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I am trying to get my 4 year old to take his cough med. He just spit it out. How can I get him to take it. I had the pharmacy flavor it and he still hates the taste of it. Help please Thank you so much for answering. I should have said I told him he could have a treat after he took his med he still would not take it. I tried to offer different treats or ideas to bribe him with and he won't go for it. Thank you again for answering me. Any other ideas please help me.

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I only put in a little chocolate milk and his medication in a yahoo milk box and he drank it. Then I put in all the rest of the milk left over back into the box and he drank the rest of the milk. I used the "fun" milk box, yahoo milk. Thank you all again.

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I used to use a Hershey Kiss chaser. I would hold the kiss unwrapped and as soon as they swallowed the medicine I would pop the kiss into their mouth. It helped my kids, hope it helps you!

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I used to use a Hershey Kiss chaser. I would hold the kiss unwrapped and as soon as they swallowed the medicine I would pop the kiss into their mouth. It helped my kids, hope it helps you!

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I don't condone bribes but in this case meds are important LOL. Bribe him with a treat...

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Mix it into something he likes (yogurt maybe?). Or just have him swallow a spoonful of honey. I never gave my kids cough medicine.

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Try giving him a popsicle or freeze pop first after he has had the pop in his mouth a while (1/2 way done) give him the cough syrup. The popsicle should be ready to go right back in his mouth after he swallows the medicine. The cold from the pop numbs the taste buds just a little and you followed his medicine with some fluid.

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We put it in applesauce!

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Try mixing it into grape juice. The grape juice has a strong enough flavor to disguise many medications. We had luck with that strategy with icky prescription meds in the past.

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Visit www.parentingtoddlers.com and look at the natural cough remedies section. (It's a honey lemon and water mixture.)

Sorry, I'm not an advocate of medicine unless absolutely necessary.

Best wishes,

M.

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Did your doctor tell you to give him the cough medicine? It's important that your doctor hear that cough so that he's using the right kind, Mama.

Sometimes an eye dropper helps, but a child this size needs to be part of the process and accept the medicine. Talking about the importance of it is appropriate unless he has special needs and can't understand.

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