DD has temp of 37 and cough - what to do?

[Flowermum]

DD is 23 mos and has had a cough for a week or so. It's a sort of chesty, not mucusy(sp?) one. Apparantly it's going around and I have a tough of it too. She also has a really runny nose and is having a bit of difficulty sleeping with it, but is knackered.

DP just took her temp and it's 37 degrees, and gave her nurofen for kids and stripped her down and she's a lot better now.

So what do I do? This cough is going around, and a friend took her DD to doc with it the other day to be told there's nothing she can get for it. Also, DD always gets a cough and runny nose when she's cutting teeth, so it could be her back molars but I can't get a good look in there. She's in great form, acting normally etc. I'm giving her lots of honey in her milk to try and soothe her throat but the cough isn't subsiding.

Is there anything???

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