Childrens Cough Medicine

I do not know about the actual medicine. But, just try this technique for a few nights...
Simply rub Vick's over the bottoms of their feet and cover with their socks while they sleep at night. 100% effective.
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Lu

Hi! I have a almost 3 year old (she will be 3 in dec) and I was told by my doc that it was SAFE to purchase childrens pedisure. The one I got was for colds and it was for children under 6. So it is definally SAFE for you to use pedisure just got by how much your child weighs and the age. I cant rem what the dose was for a 2 year old but i know its a small dose... Good Luck!

I think your best option would be to ask your child's dr. Alot of the medications do not give you dosage information for children under 6 and your dr would be the best person to tell you what to use and how much depending on your childs age/weight. I take my children to Partners in Pediatrics and they gave me a list of what medicines are ok for my 3 year old and how much/how often to give her.

I think the main concern is the combination medicines (at least that was my impression). They were taken off because some parents apparently can't figure out that they need to follow the dosings listed on the bottle. NEWS FLASH... those aren't suggestions! But as someone pointed out, the number of deaths is minimal (don't get me wrong, any child dying is too many but to say that these drugs are dangerous is a stretch in my opinion). I don't think they are dangerous because their reasoning for pulling them is because a few parents didn't following the dosing instructions and it caused problems. When in doubt ask your physician.

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What I could suggest, is gargling with warm slightly salty water every few hours or so when a child can do that.
The sinus drain bulb can help as at least it is not putting chemicals in a childs system. It would be definitely experimental so ask a allergist. But adults use a special waterpik type attachment with Salt water devoid of Iron and spray it throught their nostrils to loosen up congestion. It can drain out the mouth. But using on kids is another story. Use nasal saline sprays and reduct the drinking of milk as that does thicken the sinus congestion. Plain water is the best!

Juice Plus Fruit and Veggie gummies claim to be one of the best vitamins for kids as it offers fresh nutrients (as long a there is no allergy to the 12 to 15 different Fruit extract and Vegetable extract ingredients. It is orderable only online. It is the ONLY vitamins our picky 7 year old will take. But they are pricey.

To keep my 2 year old from coughing during the night/nap, I put vicks on the bottoms of his feet and then put socks on him. It sounds crazy, but it works! (This will take care of the cough, but not the runny nose - without giving any medicine.)

Chicken noodle soup does wonders for the common cold. I'd try that.

I don't think the medicine is harmful more of just confusing labels. I think it's a label problem. I know they always recommended so much for whatever age but I never listened to that, I went by weight. My daughter was always heavier than what her age said to give.

Do you have anything left over from last year? I know I have probaly 3-5 bottles from last year I will use this year if I can't buy anything.

I'd ask you pharmacist for a recommendation or call your doctor's office.

I know with my daughter I never give her cold medicine unless she's going to be spreading her cold like sneezing, runny nose and is around other's. The medicine doesn't get rid of the cold or speed things up it just temporarily relieves symptoms.

Maybe concentrate on plenty of fluids, vitaminC, and use vicks vapor rub or something.

I swear by the SUN, if I have a cold and can I will bake myself in the sun I don't know if it drys things up or just makes me feel better but that's my personal way of coping. I know every January I take my daughter to Florida and she usually has a cold and her eczema is flarred up. After a day or two in Florida her cold is gone and her skin is butter smooth. So I try to immitate Florida when we aren't there like sitting in a hot steamy bathroom etc.

we were just at walgreens on sunday and were able to purchase robitussun for children, both a daytime and a night time medicine. just be careful to read the amounts to give and you should be fine. we give a dose in the morning and one at night, helps keep the cough and runny noses at bay....i too am the mom of a 2 and 5 year old, but girls...we use the same medicine for both.

The reason that they are taking medicines off the shelves and saying that it should be banned is because people are giving their children too much. They are giving them 1 teaspoon when they should be giving them 1/2 a teaspoon. People are overdosing their children, per the news, and in the last 38 years 120 kids have died because of it. Think of the number of children in our country. 120 in 38 years doesn't seem like a very big number does it? It seems to me like they are overreacting just a bit. In my opinion (now don't get all worked up about it - it's just my opinion) if people are looking at labels and seeing "for children under 2 years of age, see your doctor" and ignoring it and just giving their child the dose for 6 and up, then they should be prepared for the consequences.

I also don't believe that any of those panelists that took it off the shelves have any kids. They said it doesn't do anything for the child, that it doesn't help in any way. How many of you have given your child PediaCare for a runny nose or cough and had your children not feel better? Given your children cough medicine and still had them cough so much they couldn't get to sleep? So what if it makes them drowsy enough to sleep through the coughing. at least they're getting sleep.

Sorry about that. I just get crabby when I think of the stupidity of the few screwing the rights of the many.

Absolutely, if there is nothing left on the shelf for those under 6 that cover coughs and colds, talk to your doctor. More than likely your doctor will be able to tell you how much of a children's medicine (6 and up) you can safely give your child.

If its the common cold I wouldn't dose them at all, let it run its course. I've never given my kids any kind of OTC medicine. I do'nt take it, so I won't dose them either. ITs not necessary and it more than likely won't help thier symptoms much. Just keep thier noses wiped with soft tissue and let it pass. Keep them hydrated too.

And ditto the person who said vicks on the bottoms of feet, then put on socks at night to stop coughing. It really does work.

I agree with the other post. However, I don't know if there is anything left on the shelves one can use. I'd also check with the pharmacist. Most medicine for kids under 6 are dosed by their weight, not age.

In the meantime, you can use saline to rinse out their nose (have fun with that one! LOL), and use mentholatum under their nose and on their chest. I find that the mentholatum works really well for the runny/stuffy noses.

The coughs come next, and I'm not sure what's left for those symptoms, either. My grandma always gave me Luden's, but they are mostly sugar. It's the sucking that reduces the coughing, not the ingredients so much. You'd almost be better off freezing some juice that they can suck on (and get more vitamin C).

Another thing I do is to give them Airborne. I think there is a children's version, but if you have some, you can cut it in half or third and give it to them. It's all vitamins that they can use, so no (or very few) concerns of reactions, etc.

With the runny noses, the best (and most difficult) thing to do is try to clean out their noses as often as possible. Everything else is secondary remedies...

Good luck!!!