Any Ideas for Getting Medication in a 10 Mo. Old?

When I have to give oral meds to my 2 year old twin boys this is what I do (it was taught to me by the director of a daycare I worked at in 1993). Sit on the floor with your legs spread out like a V. Lay your daughter on the floor on her back with her head snuggled in the top of your V shaped legs. Stretch her arms out so that your legs are on top of her arms. This will free your hands to get the dropper in towards the back of her mouth, then use the other hand to gently massage under her chin to encourage the swallowing. This has been the only way to get my boys to take meds.

Ask your doctor for a script for Auralgan. It is used in the ears for pain, but can be rubbed on the gums as well. I found this works the best for my daughter. It's a topical pain reliever that is apparently very common to prescribe.

Another option that might be cheaper is to buy the over-the-counter stuff. But check with your doctor first. I don't know if it's recommended for small children.

Good luck.

C.,

I just use one of the medicine syringes, and put my finger in my daughters mouth to open while holding her, and syring a bit in at a time toward the very back of her mouth...so she has no choice but to swallow it.In the beginning she hated it, but now I have done this so much with vitamins etc...that now she just opens up like a baby bird ....she loves the taste!

I have done what Glenda has done. My 18 mo old is on this horrible med for a bacterial infect and it tastes and smells horrible. She spits it back out on us.

The medication is a granual mixed in a solution so we have to give it by mouth and not supposed to mix it into anything we have to battle with her to take it. Doing the laydown V way is easier when it is just you by yourself...but for a very strong 18 month old it became a tramatic expierence. So we conceeded and did mix it in her warm milk. We gave her about 3 oz of milk mixed with her 6.5 ml medication and she drank it down with no prob.

Her Tylenol now we have to battle with as well since this ordeal with the meds. my hubby holds her down I let her taste it and then push the dropper in and a quick squirt and we are done.

I also used a version of Glenda's hold down method but I did it a bit different. I don't know how old my was when I started and it might be too much for a 10 month old though. Maybe you could save this method for later on if you still have problems. FYI, I only had to hold my son down once. I told him he was going to take the meds one way or another. I let him choose. After the one time I held him down he always choose to take it like a big boy with a sweet snack and water immediately after he took the meds. I would also tell him that I knew the medicine was horrible but he still had to take it. That I would get in trouble with the doc if he didn't take it and I was not going to get myself in trouble. But like I said this might be too much for a 10 month old.

You said she only drinks water...Maybe add it to her water. Put only a small amount of water that you know she will drink quickly. Maybe you can sneak the meds in under the radar this way. The water might taste a little funny but maybe she will not be able to figure out what's funny about it.

My second child has special needs and is partially feed with a tube so I'm spoiled with this one. I put the meds directly into his stomach. I forget what the average mom must overcome. I wish you good luck and patience!!

I have always blown on my son's face. It causes him to hold his breath and swallow the medicine. I wait until he is crying and drop the medicine in while he is in my lap or laying on his back somehow and drop the medicine in and blow on his face. I don't know if this will work for you. It has always worked for me. Good luck!!!! :)