Tylenol to 18 Month Old

I seem to recall my mom mixing medicine with a spoon full of applesauce for my brother. If it gets to the point that you have to wrestle him down and get it into him, use a syringe- it's what vets use for animals and they are usually opposed to getting medicine as well.

Dont know about mixing it with juice..

What our dr told us was to use pinky to open up the side of our dd's mouth - then place the syringe over on the side of the mouth where pinky is at - squirt medicine along side of the cheek - not on tongue (while child is laying down) and keep finger in the mouth until all medicine is swallowed. if u take your pinky out too soon...they will spit it back out. Hope that helps in the future and I hope your little one feels better soon

My son's doctor had us sit on the floor and lay our son in between our legs so that his head is at your crotch and his arms are under your legs. This works GREAT! That way you are not over the top of him with your weight and there are no chances of squishing him or making it hard for him to breathe. Once you have him in this position, YOU are in control!! He can not move his head because your legs are holding it, and he can't move his arms because your legs are holding them down. He can kick his legs, but that's it and doesn't make a difference when giving him medication. With him in this position, place one finger in his mouth by his cheek and give the medication. He WILL swallow it and can't push it out or turn his head. He may cry when you get him in this position, but it's quick and doesn't hurt... he just doesn't like that he's not in control. After you let him up, give him a big hug and kiss. When he gets used to this method, give him the OPTION to take the medication OR you'll lay him down and do it the other way. My little boy learned pretty quick and he will just take the medication, but every once in awhile he'll fight it and we'll resort back to this method. Good Luck!

I would consider other natural metheds in helping your baby feel better. Children can be very sensitive to medicine and not want it for a reason. My granddaughter is the same way. She has always hated taking medicine and when she was old enough to say something she let us know it hurt her stomach and that is why she did not want it. There are natural ways of addressing a healthy body and to keep the immune sysytem healthy.

If you are interested in protecting your childs health in a natural way let me know and I will send you some ideas.

Have a great weekend.

N. Marie

You can do that, just put it in a couple of ounces that way he gets the full dose. Then give him more juice.

At this age none of the suggestions for getting our son to take tylenol orally worked so we ended up resorting to Feverall suppositories. He didn't really seem to mind them. They are also acetominophen, just a different brand name. When he turned two we started giving him the chewable tylenol. My understanding is that you're not supposed to mix the medicine in food because if they won't finish it, you won't know how much they got.

definitely use the squirter to the side as the others have stated with your pinky in their mouth the whole time that way they cant close their mouth to push the medicine out...

At that age the squirter worked well for my daugher...it is really quick!

I have the same problem. My 4 year-old has refused liquid medications, like Tylenol since he was around two years old. We "spike" 7-up with cherry Tylenol and Maraschino cherry juice. I use about 1/4 cup 7-up, 2 teaspoons cherry juice, ice, and the appropriate amount of medicine. This method has always worked and brought his fever/crankiness down, so diluting should not be an issue. However, there are some medications you should not dilute so always ask your pediatrician if diluting is okay. Good luck!

For my kids i would pinch there cheeks not hard and get the tylenol droper and squeeze the medicine in then blow in there face so they would have to breath in and have to swallow. It didn't always work but it's worth a shot.