Having Difficulties in Letting my Daughter Drink her Medicine :(

hi mtr, Hope she will be better soon..... Uuuhmm...maybe tell her to close her eyes swallow the medicine then give her water immediately. that's how mom do it when I was still a kid

My daughter was the same. But, upon advise by her therapists and doctors, I should not allow her to get used to taking her medication or even vitamins by mixing them with her formula milk or juice drinks. They all said that all I needed to do was be consistent and not give her any choice. You see, my daughter has a mild case of autism spectrum disorder. And because of that, I have no other choice but to teach her the "proper way" because special kids like her tend to prefer and do things over and over again, they way they are used to, and they do not take to change easily. Anyway, my approach was not and never to be demanding or "Hitler-like" in any way. I just let her know that I am there for her no matter what. That I won't do or give her anything that I know will harm her. I pretty much did the same approach and technique when I weaned her from the milk bottle. Soon enough, when she realized that there was no other way around it, and after she got tired from crying, she soon took her antibiotics and other medication from the medicine cup. It has been that way ever since. Good luck to you! I really wish you well!

Yes it is hard to really make them drink, i had my dose of these experiences with my children, well... there was a time when i really had to hold her hands and really let her drink it as it is the only cure... but eventually they really learned to just drink it together with water or i bribe then with chocolates! Why not try to give it to her bit by bit? it is hard and i am not sure these i shared will help hahahaha as i it really hard but i hope you can eventually persuade your lovely girl to drink... "sapilitan na talaga minsan"

Hello it is common problems with children. Children don't like flavour and taste of medicine. Although all medicines of children are sweet. But some have bad flavour. Try some homeopathy medicines

Children who are not feeling well are usually irritable and are really hard to understand and deal with. So you will really have to be patient with her and find out better ways as a mom on how to make her comfortable. Tell her that you love her and that you want her to feel better, and by taking the medicine she will be better. Try to negotiate with her, like you will take her to the park or buy her favorite toy if she gets better. So she will really have to take the medicine to be able to get well. Also, make sure you will really have to do what you negotiate or promise to do, kids really will not forget what you have promised. I hope she's feeling better now.

The best way is to offer incentives for taking medicine. Think what she likes most, like playing in a park, ice cream or chocolates and promise to give it to her. It's advisable to show it to her. Believe you me that is what we used to do.

hello cutie, Thanks I never had any difficulty when it comes to giving meds with my kids when they are younger. My strategy is simple.. I ask them "does it pain having cough, or do you feel any pain" and when they said "yes" I ask again..."do you want the pain to go" and that's it. The moment they answered "yes" I told them the only solution is to take the medicine. I know how hard it is being mom especially when our kids are sick and suffering some pain. Hugs and kiss cutie for me

hi, thats true,now a days children really hard to drink their medicines especially if that medicine have a bitter taste,and my nephew is one of them,he will never stop cry and shout until he sees the medicine,and we need to hold him just to take in the medicine to his mouth.

hi, thats true,now a days children really hard to drink their medicines especially if that medicine have a bitter taste,and my nephew is one of them,he will never stop cry and shout until he sees the medicine,and we need to hold him just to take in the medicine to his mouth.

Hello mtr, Bribing can be the easiest way to convince your child for taking medicines. Tell her that you would give her a chocolate or something sweet ( something that can be given to her even in viral infection). You can tell her that if she would not take her medicines and get fit then who will play with her mom. May your daughter get well soon!

This is perfectly normal for a children to hate medicine. I myself hate it since i was a kid until now. The difference is, now i just swallow it to get better even though i hate it. But when i was a kid, my parents would just say "swallow it" and let me be alone for about 30 minutes to 1 hours to let me get the perfect time to actually swallow it. Give her some time or force her to do it. It's for her own good. If i were you, i would give her some time.

Only thing you need to do is to make her think SHE WANTS to drink this medicine. You need to make her-own believe in that. Not by telling scary stories what would happen if she wont, but just by leading to path to understand the importance. For example, take her to some place to see some sick animals and mention "If only those animals would had drink their medicine" and then add "Have you took your pills?" But that depends on the age. This tactics could work 8-12 years.. for smaller kid like yours you should do a tricky move by putting it in some food she likes most... or add to some drink and she won't even notice that ;)