Hey girls, any tips on how to get your little ones to take Calpol? My baby girls had her jabs today and she spits it out when I use the syringe or bottle teat.
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We put calpol in with the syringe and to prevent him from spitting it out we put the dummy in his mouth, it helps him to swallow it down.

Put the syringe right down the side of their mouth

I get the syringe and measure the correct amount & then squirt it into a bottle teat and he just sucks it out! But I make sure he’s hungry/ due a bottle or he will spit it out x

This is literally me! Had her jabs today, to smart to take the bottle teat and spits out when I do the syringe at the back/side of her mouth 😫😫

I measure out with syringe and then put a little on her dummy. Takes a while but she takes it all in xx

Hey I put mine in the bottle teat and let her suck that x

You can get 1ml syringes from the pharmacy. (Like the ones we were given by the mw to collect colostrum)
These work really well for me as I can get then further into his mouth and he doesn't spit it out. X

I measure it and then put it in the bottle teat. Works a treat x

I’ve just done a bit and given her a bottle, done this 4 times so all the medicine has gone. She wasn’t happy taking the bottle out of her mouth! But got all the medicine in. Will have to continue giving it to her with feeding x

We’ve got a frida medication dummy which she takes easily

I second Emma's method.
This is what our health visitor told us to do.

I put it in a bottle with 1oz milk because he kept spitting it out x

We had 16wk jabs today and have just managed to give it to him in milk. Only way he has taken it without spitting it out or bringing it back up xx

My baby boy likes it from bottle or medicine feeder

Thank you all for the tips, she did end up taking it from the bottle test once she was hungry! Xx

I copied the nurse and I tick the syringe into the cheek and do the tiny tiny bit at a time, takes about 20 mins but get there in the end. Sorry if your already doing that. X
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