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Recommended Cough Medicine for 2 Year Old
Read all 24 responses: "Hi all, My daughter has a horrible cough due to nasal drainage. With all the scares going on about giving kids under 6 cough and ...
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- If it is a post-nasal drip causing the cough, you don't need a cough or cold medicine. You need something to dry it up and stop it, then the cough will cease or at le...
- I give my daughters the cough syrup from Hylands. It's homeopathic (made from honey). It is homeopathic and safe for kids. I think the key to nasal congestion is k...
- It sounds like you got amazing advice...my son got colds pretty frequently last yeat, and the only that got him to sleep comfy was pediacare (avoid multi-symptom formu...
Need Help Getting Medicine Down
Read all 26 responses: "My 2 yr old son has strep and is now having to take amoxi drops, but where he used to open wide for acetominaphen, he clamps shut ...
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- if you are still having this problem or in the future just try to put it in some juice that he is drinking and he will get it that way to i wouldn't give him alot of j...
- We tried everything including many of the suggestions listed already and my son did not care what flavor we picked at the pharmacy (hated them all) and if we put it in...
- How about mixing it with organic applesauce or a little organic plain yogurt?
Cold Medicine for a 17 Month Old?
Dec 20, 2009 ... Read all 16 responses: "Gabby has the worst runny nose i have ever seen, thick green rivers have been flowing NONSTOP from her nose.
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- take her to the drs sounds like an infection when it is green. god luck
- First of all, you need a pediatrician you can talk to on off hours. I've never heard of such a thing. Secondly, I would let it flow all day long to get it out of her...
- We have 20 month old twin girls who have both had runny little noses for some time now. I, like you, was bothered by the constant flow of green oozing from Miss Morga...
I Can't Get Medicine in My Son
Read all 12 responses: "My 5 month old will not take any liquid medicine I give him. I have wasted many bottles of cough medicines and tylonol.
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- When my son was younger I would mix his medication in a bottle or a sippy cup. This worked great. He hated medication and refused to swallow, this way he did not eve...
- Check with CVS pharmacy and they can add flavors kids like better to medicines. Another way is to hold their nose and they will have to swallow it to breath. You can...
- Does he take a bottle? If so, maybe you can mix the medicine with an ounce or two of milk or juice and see if that works?
Need a Stop to the Cough!!
I made sure it was just for a cough though with no other medicines in it. ... give her the infant/child cough/cold medicine...just watch the dosage. we give ...
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- L., Have you tried any type of Vicks rub or adding an extra pillow under her head? Or I have even tried the vicks plug in vapor things. These have seemed to help ...
- give her the infant/child cough/cold medicine...just watch the dosage. we give our 2year old medicine throughout the winter, otherwise she would be sick all the time....
- Is it a dry cough or one that sounds wetter like somethings in the chest. If it's dry, you should be able to use something like Delsym, they do make this for 2 and up...
Cold Medicine During Early Pregnancy
Read all 29 responses: "Hi all. I've been reading the websites and I'm extremely confused and a little scared. I have a pretty bad - but not severe- head ...
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- I had two rounds of pretty bad colds while I was pregnant. My OB said the plain Sudafed as was okay, as well as Tylonol and plain cough drops. I did try to take as lit...
- I had terrilbe allergies when I was first pregnant. I did have a previous miscarriage, so they wanted me to be extra careful, but did say that sudafed and benadryl we...
- When I was pregnany wuth my son, my doctor said I could take over the counter Claratin, but she said to only take it fir short peiods of time when needed.
What Cold Medicine Is Safe While Nursing? Any?
Read all 21 responses: "Happy Thanksgiving Mamas! I have come down with a terrible cold and I could really use some relief. I checked the La Leche League ...
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- I hope you feel better soon. It is the worst being sick when you are a mom. You just don't have time to be sick or usually have anyone to really take care of you! ...
- Greetings K.: Just about any remedy you take for your symptoms will be fine for the baby. OTC meds only help with symptoms anyway. It is good that you are still n...
- Hi K.! Although I don't know for sure, you might look into Sudafed & Chlortrimaton. I am pregnant, & when I came down w/a cold a few months ago, my dr. said I could ta...
Is Pedialyte Ok for 3 Month Old?
I don't think Pedialyte is right for infants but I do know that many cough and cold medicines for children were recently recalled and taken off the shelves. ...
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- If you are breastfeeding then pedialyte isn't necessary. Breast milk has all she needs...she may not even get sick sick since she is getting all the antibodies you hav...
- Since you are breastfeeding, your little one should be okay. If she does get sick, it will not be very bad or last very long. When you breastfeed, your body gives he...
- I don't think that it is O.K. Babies aren't even supposed to have water before they are six months old because it can throw off their electrolytes. If she gets the f...
Cough Medicine???
Read all 21 responses: "My 4 year old needs an expectorant. I have tried to get her to take two different flavors of mucinex, only to have her spit it out ...
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- I S., Have you considered changing her diet, giving her childrens probiotic, calcium and a mineral supplement. Getting most children off all animal diary usually h...
- My daughter never took medicine well either. I started buying sour gummy worms for her anytime she needed to take medicine. She got to hold one in each hand. The so...
- While this problem may have been solved by the posters who suggested disguising the liquid with other products, taking strips or different meds, I am posting for the ...
What Medicine Is Safe While Breastfeeding.
Read all 19 responses: "I am nursing my 11 week daughter and have a cold my other kid had it first. Two had a cough and fever the older one had the diarrhea ...
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- I do the Neil-med Nasal Rinses. Since starting those a year ago, I haven't had to take any decongestants and I've only had one sinus infection, which is a huge improv...
- Contacting your local La Leche Leage is a good ide, since someone should be able to answer these questions for you. http://www.lllusa.org/UT/Utah.html is the site for...
- You can take the same things as while you were pregnant, except for anti-histamines (they can decrease your milk supply). Sudafed, Robitussin, Tylenol and ibuprofen a...
