When did your kid start taking pills vs liquid medication?

[Anonymous]

7. We started with squishy small things like gasX. You can practice with tictacs etc.

[Anonymous]

I had a lot of difficulty doing this as a child so I taught my children early. They hated liquid medication so when they were around 7 each of them I taught them how to swallow pills. Now they are 11 and 9 and are pros at it! They prefer it over liquid and it’s easier for us when traveling too, just one bottle of Motrin or whatever the family uses versus all the liquids! I would say reach them using any method that works, one son pops into his mouth with water and my other son puts it in dry and then sips water like an adult might. You can also put it in a spoonful of yogurt and swallow it that way!

[Anonymous]

Around 10. She’s 12 now. At 10 she started taking 2 regular Advil/Ibuprofen instead of kid dose so that’s when we switched.
Practice with an M&M.
Back of tongue, quick gulp of water; swallow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine could take a pill by age 10. We told them to pretend it was a small piece of ice and just swallow. There is a cup that makes it very easy to learn to swallow - have not used it but it is supposed to work wonders for kids and adults who have trouble with pills. I think it’s this one

https://a.co/d/dra21Qg

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Early. He started taking thyroid pills at age 8. But they are tiny. Have your son practice with tic tacs or something.

In his defense these antibiotics are huge. About the size of a small grape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Early. He started taking thyroid pills at age 8. But they are tiny. Have your son practice with tic tacs or something.

In his defense these antibiotics are huge. About the size of a small grape.

You could probably cut them in half to help with swallowing.

[Anonymous]

Early, sometime in elementary school and well before ten. A prescription for something was sent to the pharmacy and came as pills so I was like - it’s time to take pills. Luckily it wasn’t an issue. One of mine ended up on daily medication by the end of elementary school and it only came in pill form. No tricks, just water. I guess we were lucky, reading these responses.

[Anonymous]

I can not believe all of the teens that can not swallow pills. Are you all making this a huge ordeal? The food we chew up and swallow is bigger than pills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can not believe all of the teens that can not swallow pills. Are you all making this a huge ordeal? The food we chew up and swallow is bigger than pills.

Lots of adults can’t swallow pills. This is not uncommon