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Paracetamol challenge |
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by Rachall  (October 2006) (rank 97th) |
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When I was pregnant with Josh I was given a bottle of Baby Panadol as a Baby Shower gift. This is what I used for about the first twelve months. Afterwards, he just plain refused to take it so I had to put it in his bottle of milk,
but I found that that posed a problem; I had to rely on him being thirsty.
I don’t know if you have noticed but Panadol with a syringe only comes in one flavour and that is Cherry-Vanilla. This was not very convenient for me as Josh did not seem to like this flavour. If you want a more appealing flavour, you have to buy the 1-5 years Panadol which comes with a measuring cup. This was very inconvenient for me as Josh could not yet drink out of a cup.
I then tried the chemist brand paracetamol and I got the same reaction with this also. He then started to gag and make himself throw up with both of these.
After talking to my mother I tried Dymodon, which has an Orange flavour, as she told me I used to do the same thing with Panadol and she found that I liked the taste. But I still had to tackle one problem, Josh was so used to the taste of the other paracetamol that he would not even attempt this one.
I finally tried giving him a spare syringe to play with and suck on while I gave him his paracetamol in the Dymodon syringe and IT WORKED!!
So for those parents out there who are unsure as to how to get their child/ren to take paracetamol without having to force them, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and I hope this advice works as well for you as it did for me.
