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How To Get My Son Take Medicine Without Spitting It?
How do I get my 20 month old son to take medicine when he just spits it out and refuses to take it if mixed in with his milk. Help! he has an ear infection and refuses to take the rest of the course of antibiotics. We've tried forcing it down him but alas this has made the situation worse. Help!
Thu, 8 May 2014
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Thank you for your query with HCM, mixing the medicine with milk wil definitely make the children to refuse taking the medicine as such this is a quite common problem with every one only thing is either divert them while taking drug or keep it directly little far that away from the tongue I mean near to the throat with your clean finger on between teeth for a while which makes them to swallow.bitter taste is felt by tongue when the drug touches the sides of tougue.hope this is helpful
Thank you for your query with HCM, mixing the medicine with milk wil definitely make the children to refuse taking the medicine as such this is a quite common problem with every one only thing is either divert them while taking drug or keep it directly little far that away from the tongue I mean near to the throat with your clean finger on between teeth for a while which makes them to swallow.bitter taste is felt by tongue when the drug touches the sides of tougue.hope this is helpful
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