Has anyone given bm to an older child in order to help them get over a cold?

[MummyAbroad]

Just curious really, and wondering if anyone knows the "science" behind the whole antibodies in breast milk thing.

DS1 is 3.9 years old and just gone back to Kinder after school holidays, its day 3 and he has another cold already! DS2 is 3 months old and I have tons of breast milk to spare, so I was wondering if a cup of expressed milk in DS1's cereal would help him get over his cold quicker?

DS1 was not breastfed by the way, and I am not sure that he would even like or accept a cup of bm, or if just one cup would make any difference anyway?

Anyone tried it?

Oh yes, I used to give DD milk when she was ill and I was feeding DD. You can always make it into hot chocolate, he's bound to take it that way.

Oh yes, I used to give DD milk when she was ill and I was feeding DS.

I do know my childrens' genders, honest!

ooh, I might give it a go then. Did you think it worked HettKett?

I gave DS some when he had a really awful thing, maybe glandular fever, we never found out. He said it made him feel all better!