Tips for 2yo cough

[Mamabear04]

Hello,

Could someone recommend a cough syrup for a 2yo? My DD had a bad cold and she has been coughing since 2am and been unable to sleep. I've tried elevating her bed, sitting with her upright on me so she can sleep, a humidifier, vicks, broncho-something cough medicine but nothing is helping. She's so tired and she must be so sore from coughing so much. To make matters worse I've got it too and in the 9th week of pregnancy so feeling very rubbish myself. PCR was negative so definitely just a bad cold. Any advice or tips would be great...

Sympathies, as we're just coming out of something similar, down to the me being pregnant and also having it. You've tried most of our standard tricks, but sitting in the bathroom with a very hot shower running can help –a more intense version of the humidifier. If it's partly a tickly cough, she's old enough for the honey and lemon or blackcurrant throat linctus mixtures. Warm, weak squash (or anything similar you think she'll drink) can also help with a tickly/irritated type cough.

A sleep in the pram sometimes also works, partly reclined, but not on you so you can get some sleep yourself.

A humidifier in the room overnight along with calpol plug in seemed to be the game changer for us.

We use Benilyn cough medicine but tbh my 20mo has just got over a cough that didnt seem to be solved by anything. It was just a case of waiting it out. Took a week or so

Get her checked over incase she has a wheeze in her chest and they'll prescribe an inhaler.
Only thing that worked for my DC