How do you get your kids to take their medicine? We are struggle bussing over here…the second the meds hit his tongue he is gagging
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Depends on age and the type of medication.
I’m assuming it’s liquid but check with your pharmacist (just phone them) and find out if it can be mixed with something like juice. I’ve seen videos where people also empty a popper (juice box) and pop the measuring cup in there and get the kid to drink it. None of those gentle parenting hacks would have worked for one of my kids though lol id have to gently hold her and use a syringe to put the medication at the back of her mouth on the cheek side of her lower teeth…putting it there stopped any choking issue and it was back far enough that she couldn’t spit it back up if I didn’t take the syringe out for a second. It sounds worse than it actually was lol after some time she got used to it, still hated the taste with a passion but got used to needing to have it so began to take it from a medicine cup if we had the treat ready.
Ask your pharmacist to add flavor, and follow it with a chaser of juice or even soda as an incentive. Tell him if he can’t swallow it he will have to get a shot instead.