Guest guest Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 Our 3 1/2 yo son has started to refuse to swallow his supplements. We generally give them to him via syringe mixed with juice, but he has started just holding them in his mouth. Any tricks?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 My son got very picky with supplements after 6 months and he's my non-autistic son. We finally came up with mixing it with minute maid raspberry lemonade frozen concentrate. He was refusing and vomiting it up way too much. It worked immediately and so far so good. Carla Won't Swallow Supplements Our 3 1/2 yo son has started to refuse to swallow his supplements. We generally give them to him via syringe mixed with juice, but he has started just holding them in his mouth. Any tricks?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 > Our 3 1/2 yo son has started to refuse to swallow his supplements When my kids start refusing or protesting supplements that they previously took without problems, it meant that at least one of them was then causing problems. Removing the problem supplement caused my kids to start taking the supplement mix again, without protesting. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 If you can get him to recline on the sofa and watch a tv show to distract himself, then you can use that syringe in the following way. Sitting or standing over with the syringe in your right hand (or whatever is your dominant hand), use your left index finger to make a cheek pocket on the child's right cheek-- put your finger in there and pull the cheek away from the gumline. Use the syringe to squirt, in small amounts, the liquid down in the lower pocket area-- keep your finger in there and keep the pocket open while the tongue moves in a way to help them swallow it. They literally can't spit this out, and since it's not going directly over the tongue, they will barely taste it at all. Just continue to squirt, and let them swallow it, then squirt again. This method works great with any bad tasting medicine or supplements in liquid provided you don't have a biter! ;-) W > Our 3 1/2 yo son has started to refuse to swallow his supplements. > We generally give them to him via syringe mixed with juice, but he > has started just holding them in his mouth. Any tricks?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 I have been using about 2 ounces of fresh squeezed orange juice to mix supplements with - the taste of the OJ seems to be very covering. We just started Brain Child Vitamins, and they are pretty strong! Also, we are giving another supplement that is really nasty tasting (Butyrex) - I mix it with a small dab of raw honey and mix it up. THen I follow up with a bribe (yep, amazing what kids will do for something they want!) - in our case one piece of Xylichew gum (made with Xylitol, about the size of a chiclet).It is minty and sweet, and wipes out the taste (even in honey the butyrex is still bitter!). My youngest has always been very uncompliant about taking anything - the bribery seems to be most motivating for him. Miti > Our 3 1/2 yo son has started to refuse to swallow his supplements. > We generally give them to him via syringe mixed with juice, but he > has started just holding them in his mouth. Any tricks?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 > Our 3 1/2 yo son has started to refuse to swallow his supplements. > We generally give them to him via syringe mixed with juice, but he > has started just holding them in his mouth. Any tricks?? Rotating the " potion base " works in our house. Anything powdered (taken out of a capsule or ground from a pill) gets mixed into something mushy: apple sauce, raspberry apple sauce, gfcf blueberry yogurt, gfcf chocolate pudding... you could even try baby food peaches. By switching every few days it doesn't seem like something my son has to do. It's more like this is the treat of the day. Also, it's something done by him rather than to him. That can get pretty old for any kid. Hope this is helpful, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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