However, swallowing can't occur if the head is bent backward. If you cooperate next time, we won't have to. Forcing your child in this way to take an important medicine will teach him you mean business and will eventually bring cooperation. Don't punish, as with spanking or yelling. If your child vomits or spits out the medicine, estimate the amount lost and repeat it.
Some children have difficulty swallowing pills and capsules.
The easiest approach is to convert the medicine to a liquid form. Empty out the capsules or crush the pills. Slow-release capsules can be emptied as long as the contents are swallowed without chewing. Since capsules usually contain medicines with a bitter taste, the contents need to be mixed with a sweet food. Pills are usually made as a convenient alternative to the liquid form, and they may not taste bad.