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Originally Posted by JustJo
Does anyone have any good tips for helping children learn to swallow pills?
I have a 12 year old son who could wolf down half a hamburger without chewing, but when it comes to swallowing medicine he gets a hyperactive gag reflex and can't get the pill down.
Since he's on a 3 week course of antibiotics right now, this is a bit of 
The most successful thing so far is putting the pill inside a smallish bite of banana, which he can then kind of mush around in his mouth and swallow...but it's still problematic.
Any advice or tricks would be most appreciated! |
if you squeeze your left thumb inside the fingers of your left hand, it help suppress the gag reflex. like clinching your fist with the thumb folded in. give it a shot?