My poor wee DD has an awful cold and cough. The only thing that stopped me from calling the out of hours doctor last night was the fact that i knew it would be hours before they got back to us and would definately refuse a home visit. (isnt that a bloody disgrace, but a different thread i think)
The thing is, im a bit confused as to what to give her medication wise and im not sure who to ask about it, i guess i could pop to the chemist or something today.
She doesnt have a temp, although i did give her calpol last night as her coughing had clearly made her throat sore. I gave her cough mixture too. I normally treat a cold with medised as it does help to clear the nose, and obviously help her sleep, but what worried me about doing that was the fact that the cough mixture has a sedative effect too. Even though the active ingredient was different i was not inclined to do this as they might be from the same family.
So, what to do of a night?
What cough mixture should i give her, the cough is between tickly and chesty (just to confuse things)
During the day, i dont want to give medised anyway as i dont want her drowsy and she has no temp.
Ive rubbed karvol on her chest and is well in herself but i hate to see her looking so full of cold and hearing the cough cough cough.
What do you guys do??? She is 2 by the way.
DP cannot get his head around the fact that im on here seeking advice, he thinks i should ring the doctor - i told him that the advice would come quicker on here and probably be more effective!!!