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Is This Mucus Normal? My Doctor Blew It Off.
It always made me feel better as a kid to have that mentholatum stuff floating around. However even a week of cleaning that thing can get old and the filler ...
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- My son is 13 mo. old and has had manny colds and drainage due to teething. My doc and his assistant always tell me to run a humidifier every night whether he is havin...
- I suggest you get a second opinion. If it is worrying more, I'd rather be feeling good about it rather than wondering. I hope all works out.
- I was told my many doctors that anytime the mucus is not clear to be leery of a sinus infection.. My son used to have at least one a year until he turned 3. I would ge...
Help Getting Rid of a Dry Cough
Get Vicks or Mentholatum and rub both her feet generously with it. Cover them with socks and put her to bed. Its so strange I know, but it works with my dd ...
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- Hi M., try rubbing vicks on her feet and put a pair of socks over them (or sleepers if she pulls of socks) before she goes to bed. Doesn't work on everyone but it's wo...
- I am a FIRM believer of Vicks on the bottom of the feet with cotton socks over them.
- I haven't read any of your other responses, so hopefully this isn't a repeat! I wonder if she's got some post-nasal drip draining down the back of her throat when she...
3 Year Old's Dry, Itchy Hands
my 12 year old has the driest hands!!! we finally started putting mentholatum on them at night and it was been the miracle cure for us. good luck! Helpful? ...
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- Hi H.! in my case, it has been me the one suffering from dry skin when the weather gets colder. I've used Eucerin and it works really good and fast for me. I ho...
- I am not sure what I have when I wash my hands too much. But a nurse I worked with recommended Aveeno hand lotion and gave me a trial size bottle. Now that I use that ...
- The big problem with antibacterial soap is that it contains triclosan which is highly toxic and does exactly what you are describing: creates cuts on your hands. Try T...
Yeast Diaper Rash
... yes it is for horses...if you get some make sure you don't get the one with Mentholatum in it, it will burn your baby) and for our daughter, ...
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- After working in daycare for 6 years and having three of my own.I actually have a lot of experience with that.Yeast is usually a solid red rash.(verses looking spotty ...
- try Bag Balm! you can get it at some drug stores, but also at any FEED stores, since it's for cows, but it works! My pediatrician used to stock it!
- Hi B.! Some things that would work for you is some Renew Lotion and Melagel would work wonders and clear it up in no time. If you rub Renew on each time you change t...
Baby with Influenza
... propping the baby up for nasal drainage (one of mine slept in the infant seat for awhile), infant Mentholatum on the chest, thinned formula and juice to ...
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- My daughter got the flu at 2 years old and slept consecutively for 17 hours. I had to force her to wake up. She didn't get out of bed for days and was sick like 7 days...
- K., Both my boys (then 7 months and 2 years) had this in January (and they were both vaccinated. My then 7 month old had a 104 degree fever for about 5 or 6 days. ...
- We had this at our house too...it was terrible. Ask your doctor to put you on Tamiflu preventatively. Tell him you are nursing though to be sure it's ok for your lit...
Constant Coughing
This may seem different, but I heard that if you put vicks or mentholatum on their feet and put socks on them at night it is supposed to make them not cough ...
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- Hello, I am a grandmother and great-grandmother so understand what you are going through. Try rubbing Vicks Vaporub on the soles of his feet and putting on white soc...
- Have you considered environmental factors? Perhaps an air purifier in Tucker's bedroom would help. We have one in our 16 month old's room and it has helped tremendou...
- Deslym cough medicine works wonders for nighttime cough. Both of my children have gone through the same thing many times. They ended up putting my daughter on a brea...
"OTC Meds or Not"
It is topical and goes on the chest front and back. helps to open up the lungs thru Mentholatum. I still use it when I am congested. I have also heard you ...
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- You can try the saline solution nose drops, it is supposed to break up the congestion in the nose or you can make your own with a little salt and warm water. Hope this...
- What OTC meds are you talking about? Sudafed? I would NOT give to a child 15 months old -- especially for sleep-time. A cool mist humidifier. Vapo-rub on the chest...
- Hi C.! I have struggled with the same issue, as I gave my son baby tylenol cold, etc. when he was an infant. He is 22 months now and I found something called "Hyland...
Chicken Skin
We've also found for a natural cure for my husband that zinc pills, which your daughter is to young to take, but for later, Mentholatum rubbed on ...
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- Usually these things are a manifestation of an allergy. Ask your doc for some antihistamine rx and see if that doesn't help. :D
- I would strongly suggest that you try Renew lotion by Melaleuca. It is all natural, very effective and safe for children! Melaleuca carries over 300 products that are...
- M., Hi there! Sorry to hear about the little one's skin issues. I work for a Pediatric Dermatopathologist (one who specializes in children's skin diseases). Ther...
Cough
Along with the humidifier I also after his bath and before he got him pj's on I rubbed his chest and back with Childrens Mentholatum (not vapor rub) its ...
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- Hello, Have you tried to incline the head of her bed? My son sleeps a little better if I put some pillows under the head of his bed and we use baby vix vapor rub. I'...
- My pediatrician recommended PediaCare cold and cough-I think it works great!
- I have a daughter who gets this cough every now and then, actually she has it now, it's been a week and when she gets it, it's a hacking cough, nothing like it sounds ...
Chapped Lips
Many times they will put mentholatum in chapstix to give you that tingle feeling - it also has something in it that makes it addicicting so instead of ...
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- We use Aquafor also. It is the greatest thing out there - we have tried everything with our five year old. This works the best for him - and it works quickly! L.
- I would also suggest vaseline. Not only is it inexpensive, it seems to work better for my kids. A cold water humidifier in the room at night may help as well. good luck~
- The problem with many things like chapstick is that it is loaded with chemicals. Vaseline is a petroleum product, & not really safe to ingest. I try to avoid such th...
