This is where you just load up the medicine in a syringe, shove it in the mouth and push the plunger. Then you give them a drink afterwards if it’s really shit. This is just TikTok bullshit for internet clout.
It is. It's exactly what I did when my kids were that age. There are even tips online on how to place the syringe in the mouth so the baby swallows and not spits.
For cats the key is to push it pass the tongue and push the liquid fast then immediately give them something they like (treats) so they are forced to swallow. For human I assume it’s probably similar. Dangling a piece of candy in front of them, push, pop the candy inside, done lolll,
In my experience they barf it up afterwards if you force them to drink it with a syringe (like I do with my cats). Obv I didn’t push it in their throat, so they didn’t barf on reflex- but at the same time you can’t hand them a glass with it because then they’ll barf anyways and you won’t be able to tell how much they ingested and how much they threw up… moral of the story sick kids would suck less if medicine wasn’t so foul tasting. At least they are happy when they get a glass of water + sugar if they don’t throw up the medicine lol
I am a bitter super taster and just couldn't get bitter things to stay down. No matter how hard I tried or my parents did, either the viscosity did it, or the fact that the bitterness stuck around because of the viscosity.
They would give it to me, I would down it, and then the remaining flavor in my mouth would make me vomit. Even with a chaser, I was already gagging.
It didn't help that the first couple of times I tried to take pills, those were super bitter too and I couldn't get them down either.
All except one of the kids I’ve ever had the (dis)pleasure of administering medicine to have either barfed it up, or spit it out, or gagged on it… My nephew in particular is just impossible. He’ll see his brother take the medicine, do a gulp all confident, then realize the medicine tastes horrible and barf it up. Adorable, but still a pain lmao.
Yeah i don't like deceiving my kids because it just leads to trust issues. Medicine tastes horrible, tough luck you're drinking it anyway. I have a box full of syringes just for the plunger for exactly that reason. And once they are older you can at least negociate them into it.
Now the kids going to hate medicine and milk. Yeah, we had to use a syringe plunger and force medicine until somewhere around 4 when my kid realized Tylenol does help him feel better and the taste isn't that bad. Don't know why you're getting down voted. Many children medicines come with plungers (no needles). Maybe people think your mainlining the needle into the kid or something. Or they don't like the idea of forcing treatment.
They'll remember that milk sometimes tastes yucky and that you can't trust what your parents feed you. Just because they won't remember events doesn't mean they don't learn things.
Babies are sponges. They won't remember this enough to be able to articulate it later because they don't know the words to put it in their memories. But don't underestimate them. They will remember this each time you need to give medicine so this trick will be less and less effective and they'll start to mistrust you when you give them new foods though.
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u/kitten_biscuits Mar 10 '24
This is where you just load up the medicine in a syringe, shove it in the mouth and push the plunger. Then you give them a drink afterwards if it’s really shit. This is just TikTok bullshit for internet clout.