2 ways to get trimethoprim into a child that don't work and 1 that nearly does

Trimethoprim, as it turns out, doesnt taste very nice. So how do you get it into a child with a urinary tract infection.....

Fail 1-halve the tablet and give it to him with lots of water, after all he's a big lad and can do lots of nifty things.....half a cup of water spat on the floor and it dawned on me that even if it had been an M&M, the plan still wouldn't have worked

Fail 2-crush it and mix it with straight cordial. Forget the Panadol mob who foolishly took the sugar out of the children's panacea....I say the more sugar the better....a shot glass of cordial spat on the floor and I was drawing a blank....so I had a taste....low and behold it turns out I was trying to feed him something that tasted a little like a nasty gin and tonic laced with raspberry cordial....fair enough he spat it out

Win(ish)-crush it between two spoons and mix it with honey.....he begrudgingly took it and swallowed it all....I think mostly because it was too difficult to spit out....problem solved :)

Baby asleep, Dad to follow

Gnight all

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