Toddler Tantrums Over Medication

Question:

Hi my name is Teresa,
I have three kids: a 7-year-old girl, a 5-year-old boy, and an 18-month-old girl. The problem is with my 18-month-old girl she has a bad temper. She is well behaved, but when it comes to being put in her cot she throws a big tantrum. Today I needed to give her same panadole and she kept spiting it out at me, so I put her in the cot for 5 minutes then took her out, she was still crying so I put her back and shut the door, than I heard a loud thump so I raced in there and she had tried to climb out, I am at a loss. This is not the first time she has had a tantrum, I just don’t know what to do, can you help?

Thank you for your time, Teresa

Answer:

Hi Teresa, I can tell from your e-mail address that you are from Australia, so let me explain for other readers of this question and answer that a cot is a crib. I’m not sure what panadole is.