taking medican

My little boy is autistic and has a few medical issues as well. I don't give him a choice. I'll set a timer (a specific one I got for meds) and as soon as the timer beeps I pick him up and stop whatever activity was going on. I sit him on the counter with the meds next to him. The sooner he takes it, the sooner he can get back to his activity. Meds are non-negotiable, and not a game. They're taken as the Dr prescribed and that's the end of it. My son was on liquid zantac for a while. It is the worst tasting thing ever, and he had to wait a half hour to eat or drink anything. He started taking it without issue within a week. Now he takes a prevacid capsule, so it isn't so nasty. He also has to take meds through a nebulizer 2x per day. He knows to sit until it's done and I will not argue at all. For ear and eye drops, I wrap him in a blanket. He hates it and will scream, but will also bring the "yucky blanket" for me to wrap him up. (It is only called yucky because it is the blanket for not-so-fun things like some meds).

Aww poor thing well maybe you could try a sticker chart you know he gets a sticker to put on a chart (put somewhere prominant in the main living area) every time he takes it nicely then when he gets a full days worth of stickers he gets a bigger sticker then when he has a full weeks worth of big stickers he gets a little treat maybe a new colouring book or trip to the park, my youngest daughter is three and this worked brilliantly just this week to help her remember that you do your wee wees on the toilet not on mummys floor lol!

We had similar experience with our grandson a few years ago. Some medicine spoils the appetite, and makes the patient feel like volmiting. That is why doctors suggest taking the medicine half an hour later after meals. Could you try something to accompany the medicine, say a sweet, which we sometimes do and would not do harm. It is tough for you, as three years old is too little to understand, if you explain to him, but try to say whatever you can beforehand to calm him down instead of fighting on the spot.

my kids did the same thing. I think maybe they are tired of taking it. If he has been on it for a long time now. does it taste bad? maybe he gets sicker after taking it? give him a treat after he takes it something might help?? I would have to sit on my kids sometimes LOL