Colds

[mommyof2gurlies]

I know it was mentioned on here before...i forget by who....
But if any of your babies get a cold, i tried out one of those new things they recommend.
They say to rub Vicks vapor rub on their feet and put on socks, right before they go to sleep...Its supposed to absorb thru their feet and not only help their cough, but calm them
HOLY COW.
I didnt think it would work....it works SO well.
Mya (my 3 year old) gets these horrible coughs when she gets colds. I mean.....bad coughs that keep her up ALL night. She'll start to get bags under her eyes because she loses so much sleep. The dr's have given me everything to try to help her cough, and as a last ditch effort had me try codeine with phenergyn (i dont think thats how you spell it but you get the idea! lol)to knock her out a bit. I felt really uncomfortable giving it to her...especially with her getting colds so much since she just started preschool.
I tried this sock thing with her first (thinking it wouldnt work because shes much bigger) It worked within 5-10 mins!! Her cough went away. It was awesome. She hated the feeling of the socks, but she did it anyways .....she too knew it stopped her cough.
They say you can also use it to relax and calm the baby as well....its helped Brooklyn out a lot when she had a cough.
I know it sounds totally weird, but they just did all these new studies on it and actually found it to be more effective in some cases than cough medicine.
Just figured id pass that on!! Its always hard when kids have colds and are sick...with all the new recalls pulling meds off the shelves i know ive been looking for alternative things to help...and this REALLY helped. And im a skeptical person.....but this works

[mel5mel]

Tamara, my mom told me about that too and i totally didnt beleive her but perhaps when P gets his next cold, which i assume will be soon we will do that

[mommyof2gurlies]

i read that the canadian research ppl found this to be true....but i heard that was a hoax. (if you type it into a search ...google it or whatever it says that the claim that the canadian research team never issued that statement)
whoever came up with it...who knows. it seemed to help mya and brooklyn...i suppose it could have been a coincidence....but it REALLY seemed to help mya when nothing else would.
I guess that is with any kind of "remedy"
We all understand THAT one...with all the colic "remedies" or "cures" out there!!!

[mel5mel]

i was told by our pharmacist to put it on an undershirt and put a pair of jammies over top of the undershirt, but P gets too hot to sleep in two layers. i just ended up putting it on a bib near his head but smelling it made him mad so this foot thing will work much better

[pamcrt]

I put it on Abby's chest (the baby kind) and she actually likes it. I do it when she can't breathe... obviously huh...