Medicine: Older Child
Results 1-10 from 5,392 articles
Help, My Son Won't Take His Medicine!
Asked by V.T. from Dallas
on August 8, 2008
-
Ben, 2 1/2, is on antibiotics for a possible staph infection on his cheek (again). I'm having the hardest time getting him to take his medicine. He wont take it willi...
Answers
- I didn't read all of the responses but just so you know... you can buy something at Wal-Mart called Flavor RX and you can flavor the medicine yourself. It comes with ...
- I don't know if this will help or not, but after you put the medicine in his mouth (do it with him lying down or partially reclined), BLOW IN HIS FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! T...
- Ask your doc for an injection.
Need Suggestions to Get My 9 Month Old to Take Yucky Medicine!
Asked by H.W. from El Paso
on October 20, 2006
-
My 9 month old son was diagnosed with a condition of reflux of the bladder and he has to take an antibiotic every day. I am having a hard time getting him to take it....
Answers
- Hi H., Maybe this will help. I have had to squirt the medicine in my son's mouth when he was little using this method because like you son, it was too nasty. Once the...
- This works for my kids, hopr it works for you. Have medicine ready in a syringe, grip in your teeth. Cradle baby, put one of his arms in your armpit, hook your thumb...
- As a mom who is eternaly grateful that I dont have to give my son medicen everyday I have alot of sympathy for you. I know what its like and how fustrating it is, my o...
20 Month Old Won't Take Medicine
Asked by L.J. from San Francisco
on May 2, 2008
-
My 20 month old son came down with an ear infection along with fever. The doctor prescibed amoxicillin, a thick pink fluid I give to him with a dropper. He took it y...
Answers
- L., my son was the same way! Hated medicine of any sort. We tried mixing it in his milk but he was able to still taste it and then would refuse that. We tried holding ...
- L., While I have some issues with the advice I'm going to give you, here's what worked for us. We did the hold him down and squirt meds from a syringe in a back corn...
- Try holding him like you did when he was a baby. Put one of his arms behind your back. Try to hold the other down. Put the dropper in the side of his cheek. Ear in...
My 2 1/2 Year Old Will Not Take Medicine! Help!
Asked by S.K. from Gainesville
on March 15, 2008
-
My 2 1/2 year old will not take medicine at all (liquid or chewable). I have tried everything over the past couple of years. I have been very lucky that she has been p...
Answers
- What kind are you giving her? Most come in multiple flavors--grape, berry, etc. And anything that is an Rx you can get flavors added to. So start by changing the taste...
- What kind of medicine are your trying to give her? My 4 year old, when she was too was like that as well and wouldn't take medicine and gag on it and throw it up if w...
- S., Ok. I hear ya! Having 4 kids ranging from 20y to 10m, I have dealt with the dreaded medicine dilemma many times! The thing that works with my 8 year old and 3 yea...
Help Getting Toddler to Take Medicine
Asked by R.B. from Greensboro
on July 24, 2009
-
My son, who will be three next month, has to take antibiotics three times a day for an infection. Once he received the first dose and realized how terrible it tastes ...
Answers
- Take it back to the pharmacy and have them add a flavoring to it - bubble gum is usually the favorite but they offer over 300. If that doesn't work, ask if it comes i...
- Try using one of those medicine droppers even though you will probably have to still hold him down. Measure it, put it in dropper, hold him down, put as far back as p...
- Sometimes, even with the flavoring, there can be a pretty strong medicinal taste. Like you, I've tasted them before. If the flavoring idea doesn't work here's what has...
Help! My Daughter Refuses to Take Her Medicine for ADD.
Asked by L.C. from Hartford
on September 15, 2009
-
Hi Ladies,
I know that alot of moms are against medication but I really need help. My daughter was diagnosed with ADD (not H) when she was in the second grade. She ...
Answers
- discuss this with your doctor. There are other methods of delivery like a daily patch? hope this helps
- Hi L. C, My name is H. and I work at our local High School as a Paraprofessional in the Special Ed. Dept. I work with students that have everything from learning disa...
- so sorry to hear about your problem,but u know what u are the boss, and she is the child. but if i were u i would keep putting the pill in her food and drink, just don...
Would You Let Your 9 Year Old Walk Home from School?
Asked by C.V. from San Antonio
on April 24, 2008
-
My 9 year old son wants to walk to his friend's house after school on Friday. He would be walking with his friend & the distance is probably less than a mile. The neig...
Answers
- You need to trust your inner voice. Do not let other people's opinion sway you from what you are comfortable with. You are not over protective. You are realistic ab...
- Trust your instincts. Who cares what the other parents think about you, this is your son. When friends come to our house we honor their parents request and keep the...
- Hi C., If you are not comfortable with it, then don't do it. Don't let your son's friends/parents decide what is best for you. Maybe they are too carefree? And tha...
10 Year Old Defiant Son
Asked by J.F. from Minneapolis
on January 10, 2008
-
I am so desperate for any advice from other parents of 10 year old boys. My son is not at all respectful of my discipling him, he doesn't care what I threaten him with...
Answers
- maybe he just wants more attention from you- sounds a lot like my 8 year old son- the other thing a lot of us moms just threaten and we don't follow thru so that's a l...
- Sounds like you are dealing with ODD-Oppossitional Defiant Disorder and possibly ADHD-Attetion Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. I strongly suggest you get your son help...
- I am a 52y/o mom of 8 from ages 16-31, 4 of them adopted from Russia. 5 girls 3 boys. The first thing I see is that you are threatening him. Get parenting with love...
Whats Your Trick to Get 6 y.o. to Take Medicine
Asked by S.Y. from Chicago
on August 16, 2011
-
Son had tonsils out today....has lots of liquid meds to take...antibiotic (1 teasp 3x) , steriod (1 tsp 3x), pain meds (3 tsp 4x)....so a total of 18 tsp to get down t...
Answers
- Aww poor little guy. After all he had a surgery in his throat and taking anything is a last thing he wants to do. My daughter really didn't want to take anything whe...
- Our pediatrician told me to get the medicine in powder form (in other words, don't have the pharmacist mix it for you and put it in a bottle) from the pharmacy and mix...
- Like another poster said, try letting him administer it to himself via syringe or dosing cup. Have a good drink for a chaser. (coke, sprite, etc...) Definitely find ou...
"Seeking Advice on 6 Year Old Bed Wetting"
Asked by S.A. from Detroit
on July 31, 2008
-
I am wondering if anyone has any advice on how to handle a 6 year old boy who wets the bed every night. He is in such a deep sleep that he doesn't even know that he h...
Answers
- I still get this from my 5-1/2 year old daughter. We have been watching the liquids after dinner and making sure she sits until she pees before bed. Still happens as s...
- I would put a pull-up on him at night. He may not want to feel like he is wearing a "diaper" - so, they have these new kind out that look just like boxer shorts!! In...
- Hi S., I just went through this with my 6 year old son a few months ago. It just started to happen more frequently. I also asked the Mamasource Mom's with overwhe...
