for Christmas day we had some friends round and their daughter had a cough. now my hubby, my daughter and i have it. i had the symptoms 1st but have gotten through the worse and i am getting better. but my daughter looks very pale and when she gets agitated she starts to have coughing fits. i give her water when she starts and i’m giving her calpol every four hours. she is eating normally so that is not concerning me but this cough has been bad that it has made her throw up once today and it doesn’t seem to be getting better. i don’t know whether to go to the docs or not as i could potentially make her worse as this cold and flu is getting worse around the UK and people are actually catching it by going to the docs.is there any herbal remedies i could try to ease her throat?
Go to the doctor. Would you be able to forgive yourself if she truly worsened and the only medical advice you sought was here on Yahoo Answers? Got to the doctor.
If concerned go straight to doc
Cannot take risks with children
get to the doctors in the morning if she is not well it does not matter whats going around
well stop buggering about on yahoo answers and phone out a doctor
Try a steam bath, fill your bathroom up with steam and sit with her until the cough easies. Phone your doctors out of hours number and get some advice and in the mean time just keep up with the calpol.
Just for the record the steam bath was the advice i was given by the out of hours doctor when my daughter was ill with the same thing over Christmas. If the calpol is keeping her temperature down and she is eating i know it can be distressing but as long as she isnt fitting or developing a rash try not to panic.
Just take her to the doctor! She is a baby and they are much more fragile. She needs real medicine before it is something serious.
go and buy yourself a vaperisor – there are great for little kids – and big ones with congestion. Also a chest rub
good luck, it really isn’t nice when your kids are sick
get off the internet and phone the doctor!!! are u actually guna take advise about your baby from strangers on yahoo answers! y are u asking this??
just go to doctor and ask for sugar free cough medicine.
NEVER give your child “herbal remedies.” Can’t you call the doctor and ask what she advises? Tell her you don’t want to bring the baby in.
ono, ive had my cough and coughing fits for about 2 weeks now. but im goin to the dotor, theres no meds that arnt over the counter that wiould rly hepl. juss go see the docc w/ her =/
you should not give herbal remedies to babies. take her to the doctor.
if your worried about `going` to the docs ,then i think you should ring them and explain this to them and see what they advise , i can garentee you will get better advise from a profesional docter than you will on here!
Take her into your kitchen an put loads of pans of water on the hob to boil thus creating a steam room for her or else create steam in the bathroom this will open her tubes up and help with her breathing.
try seing a special pettrishent docter
Dont try herbal remedies on your baby please, it would be best if you took her to the doctor, no matter where you go once the virus or bacteia is in the air another person can catch it, take her to the doctor ok.
I would recommend a vaporizer. Put it on during the day and all night long… it should clear up her cough in a couple days. You can buy them for as little as $ 20!
Your daughter is ill and your on Yahoo about it? Go to the doctors! Plus don’t believe all this “people are getting worse from going to the doctors” Media scare anyone?
Is she running a fever? congested? difficulty breathing?
there is not enough symptoms here for me to give you any ideas.
what were your symptoms?
I would not give anything but chamomile to an infant.
Take her to the dotors, there may be something he can give her. If not jst keep doing what you’re doing really and wait it out. It’s tough seeing your kid poorly but if we could take the pain away we would. You’re doing a good job.
For something herbal you can try these
http://www.xynergy.co.uk/XynergySite/product/VLHL10.htm
Take her temperature and ring NHS direct they will tell you exactly what to do.
Hi My little girl Lily is nearly three months old and has finally got over her cough. We took her to the doctors and she was given antibiotics. We found having her moses basket on an angle helped when she was lay down. Use karvol or olbas oil on a tissue near her bed if she has the snuffles too. Lily was eating fine despite her cough but like your little girl was being sick too. I would take her to the doctors and maybe sit away from anyone else in the surgery if you are concerned about more germs.