Posted on 10/28/2007 12:46:22 PM PDT by jwalburg
Vick’s Vaporub and a humidifier. Those were the days.
The Anti- freedom of choice Nazi’s strike again. No choice for you!
Vick’s Vaporub is great stuff. Only trouble is it keeps people 10 feet away when you use it.
And what’s worse, is that these Nazi Nanny state liberals will tell you what you can and cannot give your kids. They know better. besides, it might react with the Ritalin they give them at school.
You’re probably right. The law of unintended consequences.
That's another added benefit with Vick's Vaporub. Others need to keep their distance when one is bitten with the creeping crud.
And kids will die from OD...chaulk another one up for the do-gooders...or a child will die from high fever due to no treatment..
As the father of three...the stuff isnt for the cold virus...it’s for the damn symptoms..
The stuff works as directed...
knock down the symptom...the kid gets better rest....the better the rest...the shorter lived the virus...
IDIOTS.
For my four month old, we have used the humidifier, vapor bath, saliene drops and the nose sucker and lots of steam. It helped him get through his first cold a few days ago, I would honestly never think of giving him cold meds. (even if they were still ok per the peds)
The stuff works as directed...
knock down the symptom...the kid gets better rest....the better the rest...the shorter lived the virus...
IDIOTS.
Agreed!
>As long as I don’t have to take cod liver oil.<
Remember those days? Now Omega Three comes in capsule form.
I received an email yesterday that child or adult with a continual cough should spread Vicks Vapor Rub on the soles of their feet and wear bed socks upon retiring. It stops the cought within minutes, and a restful sleep can be had!
Our pediatrician, not an anti-med doctor by any means, told us long ago not to bother to give the kids cold medicine because they do nothing for the symptoms. I’ve never used them and only do what you do (humidifier, saliene drops, nose sucker— that’s fun) to my three kids.
The people who medicate their kids at the drop of a hat tend to have sicker kids, in my experience.
LOL—and parents who dipped the pacifier and teething ring into the whiskey glass.
One pill covering two vitamins: Vitamin A & D = Cod Liver Oil. Take one a day. Only visible sign is that your urine is bring yellow but clears up as the day goes forward. Personally, I take one every day along with zinc. Zinc is prescribed because as people age the zinc content decreases. Zinc keeps you alert.
I read about a mixture of whiskey and grape jelly. Never tried it though.
If you never used the stuff...how would you know?
When I give some them cough suppressent...and the kid stops hacking them selves awake....I might be inclined to add two and two and get four...
Well that's just false. Children's cold medicine contains antihistamines and decongestants.
I use these ingredients today for allergies and they certainly help me. I'm all for helping a poor little one's breathing when they're all stuffed up.
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