It's only natural that we have a sick child, since we're going to be traveling in a week. It doesn't really surprise me anymore. Poor Chloe has a cold. It's so hard when the kids are sick because I feel so helpless. The night before last, Chloe woke up coughing. When Keith went in to her, she said, "I did something in my bed." She had choked on all the drainage, and thrown up in her bed. She doesn't seem to feel that bad, but she's got a pretty nasty cough, and her nose is constantly running. Thank goodness for tissues with lotion!! Now I can only hope that no one else gets it. Chloe does not like having to stay away from her brothers. :)
We took Chloe to the doctor on Friday because I knew that her fever would spike that night if I didn't. Anyway, they said it was just something viral, which means there's nothing they can give her. The doctor also said that he didn't use over the counter medicines with his kids, but we could if we wanted. We've used them when we felt it was necessary for their comfort, but lately I've read that several things about them that make me hesitant to use them. I've read that they're not effective, and not safe?! It's so confusing to know the right thing to do. I wasn't going to give her anything other then motrin or tylenol, but the poor girl's nose was running constantly, not to mention the frequent coughing and sneezing. All of this pretty much meant that I was wiping her nose constantly, so I finally gave her something. It's already helped her, so I don't regret the decision. Anyway, any thoughts on using over the counter cold medicines for little ones?
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I do not know what age you can feed a child honey, but the newest study says a tablespoon of honey will help sooth the coughing better than any cough medicines. I know that study will probably change after another year or so...:)ww
Well we don't have children yet but the vet did tell us to buy OTC eye drops for pink eye to help fight an infectin Chip had in his eye once=)
I read some stories about people saying kids allergy and cold stuff was unsafe. As you read farther in the article it also stated that the people were giving a full dose (6 year old size) to a 2 year old. Their claim was that the cold or allergies were really bad so they thought the larger dose would work better. Also for a fever, we let our kids fever burn off the virus until they get to 102. Then we give them fever reducer. They seem to get over being sick pretty quick, but I am not sure if that is why.
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