She has a cold. Anyone know how I can help ease her discomfort? We are leaving for vacation for tomorrow morning and she can hardly even sleep! Please help!
Thank you for all the responses! Luckily, her cold kept improving each day so she didn't need anything more than the vaporizer at night. I will definitely pick up some Vicks Vapor rub for the next time though! I wasn't sure about the cold meds since I had heard that they are ineffective in children but maybe that was just in children under age 2. Vacation was not ruined for her so that made me very happy. Thanks again! : )
I have gotten my son's in the hot steaming bathroom for a bedtime book. The moisture will allow the nasel passways to open up. Then yes, use the vaper rub if you have some. Please make sure you prop up your daughter's head. I have found my son's love to take advantage of not feeling well, and sleep on the living room couch, propped up. This will keep the cold from settling in her chest. Good Luck!
Get her some childrens motrin cold FROM BEHIND THE PHARMACY counter, the other stuff on the shelf is junk, jsut ask the doc! get some saline nose spray (simply saline for babies at the cold and flu section) and get puffs plus with lotion for her little nose and put clear chapstick on the nose and upper lip each wipe. Just dealt with a nasty cold with my whole family, we all needed meds and all had a sinus infection, daughter on 15 days worth on antibiotics.. so if it lingers more than 2 WEEKS call the doc. Not before then unless a high fever or severe coughing. If she starts to cough and it is dry but barking (croup sound, not phlegmy) sit in the bathroom with the door shut and the HOT WATER blasting, so the steam fills the room. stay in there atleast 10 min, 20 if you can brave it. The steam will help quiet her (give the cold meds too, to help her sleep!) You can do this until the phlegm starts loosing up and her cough sounds wet. Always call the doc if you feel you should, but dont ask for meds until 2 weeks pass. We were clear across the country (live in NY were in Seattle, WA) when my daughter devoloped this terror of a summer cold. Good luck, my heart is really with you!!!
I hope this is not too late, use Vick's Vapor Rub. Follow directions and it will open up her nose. We have used it for generations and it works great. If it is allergies it will also help.
Have a good trip.
Hello
If you can read this on vacation, what I do is put a big bowl of warm water with Vicks in it near their beds..
**My grand-mother's trick: when you have a cold, put Vicks on your feet with warm socks when you go to bed
Something is better than nothing..
Hope you have a great vacation
N.
Little noses has nose drops, not the saline kind, but the kind with real decongestants. They are hard to find though. For my kids I always use rugular affrin nose spray. Just one squirt may suffice. If you aren't intp that the only other thing is saline, humidifier, staying well hydrated. Good luck.
I would try an over the counter decongestant. Benedryl makes and Allergy & sinus that works great for my kids. Also use either the saline drops of the Little Remedies Nasal Decongestant Spray. Another thing to try is vicks vapor rub on her chest eventhough it says it is for cough, the menthol in it also helps break up the nasal congestion. Sometimes having the child sit in the bathroom while the hot water is running will break up the congestion. the steam halps thin and break everything up.
