baby has cold

[bohochick]

any suggestions on remedies for 10 month old baby who has a cold?

[andrea_h]

I found thet Medised (available from Chemists) to be brilliant - it has a combination of infant paracetamol & anti-histamine so it really helps with the stuffy nose.

Hope babes gets better soon x

[yummymummy]

A combination of a few things usually works for my little man. Try sitting in a steamy bathroom a couple of times a day, rub Vicks (or similar) on their chest, lift the head end of the cot mattress a few inches so all the gunk doesn't sit at the back of the throat, give something like Medised, and try some sort of vaporiser or baby olbas oil in the room at night.

Hope that helps!

[nfn]

calpol and brufen combined. alternate the doses and you can safely give maximum daily dose of both. Eucalyptus oil sprinkled on curtains, bed and all around the house on furniture etc helps too. It's what I do for both HLL and me!

[sunflower68]

I don't know if you can still buy them (probably someone found something dangerous with them) but I used to give my kids a special dummy which had a little compartment where you could put in some cotton wool soaked in baby eucalyptus oil.

[nfn]

sunflower, my brother used to have those - they were called dormals or something similar

[Gef]

Either go to the Doctor or ask the pharmacist in your local chemists. Do try all the claptrap posted on here.

[bohochick]

thank you for all the info.

Gef i don't think it was claptrap. the dr's are not really interested if your baby has a cold as long as they're not losing weight they are satisfied , so i appreciated all the tips i could get.