Training your kid to take a pill made easy

Without going into obscene amounts of detail, we had to switch our 3yo from a liquid medication to a pill form, but, being that he's 3, the smallest size available has to be cut in half and that's his dose. It's a very bitter medicine. So, with approval from the pharmacist, I decided to chocolate coat them. I lined them up in a row on parchment paper, used microwave-melted chocolate, poured it over and shook them lightly to fully coat, then once they hardened I cut them apart. They're about half the size of a tic tac after coating.First day I showed him a chocolate chip, I told him he was going to get it but first I was going to drop one in the back of his mouth and he needs to swallow without chewing (he's done this before with food he doesn't like). He, of course, chewed it, cringed, then ate his chocolate chip and happily wandered off.Second day he came to me asking for his "chocolate medicine", he held his head back like a baby bird and expertly swallowed it then asked for a chocolate chip. Done.Third day he asked if he has to wait until bedtime for chocolate medicine.This worked better than I ever expected. I'm remembering the amount of trouble our middle kid had and kicking myself for not thinking of it sooner. Even his doctor was pleased it worked and said she'd be telling other parents.Tl;dr - take the drama out of pill training and chocolate coat itETA: I've now purchased tiny chocolate molds to make it easier the next time. Not strictly necessary, but preferable to cutting apart dozens of tiny pills again IMO via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/3t31ADZ