I want to highly recommend that you check out this video (just under 4 minutes) that can tell you about the updates to acetaminophen products. It’s important to get updated on what’s been changing with these products so that you can know best how to treat them when they get sick. The video also has some really good tips for how to get kids to take their medicine! Here’s a link to the new dosage chart, as well.
I have been trying out PediaCare’s Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever with Darah (we had a recent cold circulate in the house). And I LOVE the new dispenser method. Darah prefers to take her medicine with a syringe, and we used to spend a LOT of time trying to get her medicine out in the proper dosage (we’d often get air pockets over get too much medicine out, and then put too much back in…such a pain!). The flow restriction that the products now have has ensured that we get it right the first time!
I also LOVE that they have a dosage based on weight. It’s really important to read that label carefully! I’m really glad to see on the infant products that it doesn’t just say, “ask a doctor.” That used to drive me nuts! Now you have a better idea for the proper dosage. But do make sure you know the weight of your child…no guessing!
I also like that PediaCare products are dye free, so that’s one less harmful thing for my kids to be ingesting.
The PediaCare Infants Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever is intended for ages 0-36 months and retails for $6.99 for a 2 ounce bottle. PediaCare Children’s Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever is intended for ages 2-11 and is $7.59 for a 4 ounce bottle.
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Anonymous says
Thanks for the word of help an with the wayin
Gianna says
Get a flavor they like.
amy deeter says
i give a drink at the same time they take their medicine
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Farrah Shumway says
My kids are pretty good about it now since they are teenagers Lol. I do have a 2yr old & he too is pretty good. I just tell him to take his medicine & he does, even though he’s not always happy about it.
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kathleen says
my 4 year old is currently on antibiotics and we’ve always had huge problems dispensing medicine prior to this time around. what’s changed is he can now be successfully bribed with candy. also i took the tip from a friend and we hold his nose while he takes the medicine so that he can’t taste it.
jayedee dewitt says
i’ve always been fortunate enough to have kids that have no problems with meds…no special tricks needed…thank goodness!
Rosey says
I have medicine in one hand and their favorite juice in the other (to use as the chaser). Works every time.
Amy DeLong says
we also use the syringe and a drink chaser
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Claire says
I just tell them to suck it up lol
Robyn says
our daughter takes her medicine pretty well, sometimes she doesn’t want to when she’s cranky and really not feeling well. My husband will hold her while I use the syringe to give it to her, we tell her “let’s take our medicine like a big girl” and when she does we cheer and tell her how proud we are of her taking her medicine like a big girl. Due to allergies and breathing problems she’s had to take meds quite often 🙁 so
1955nurse says
As a Nurse, I have always used a syringe for oral meds, much more accurate dosing! And something I’ve found that helps w/kids if they are old enough to eat a “Gummy bear” type candy I give them a “Fiber gummy” after the oral med (Unless they have loose stools!!!) – they think it’s candy, & it keeps the meds from constipating them! (Fleets makes a pediatric fiber gummy that is wonderful, made w/carrot juice!) But as always – ck w/your pediatrician before adding any type of med/fiber supplement!!!
Diana Hatch says
Using a syringe helps
Summer D says
As long as it tastes good, they will take it without trouble.
amy johnson says
My son is an excellent medicine taker. I keep an old empty bottle that he holds and “helps” with while I give him the real medicine.
latanya says
my son takes medicine with no problem
Corey Olomon says
My youngest is 6 and he doesn’t like the taste of most liquid medicine so I try and get the melt-away strip which he thinks is “cool”.
Samyra says
the syringe works better than any other dispenser
cassandra aubut says
thankfully- my kids will take anything that I tell them is flavored! Its like candy!
ant says
I tell him the medicine and the liquids he has to have give him spongebob powers I sing the spongebob song lol
mary renshaw says
I am SO lucky and so far my kids don’t ever give me a hard time taking medicine!
Kristy Thiel says
for me, it’s definitely getting the tasty stuff! 🙂
Belinda says
I’m lucky that my kids don’t really give my problems taking meds. But if it’s one that doesn’t taste very good, I make sure to have some juice or water ready as soon as they take it.
B.J. Bernal says
My kids dont give me a hard time much anymore they know that it will help them get better (bjnalex(at)yahoo(dot)com)
Patti Hess says
I get their medicine flavored…
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thanks
Yolanda says
I usually hide it in orange juice.
Sammi says
yeah, bribery works well!
Rhoda M says
All 3 of my kids seem to understand that medicine makes them better so they willingly take it 🙂
Marianna Ballard says
Do a swaddle/papoose wrap with a flat sheet – hey, I’m a nurse – I know all kinds of tricks lol
susan varney says
with a soda chaser mverno@roadrunner.com
trista says
as my mama told me, sometimes force is necessary … lol
beth says
I always have a cup of water to give my daughter after she takes her medicine.
Stacey Bicovny says
I usually have to bribe my oldest with a special snack if he takes it.. baby doesn’t give me any problems… yet…
Colleen B says
I love the dye free so that why if it ends up on their clothes it won’t stain
ColleenMarie82 says
luckily my kids have not had to take medicine other then tylenol and they have never given me any problems with it!
renee says
We use a little alligator medicine dispenser that our pharmacist gave us free!
Amy T says
All of my kids go nuts for medicine. They see the droppers and get excited. Maybe they know the relief that will come form it soon after?
Priscilla Benavides says
As long as it has a good flavor to it like cherry or bubble gum they will take it like candy.
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Denise B. says
I usually mix it in with a little juice. I can’t expect them to take it straight up when I can’t even stomach the taste.
Sunnie says
They are usually ok with it.
charline says
I bribe them. lol
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Michelle P. says
The only medicine we ever had a problem with was nasty tasting Zantac. Everything else went in just fine. 🙂 I love the syringe method though.
kelly grant says
put it in the syringe squirt and go
Arielle B says
My infant doesn’t like it that much, but I got the bubblegum flavor and he seems to rather have that then the pain of the shots!
Katrina says
we normally resort to bribery
Shannon Baas says
We haven’t had any problems so far.
susan says
We use a syringe and not too much problems giving it.
Kristi says
I use a syringe, but my daughter doesn’t mind at all. I think she likes the taste.
Michelle White says
Both of mine are champs about taking medicine so no tricks needed.
Thanks!
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Angela R says
My kids are still of the age where they think it is fun to take meds so no tricks here