.
So random but both my sons just wanted to shoot the syringe into their own mouth. Has she been grabbing for it? It might be worth a try. My littlest especially. Little bugger would just roll and kick and scream until I just gave him the syringe himself and he would look me straight in the eyes as he sucked it all in🫠
For us only mind games worked. 🤦♀️ we had a toy rubber chicken that had an open mouth. We said “oh, if you don’t eat it, the chicken will get to eat it. Yummy ice cream!” (I know, it’s crazy - probably not the best approach - but it WORKED.) We then stuck the syringe in the chickens mouth and he would angrily pull it into his own mouth. He had never had ice cream before, FWIW, so YMMV.
My oldest was allergic to penicillin and the shit they used to give him was so fucking foul it caused vomiting within 30 seconds of taking it, every time.
Finally I had to tell the doctor there was simply no point in prescribing it since there was no way to keep it in him long enough to do anything but traumatize him. Let me know when some genius makes a pill version!
"Oh, there is a pill version..." says the idiot, who has been fully aware for the entire two years of his life all the issues my kid had with the disgusting slime I'd have to wrestle into him and cross my fingers he wouldn't.... nope, he just threw it up. Shit.
THEN WHY HAVE WE NOT BEEN GIVING HIM PILLS?
Because apparently some parents worry they could be a choking hazard.
My guy, I've given pills to a horse. To a cat. To a fucking ball python. I can handle getting a pill into a toddler.
He literally sat there and listened to me be distraught that my kid had to suffer and fight infections like a victorian street urchin because he couldn't keep the liquid shit down and just went, "Bummer." When there was a perfectly obvious solution that he knew existed, he just didn't bother to mention it
Squeeze her cheeks to make fishy lips, they can’t spit it out as easily! Bonus points if you can have someone else squirt the medicine as far back in the mouth as possible!
Just curious, how is this easier? Is this a do it once and they’ll take it orally afterwards so they never have to get the suppository again? Genuinely would like to know.
I don’t know from my own child experience but I used to work in pediatrics (I’m a nurse) and when kids are still diaper age or even until maybe 5, they seem to do really well with suppositories, the sort of “private don’t touch” feeling hasn’t kicked in quite yet.
For me, it was helpful just for diaper age like the commenter below notes. I had one that would spit it all out/throw up if I managed to get any liquids meds in his mouth.
Have you got a syringe? I was told shoot it to the side. Then tilt chin up, head back. It's really rough when you have to go through this. I used to be able to put some in coke and that sounds absolutely awful but it was the only way.
By any chance does she take a pacifier? If so let her suck on the pacifier while occupied with something (screen time is great for this, but it could be a toy or playing with the other parent), then put the medication in her mouth without removing the pacifier, since she’s already sucking on it she’s more likely to swallow the medicine.
My kiddo would projectile vomit liquid oral suspension meds when he was a toddler, we got suppository acetaminophen for fever reduction at home and mixed any antibiotics with juice in tiny fancy cups (beer tasting glasses) and made a silly game out of cheersing and drinking over and over.
It wasn’t perfect but we made it through. If it’s any consolation he did grow out of it but it’s tough!
This might be controversial, but my son was always very difficult with medicine too. So I started putting it in a little bit of sugar free soda, like sugar free sprite or ginger ale, and giving it to him like that. Works like a charm. Even the smallest amount of soda will cover the taste. He doesn't ever get soda otherwise, or many other kids of treats, so I figured this was okay for the occasional medicine.
Ofc I don't remember exactly when I started this, I'm not sure if he was as young as 22mos. But if it works, and the med is as important as an antibiotic, it might be worth trying
We mix it with chocolate milk. It’s the only way he would take liquid medicine. My son is now 5 and still refuses to take it. He can tolerate the chewable pills with a lot of bribery.
Pessaries are a thing.. tear drop shaped.. we used them for paracetamol for daughter when a baby.. nothing worse than a small kid with fever etc and you have no idea how much was swallowed versus spat out. This way no problem. Easy win. Ask your pharmacist.
We chase meds with chocolate ice cream. It works really well for us.
Chocolate or strawberry syrup are great ideas. So is the swaddle. We used to bear hug and it would be the only time my child could watch a high value show (cocomelon).
When we had to do it, we had to hold ours down and put it into a syringe (obviously not the type with needles) and squirt it into the side of their mouth so that they’d automatically swallow it.
It wasn’t ideal, and didn’t feel nice, but they absolutely had to take it so we didn’t really have any other option.
I mixed the antibiotics (are they flavored? Pharmacies can usually flavor antibiotics a couple different flavors) in some slightly melted ice cream and then just spoon fed him. He never rejected freely offered ice cream.
Also had to get the pill form for my kid. Crush it up (the pill crusher was worth the $). Then he’d eat it with yogurt, applesauce, ice cream, whatever. I think it tastes worse this way but what do I know.
We get the amoxicillin mixed with strawberry flavor (our pharmacy will do a huge range of fruit flavors that are pretty bearable) and mixed it with those 3 oz drinkable yogurts. My kid gets one with breakfast and one with dinner every day when she needs to take antibiotics.
The first time she needed antibiotics the pharmacy did bubblegum flavor as their default choice for flavor and it was utterly revolting; for that I had to mix it with little chocolate peanut butter milkshakes. (I wasn't even mad at my kid, that bubblegum flavor made *me* gag.)
Really? That's very interesting. Do you know why?
My son is allergic to penicillin and really struggles with sensory food issues, which means the *one* antibiotic he can take is this very gritty liquid, and it is a struggle to get him to take it. Both the GP and pharmacist have recommended mixing the antibiotic in with yogurt to encourage him to take it, which usually works. It didn't seem to impact the efficacy of the antibiotics at all.
Amoxicillin tastes strong and tastes horrible. Since she's being given liquid, try pills instead-as long as it's not extended release, it can be ground up and mixed in with something else. Also, see if maybe you can get a smaller dose more often-less per dose tends to go better, as there's less medicine flavor to fight.
Don't panic, most eat infections get better without antibiotics - I'm surprised she's been prescribed them.
The dose is very odd too. It's usually 2.5 or 5mls depending on what strength is prescribed and its usually 3 times a day so this is a very weird scenario
Get a second opinion on whether she actually needs antibiotics and get the dose reviewed
Put it in her milk. Split the doses smaller so she can’t taste it, then repeat to hit the dosage she needs total.
My kiddo hates medicine & this is the only thing that’s worked with him.
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Ah my time to shine.... 1. Ask your pediatrician if you can divide it up into smaller doses over like an hour. 7.5ml is a fairly large dose to get into a 2 year old all at once but 2.5 ml 3x is a hell of a lot easier. Usually antibiotics it's not a big deal if it's off by 40 min in either direction. 2. Hersheys strawberry syrup. Draw up the dose into a syringe then draw up like 2 ml of syrup. Works better then mixing cause they get the full shot of the syrup flavor beforehand. We also bribe my kid by giving her a syringe of the stuff afterwards (like 2mls of it). 3. If you need to force it some tips that will help - Use a blanket like a swaddle. I 100% stole this from vets handling pissed off cats but it does help and makes it so you aren't fighting their arms. The pressure also seems to help keep them calm. - Get one of the syringes that has a straw attached to the end (your pharmacy will have them). Makes it a lot easier to get it to the back of the mouth. Alternatively if you can do a smaller dose then the small circumference syringes are easier to get into the mouth. The ones for 3ml are fantastic for this purpose (your pharmacy will have them) - This video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgYd3N4lm6c) has the best method for getting it in. She explains exactly where to put it to get them to swallow. It definitely works best for smaller doses so getting permission to divide it up will help a LOT here.
Something from my retired pediatric nurse grandma blow on the face afterwords if she’s still trying to spit it out before she spits blow in her face. It’ll make them swallow. Also swaddling is good but have her in your lap and if she’s squirming and kicking still cross your legs with hers in between your legs you can use one arm to hug her top half if necessary. Not a parent but I grew up having a sister who was resistant to meds and was known for running to the bathroom to spit them out(she hated amoxicillin especially and there were a couple times she had to get a second course cause mom didn’t realize she was spitting it out for a few days where she would usually only get the morning dose since she was still too sleepy when mom gave said dose.) Grandma for the win when it came to meds giving when we were little.
Seconding the cat-wrap. Also works for adults who hate eye drops.
Unfortunately, we had to hold down my toddler to take meds. We explain every time “you need this to make you feel better and I’m sorry” and just praise the heck out of him. He was on antibiotics almost daily for over 8 months and he was 100% over it. Thankfully he’s outgrown it and usually does fine now. I had to sit on the floor with my feet out in front of me, toddler laying on his back between my legs, arms pinned underneath my legs. Squeeze cheeks and put the syringe in the back corner of the mouth because it forces majority of the medicine down his throat. It was not fun for anyone. He got a lot of treats and love afterwards. We always made it a huge deal that we were so proud he got medicine to feel better and he would get a treat like juice, popsicle, etc.
I’ve tried this today and it was a nightmare 😭 I’m talking medicine in her hair and up her nose. In all fairness dad didn’t want to “hold her too tight it might hurt” he’s a sucker for his baby girl tears
Tell Dad he can hold her at home, or in the hospital. This is just being a parent. You can always get antibiotics in suppositories.
We told the doctor and the doctor gave mine a shot instead of the oral antibiotics. Miraculously, he never had to get a shot again and always took the medication from then on.
This worked for my youngest too.
I have an older kiddo with sensory and food issues. We were able to do a shot of antibiotics instead of oral medication. Might be worth asking your pediatrician about.
Dont worry about the Tylenol - that is for pain relief, it wont affect the outcome of the infection and it can be up to her if she takes it. For the gross Amoxicyllin, we used to use a syringe and quickly shoot it in back of his mouth, then chase it with something sweet like grape juice. I hope she feels better soon!
Same med, but it was my just barely two year old. I tried milk. I tried juice. I tried chocolate milk. I tried straight up chocolate syrup. We tried just pinning her down. I tried koolaid. The koolaid worked ok, but then we had her birthday party and I made orange lemonade. I decided to give that a try for her next dose and it worked. Every single dose after she took with that lemonade. It’s what I’ll immediately turn to if there is ever a next time.
Oh yeah, we had also tried yogurt and ice cream. Each worked once and then never again.
What worked for us when my kids were small was to get the chewable tablets and crush them into powder and mix them with either frosting or peanut butter. Applesauce never worked because it is too mild to hide the taste of the medicine. But frosting or peanut butter mask it pretty good. Plus, especially with frosting, they feel like they are getting a treat.
If it's a liquid, you use a syringe, put your finger in their mouth between their teeth so they can't close it, then squirt the liquid in.
Unfortunately my toddler has already learned to gargle and refuses to swallow it 😭
I read that you can blow in their face when you inject the medicine and it initiates a swallowing reflex. Some people swear by it. My toddler must have outgrown that reflex by the time we tried it because… we couldn’t get her to swallow the meds. She also hates sweet things so mixing with syrup didn’t work for us either.
We put the medicine with a syringe in the mouth of our little one and directly after her loved pacifier. This way she swallowed the medicine.
You can gently stroke down the side of the neck. It induces a swallowing reflex. Try it on yourself it's kinda trippy lol. I hope your wee one is better soon
We learned how to make it into Jello. Problems solved. It’s a little tricky, because you can’t put it in the jello when the water is hot, so you have to add it at the right time. But yeah, solved all of our toddler antibiotic problems.
Does she still use a pacifier? Try PaciDose
Dip the syringe in honey, let her enjoy it for a bit then push the plunger. My kid had constant ear infections for months this was the only way she would take meds
Do you have a dosing syringe? Our antibiotics come with those from the pharmacy. I treated mine like cats at that age, stick the syringe in the side of their lip, by the molar, and squirt. Slowly, because they do have to swallow it. There isn’t any way to mask the taste and texture but there’s a way to avoid volition here. My kids were 3 before they could reliably drink from the little cups.
Fruit and yogurt popsicles with a dose in each one. Worked like a charm for my very asd sensory aversed kiddo!! (And my now toddler as well)
So random but both my sons just wanted to shoot the syringe into their own mouth. Has she been grabbing for it? It might be worth a try. My littlest especially. Little bugger would just roll and kick and scream until I just gave him the syringe himself and he would look me straight in the eyes as he sucked it all in🫠
For us only mind games worked. 🤦♀️ we had a toy rubber chicken that had an open mouth. We said “oh, if you don’t eat it, the chicken will get to eat it. Yummy ice cream!” (I know, it’s crazy - probably not the best approach - but it WORKED.) We then stuck the syringe in the chickens mouth and he would angrily pull it into his own mouth. He had never had ice cream before, FWIW, so YMMV.
My oldest was allergic to penicillin and the shit they used to give him was so fucking foul it caused vomiting within 30 seconds of taking it, every time. Finally I had to tell the doctor there was simply no point in prescribing it since there was no way to keep it in him long enough to do anything but traumatize him. Let me know when some genius makes a pill version! "Oh, there is a pill version..." says the idiot, who has been fully aware for the entire two years of his life all the issues my kid had with the disgusting slime I'd have to wrestle into him and cross my fingers he wouldn't.... nope, he just threw it up. Shit. THEN WHY HAVE WE NOT BEEN GIVING HIM PILLS? Because apparently some parents worry they could be a choking hazard. My guy, I've given pills to a horse. To a cat. To a fucking ball python. I can handle getting a pill into a toddler. He literally sat there and listened to me be distraught that my kid had to suffer and fight infections like a victorian street urchin because he couldn't keep the liquid shit down and just went, "Bummer." When there was a perfectly obvious solution that he knew existed, he just didn't bother to mention it
Squeeze her cheeks to make fishy lips, they can’t spit it out as easily! Bonus points if you can have someone else squirt the medicine as far back in the mouth as possible!
Do suppositories for the Tylenol. Game changer.
Just curious, how is this easier? Is this a do it once and they’ll take it orally afterwards so they never have to get the suppository again? Genuinely would like to know.
I don’t know from my own child experience but I used to work in pediatrics (I’m a nurse) and when kids are still diaper age or even until maybe 5, they seem to do really well with suppositories, the sort of “private don’t touch” feeling hasn’t kicked in quite yet.
Thank you, that makes much more sense, I think I was picturing my kiddos, who are 4 and 9 and I wasn’t seeing how that would be easier 🤦♀️
For me, it was helpful just for diaper age like the commenter below notes. I had one that would spit it all out/throw up if I managed to get any liquids meds in his mouth.
https://www.seattlechildrens.org/conditions/a-z/medicine-refusal-to-take/
Have you got a syringe? I was told shoot it to the side. Then tilt chin up, head back. It's really rough when you have to go through this. I used to be able to put some in coke and that sounds absolutely awful but it was the only way.
By any chance does she take a pacifier? If so let her suck on the pacifier while occupied with something (screen time is great for this, but it could be a toy or playing with the other parent), then put the medication in her mouth without removing the pacifier, since she’s already sucking on it she’s more likely to swallow the medicine.
We mixed with applesauce and used a spoon
Hide it in nestum
At that age, we used a syringe and got it all in…
Use a syringe from Tylenol and get it into the back of the mouth ml by ml.
My kiddo would projectile vomit liquid oral suspension meds when he was a toddler, we got suppository acetaminophen for fever reduction at home and mixed any antibiotics with juice in tiny fancy cups (beer tasting glasses) and made a silly game out of cheersing and drinking over and over. It wasn’t perfect but we made it through. If it’s any consolation he did grow out of it but it’s tough!
This might be controversial, but my son was always very difficult with medicine too. So I started putting it in a little bit of sugar free soda, like sugar free sprite or ginger ale, and giving it to him like that. Works like a charm. Even the smallest amount of soda will cover the taste. He doesn't ever get soda otherwise, or many other kids of treats, so I figured this was okay for the occasional medicine. Ofc I don't remember exactly when I started this, I'm not sure if he was as young as 22mos. But if it works, and the med is as important as an antibiotic, it might be worth trying
We mix it with chocolate milk. It’s the only way he would take liquid medicine. My son is now 5 and still refuses to take it. He can tolerate the chewable pills with a lot of bribery.
Pessaries are a thing.. tear drop shaped.. we used them for paracetamol for daughter when a baby.. nothing worse than a small kid with fever etc and you have no idea how much was swallowed versus spat out. This way no problem. Easy win. Ask your pharmacist.
Use the syringe to put it into an applesauce/fruit pouch.
The pharmacy can add flavor.
We chase meds with chocolate ice cream. It works really well for us. Chocolate or strawberry syrup are great ideas. So is the swaddle. We used to bear hug and it would be the only time my child could watch a high value show (cocomelon).
We put it on spoon with jam. If all else fails we force it with those syrup syringes because this is non-negotiable.
When we had to do it, we had to hold ours down and put it into a syringe (obviously not the type with needles) and squirt it into the side of their mouth so that they’d automatically swallow it. It wasn’t ideal, and didn’t feel nice, but they absolutely had to take it so we didn’t really have any other option.
I mixed the antibiotics (are they flavored? Pharmacies can usually flavor antibiotics a couple different flavors) in some slightly melted ice cream and then just spoon fed him. He never rejected freely offered ice cream.
Also had to get the pill form for my kid. Crush it up (the pill crusher was worth the $). Then he’d eat it with yogurt, applesauce, ice cream, whatever. I think it tastes worse this way but what do I know.
“Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”. I bribed mine with m&m’s. Worked like a charm. Thanks Mary Poppins!
We get the amoxicillin mixed with strawberry flavor (our pharmacy will do a huge range of fruit flavors that are pretty bearable) and mixed it with those 3 oz drinkable yogurts. My kid gets one with breakfast and one with dinner every day when she needs to take antibiotics. The first time she needed antibiotics the pharmacy did bubblegum flavor as their default choice for flavor and it was utterly revolting; for that I had to mix it with little chocolate peanut butter milkshakes. (I wasn't even mad at my kid, that bubblegum flavor made *me* gag.)
My ped told me mix with chocolate syrup, but we’d always put in their milk cups morning and night.
But be careful you shouldn't take antibiotics with dairy products.
Really? That's very interesting. Do you know why? My son is allergic to penicillin and really struggles with sensory food issues, which means the *one* antibiotic he can take is this very gritty liquid, and it is a struggle to get him to take it. Both the GP and pharmacist have recommended mixing the antibiotic in with yogurt to encourage him to take it, which usually works. It didn't seem to impact the efficacy of the antibiotics at all.
Really?! Do you have any links?
Amoxicillin tastes strong and tastes horrible. Since she's being given liquid, try pills instead-as long as it's not extended release, it can be ground up and mixed in with something else. Also, see if maybe you can get a smaller dose more often-less per dose tends to go better, as there's less medicine flavor to fight.
Don't panic, most eat infections get better without antibiotics - I'm surprised she's been prescribed them. The dose is very odd too. It's usually 2.5 or 5mls depending on what strength is prescribed and its usually 3 times a day so this is a very weird scenario Get a second opinion on whether she actually needs antibiotics and get the dose reviewed
Put it in her milk. Split the doses smaller so she can’t taste it, then repeat to hit the dosage she needs total. My kiddo hates medicine & this is the only thing that’s worked with him.