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How do you convince a stubborn three-year-old to take medicine?

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austinstevenson | 3 years, 5 months ago
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get your pharmacist to do a custom flavoring done. It's usually relatively inexpensive considering the amount of time you may have to put into other tactics.

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eduardoraad | 3 years, 5 months ago
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When I was a kid I got hepatitis A and had to take some pills. My mom reminds me she used to tell me those were super power pills from the G.I. Joes so I could continue executing my "missions".

Think about some super hero o TV series (video game?) your kid likes and create some fantasy around it!

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spacemonkypunks | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Liquid medicine: pour the dosage amount it into a decent-sized glass of cranberry juice, or a similar fruit juice with a strong flavor like cranberry. Let your kid drink the whole glass, it should mask the taste.

Capsules: pop open the capsule and pour the powdered medicine into one scoop of fat-free sherbet or frozen yogurt, mix it in, you can't taste it at all anymore.

Hard pills: Let them swallow it with juice instead of water.
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spudrph | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

The fantasy idea is very good.

I must emphasize that there are a few medications that won't stand up to smash and mix without losing potency. Be sure to check with your pharmacist.

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teduncan | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

Play house and have the magic medicine be part of the meal for the night!

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blauengel | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Tell them it's a magic potion or when I had the chewy kind of medicine, my dad would grind it up and put it in a small spoon of sugar. The idea of eating a spoon of sugar is delicious to a little kid.

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awholelotofnothing | 3 years, 5 months ago
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The only way my stubborn 3yo will take medicine is if she sees her 4yo sister take it as well. It doesn't have to be the medicine (obviously) but anything in a syringe. If you don't have another sibling to show, try doing it yourself to show how easy it is to take. Hope that helps!

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spudrph | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Austin has it right. Not all medications are compatible with all flavors, but you can usually find one that your child agrees with. My company flavors for under 3 dollars, which, as Austin points out, pays for itself in aggravation avoided.

Bear in mind, though, some medications just taste bad because of their chemistry, and even flavoring can't help that much. I have a medicinephobe who is now 12, and it's a battle every time he has to take something that isn't good tasting.

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codytyler11 | 3 years, 5 months ago
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The problem with the question is that you are trying to "convince" a 3 year old to do something. As an adult, and parent, you tell kids what to do, you do not ask them. You are the adult, take control and don't be afraid or worry if they will still be your best friend if you make them do something they try to resist.

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jeppedy | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

I think his point was trying to avoid the trauma of forcibly holding a child down and holding his mouth and nose closed until he eventually swallows. Normally Id agree about the parent/child boundaries you mention, but not on this one.

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mrunderwood | 3 years, 5 months ago
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When I was young my parents would always smash it up and put it in apple sauce. The consistency made it less noticeable.

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tracebooks | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Ask the child if they'd rather feel xxx (fill in the blank with whatever their worst symptom is) or if they could swallow this, please.

It might not work, but if it does, you've given your child a choice, made him feel respected, and helped him think through his actions.

If it doesn't work, then bribe. It's still a choice that way.

And if that doesn't work, then hide it. Ice cream works pretty well, especially something with a citrus flavor because the tartness covers the bitterness of the medicine.

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justmeinthisworld | 3 years, 5 months ago
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reward him for doing it
disguise it in something good-if it is chewable-crush it up first

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tboz | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Uh why are you giving a three year old medicine? I hope it is something that is really neccessary, if it is cold or flu medicine just to ease symptoms I would recomend not giving hte child medicine at all this stuff is really just masking the symptoms. In my experience with children, if they feel bad they will stay in bed and recover faster, if they take something to ease the symptoms they remain sick longer because they feel just good enough to run around the house and not rest. Let them rough it out, of course if it is something more serious. you must sneak it in food or drink.

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nadiraziz | 3 years, 5 months ago
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I've found that having another child nearby, and pretending to take the same medicine always helps!

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jeppedy | 3 years, 5 months ago
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My tried and true method (3 boyz!) is...
Ice down some soda pop HEAVILY. Very, very cold is the key. Have him suck on ice until his tongue is good and numb, especially the front part of the tongue. Use a medicine dropper to deliver it to the back of the throat (beware the gag reflex). A fast swallow and a soda pop chaser gets it down every time!!
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Experience, and lots of it. The ice deadens the taste buds momentarily. Delivering to the back of the tongue/throat avoids the taste buds. Following with a cold, strong tasting liquid (that's a bit of a treat in our house) rinses down any remaining medicine and covers residual taste.

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poindexter | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Don't convince him. Grind it up and mix it with applesauce.

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davidsev | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Bribe them. Take this medicine and you can have this candy!

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bmlhailstone | 3 years, 5 months ago
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force it.

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harrisonpowers | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Bribing worked on me..

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