#AskTheExpert My baby who is 18 months old will not take any medicine... he just clamps his mouth shut... be it dropper or the cap of the medicine bottle he just clamps his mouth shut starts shaking his head... and if we administer the medicine by force he just puks it all out immediately... is this normal??

1 Answer

Dr. Vaibhav jainFather of a 5 yr 9 m old girl4 years ago

A. it is normal that a baby at one and half years of age becomes cranky and irritable and also sees no for medicines you have to try various tricks like mixing medicines with food you can give to

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