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February 11, 2007

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A great and important report - and something that had escaped my parenting-headline-skimming eyes. Thanks for detailing the guidelines.

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Kris,
I'm so glad you decided to write on this topic - good information! I had a very similar conversation when I called the nurse to ask about cough meds for my toddler - sounds like the AAP needs to make this a priority to get the word out to parents (and nursing staff!). Thanks for doing your part!
~Amy

Claudette

Good grief. And here I was so desperate to help my suffering 22-month old that I went out and got him the cough surpressant (Dimetapp DM for age 2 and up). I didn't give it to him because like you, I am getting mixed messages from various health care providers and associations (in Canada). Most say the same though: no meds to the under-2 and especially no DM, as it is ineffective anyway and can lead to things like overdose.

I have to say that listening to this neverending cough is extremely hard on the parents. Sometimes he doesn't wake up from it even though he's sitting up. All I know is that when he's coughing so hard that he has to sit up while sleeping, I certainly am not sleeping. And this has been going on for months! (Specifically, since he started daycare, surprise, surprise.)

We do all the recommended stuff that you can do to help him: firm pillow, elevate him when he slips back down, humidifier, and even this:

I do not give him milk or yoghurt before bed. I don't care who says that it does not increase the coughing, in my personal experience (me, the adult) I COUGH MORE IF I CONSUME YOGHURT AT NIGHT. So, he gets all the milk and yoghurt he wants till dinner time, then no more. Until the cough finally goes away.

And by the way, we have taken him to the doctor and hospital twice when other symptoms appeared (fever, etc), and in both cases, they found nothing: "It's just a virus, let it run its course."

So that's what we do....and have been doing for the past 5 months.

Very good article, and just in the nick of time!

Good luck with your little toddler.

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