Put the medicine on a spoon. Have your toddler run at you from about 5 feet away and stop immediately in front of the spoonful of medicine. She takes the medicine and swallows it down fast, with a water chaser, and continues on her journey. Sometimes we place a favorite treat on a table just beyond the spoonful on medicine as an extra incentive. Try this pill-taking technique.
Children have great difficulty swallowing tablets.
Buttering the pill or burying it in a spoonful of jam helps it to slide down more easily. Place the pill near the tip of her tongue. Have your child bend her head forward so that the chin touches the chest. As she swallows, she should lift her head up quickly. If the child won t take medicine for mom, use the doctor or daddy or another person as the scapegoat.