Advice on how best to treat 19 month with cold

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Hello

Jsut wanted to get a bit of advice on what to give my 19 month who has all of a sudden got a chesty cold runny nose and generally very miserable. I am giving him calpol but he is not really sleeping at all and is not eating anything either. Any tips on how I can make him better asap. I am 33.5 wks pregnant and so feel very drained and want him to better asap.

Thank you in advance!

Do they sell baby vapor rub over there? We have it here in the US and it always helps my ds with congestion/runny nose.

yes they sell it over here. Just dosed my dd with calbufen or something like that as she has streaming cold and temp, also putting harry potter books to good use and they are raising top end of cot for her apparently that helps. Also karvol on her bed sheets. Also bf her when she needs it as its important to keep fluid levels up. think its a matter of just trying to ride through it, some1 i know bought a snot zapper that u stick up their noses to debung, can bear thought of doing that