A device and method for administering a dose of particulate solid medication to a nursing age infant or child through a tube having one end held in a nursing nipple. The tube is held in a holder piece which also mounts the nipple aligned with the tube. The tube is resiliently bendable to hold the dose of medicine loaded therein prepatory to being released to pass down to said nipple. A child having the nipple in his or her mouth reflexively swallows the medicine passing out of the nipple.