to feel fobbed off by Boots pharmisist (sp?)

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Pharmasist?
Anyhoo my 5 and a half month old has a cold - nothing serious - but I thought I would pop into Boots and ask if there was anything i could give him to make him feel a bit more comfortable.
The pharmasist (isist, icist?? acist???) said that he couldn't have anything until he was 6 months old - this is the new rule. So I was sort of and walked off. But then, feeling brave and a bit like I'd been fobbed off I went back and asked if there was any kind of vicks type stuff for babies to ease congestion and pharm chemist asked what symptoms of cold are and I'm like 'it's a cold!!!!Runny nose, sneezing etc' and he said go to the doctor. So I'm thinking the drs going to be dead pleased I'm wasting his/ her time with a baby who has a sniffle.

I don't wish to drug my boy up to the eyeballs I just wondered if there was something out there that might make him feel more comfortable.

So AIBU to feel fobbed off?

Pharmacist.

Ok, baby olbas oil can be used form 3 months, it's fab.

Steam lo in the bathroom if bunged up, tis a fab excuse to run a nice bath.

Paracetamol for fever.

pillow under matress to prop him up slightly

saline nasal drops for bunged nose when feeding. I used to use cooled boild water by the time I got to dd2, it has the same effect

The pharmacist is tied by all sorts of rules, he can only offer official guideline advice.

Don't worry, by the time your ds is 1 you'll be an expert

Thank you
Yep is just a cold - not freaking out or anything but never had a baby with a cold before and didn't know what the form was so thought I could ask pharmacist (yay) fellow!

Thanks for advice!

5.5 months and this is the first cold....I remember that from my first baby. My third is constantly dripping snot.

lol, so's mine. I'm lucky if I have 7 consective days snot free

so abu n'est pas?
oh well.
But in my defence everyone I know lives in yorkshire and am by myself (except for dh who knows less than me har har) and so noone sensible to ask.
Could have phoned my mum but she's 75 and prob would have told me to rub seaweed or some such on his chest
Will not stick tongue out at pharmacist fellow next time I see him then!