Emer is awake again

[ailbhe]

Give me your best suggestions for hoarse, wheezy coughing child who has *severe* aversion to oral medication!

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[clare-s.livejournal.com]

Just commented on FB

[the-changeling.livejournal.com]

Karvol plug-in inhalor. We swear by them.

When I had whooping cough, I got relief by sitting in hot steam. I dug the wall paper steamer out of the cupboard, switched it on in the bathroom, and got into a hot bath and sat in a mist of hot steam. Helped.

[1ngi.livejournal.com]

Inhalations over steam with tiny tiny amount of olbas oil - however I guess due to her age, you'd have to get under the towel with her. Could make it a game I guess?

Oh - you could rub vicks on her chest - much safer, or drop olbas oil on a hanky and tuck it in her pillow?

[ifimust.livejournal.com]

Cushions and pillows and a duvet in the bathroom - cuddled up, with steam taking over the room - bath, sink...

[ruthi.livejournal.com]

(some people, especially small ones, find that peppermint causes them to choke and have trouble breathing.)

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Does tea count as medication?

[chiasmata]

My parents generally used the 'steamy bathroom' approach for their asthmatic toddler.

[mrs-redboots.livejournal.com]

Second all the recommendations for steam, but also suggest 1/2 teaspoonful of honey, which I'm sure she won't mind sucking off a spoon.

Put a drop of lavender oil on her pillow or nightclothes, too, to help her sleep.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sure that I have read that honey is at least as good as cough medicine for that sort of hoarse dry cough. I usually offer honey and lemon, or honey in apple juice, or honey in rooibos vanilla tea.

How's she doing today?

Alison

[(Anonymous)]

(Warm honey in whatever.)

[(Anonymous)]

Ah yes - http://www.livescience.com/health/071203-honey-cough.html

Anyway, hope she doesn't need it today.

Alison