Cough and Cold Medicines

From Mommyplace.com WiKI Page

The FDA is now recommending that children under age 2 do NOT receive decongestant medicines and children under age 6 do NOT receive anti-histimines. This means that before giving your child any of the cold and cough medicines made for children and infants, you must call your Pediatrician first.

Here are some other ways to provide more comfort when your baby/child has a cough or cold.

1) Provide fluids. Fluids will help get in there and get all the yucky stuff out. 2) Provide Acetomiphine (infant/children’s Tylenol or Motrin) if they have a fever or aches. 3) Gently prop your child or baby’s mattress up so that their head is mildly elevated. I put a flat pillow under the top of my baby’s mattress and this seemed to help with the decongestion at night. 4) Plug in the Pedia Care vapor strips. You can buy these at the grocery store. They are right near the Vicks Vapor Rub. You buy a unit that plugs into an outlet (like a Glade Plug In) and then a box of strips. A Vicks like vapor is released for at least 8 hours. We’ve had tremendous success with these helping our baby (now toddler) sleep at night when he has a bad cold. 5) Vicks makes a Baby rub that you can rub on your child’s chest. Check with your Pediatrician first. 6) Run a cold mist humidifier in your baby/child’s room. Be sure to keep the filter and the unit clean! Filters need to be replaced regularly.