Honey for a cough...

[mejon]

DD has had a persistent dry, tickly cough since the early hours (along with a cold, teething etc. etc....!) As well as some cough/cold medicine, I've tried to get her to take some honey (off a spoon/my finger) but she was having none of it. It is ordinary set honey but was wondering whether or not I should have got runny honey instead or does it not make any difference?

Try putting it in a little hot water and when cool enough let her drink it. Might help a little,

What age is your DD. It's recommended that children under 12 months shouldn't have honey because of the risk of botulism. This was the first site that came up with the details when I googled but there are many others:

www.nutriwatch.org/06FST/honey.html

It is ok Flamingtoaster - she's 21 months old! Cali - I'll give the hot water suggestion a try, thank you. Can you believe it, she loves medicine (unlike her mother) and will wait open-mouthed for it but offer her something really nice and she doesn't want to know!

dd likes lemon and tiny bit of honey in hot water-works much better than the cough medicines.ds1 hates it.

Hope it helps, if not try large glass of wine. Won't help her cough but will help you get to sleep through the coughing

mejon - sorry, I've just relized I should have checked your profile and I would have seen your daughter's age but I was about to rush off start cooking and wasn't thinking straight! Hope her cough settles soon - it's great she likes the medicine! As it's a dry tickly cough boiling a kettle in her room to make the air a bit more moist might help. Hope you both can get a better night's sleep tonight.

How about using a syringe to give dd the honey.This is the only way ds will take it.Oh and i always give runny honey.

Thanks everybody - I added a spoonful to her bedtime milk (and brushed teeth afterwards) and she's currently singing to herself whilst chewing Makka Pakka's arm in her cot. Fingers crossed she sleeps OK tonight - I'm not used to her waking, it's quite a shock to the system!