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When your baby isn’t feeling at their best, it’s tough for both of you. You worry when your baby isn’t well and don’t like to see them feeling miserable. Having to give your baby medicine can make things tricky too. Babies can be resistant to taking medicine even from syringes that are designed to make it easier to administer.
When your baby refuses to accept the medicine, it might only increase your worry. Your baby doesn’t understand that it will help them to feel better, and you can’t convince them to take the medicine. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do when giving your baby medicine to make it easier and get your baby back on the road to being their usual self. Here’s how to get babies to take medicine when they don’t feel well.
About Baby Medicine
Medicines for babies are often in liquid form to be given to them orally. Sometimes you might also be prescribed a suppository, which offers another way to give small babies medicine, or perhaps a topical medicine for their skin. There are various reasons you might need medicine for your baby, including fever or problems with teething. Calpol is one example of a common medicine given to babies. They have liquid medicines for babies as young as two months old, as well as nasal sprays and drops for congestion that can be used from birth.
Liquid medicines for babies usually come with a syringe plunger to give the medicine. You just use the syringe to draw the correct dosage into the syringe, then gently push down on the syringe to get the medicine into your baby’s mouth.
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