my only suggestion is is to convience him that "big boys" can swollow pills, thats what i thought and could swallow them when i was only like 4, my parents did the m&m thing too, after i leaned to swallow pills i would be down right offended if a doctor gave me liquid medicine, i wasn't diagnosed with cf at the time so i never got to do the applesauce thing but if you can't get him swallowing them i've heard of people opening the capsules and sprinkling it on their food and getting them in that way, i dunno if that would work or not though, he would have to "clean his plate" though