Clover, oh I have been so busy and only have time to log in to follow up with the thread today. Natural remedies for cough – there are many, you can research over the internet. I did, because Shaun had dry cough last few days. His cough is mild, did not cough much. Only when he lies down sleeping and after waking up, coughed a bit, cuz the mucus from runny nose flowed into the throat I think . I read that we can help them by making them sleep on pillow, so that the head is tilted. Don’t give cough mixture, if you trust that medicine doesn’t do good for the baby. If Alex’s cough is not severe, you can opt out medicine and try making soup for him to drink – I bought the Chinese herbs made from Chinese almonds/apricots? ( nan2 xing4, bei3 xing4 – north and east almond? Hehe), dried mandarine orange ( ji2 bing3), figs, and chuan1 bei ( if got phlegm). You can get the ready pack from medical hall. Shaun drank for 3 days. ( about 50 to 100ml each day) If Alex got runny nose/nose block, and cant sleep well at night, you can buy essential oil like eucaplytus and turn it own in burner, or drip in hot water, then the room got the smell, which helps decongest the nose. Or you can buy olbas oil from pharmacy, drip in tissue, bring near his nose and he can inhale the oil. These are essential oil to help decongest the noseblock.
As for his fever, Alex is same like Shaun too. Shaun has fever in one evening, so that night I sponged him whole night ( but I got super damn tired). Next day, fever subsided. No need to give paracetemol. Just make sure he drinks lots of water, and you can cook Chinese barley ( big one) with green bean soup for him to drink. Then the heat will go off. Fever is the way your body react to fight against the bacteria/virus, it’s not a disease. As long as the fever doesn’t exceed 38.5, no need to give para, if you are ok to let him build his antibody and don’t rely on medicine. But of course need to see the child whether he looks sick. Is he eating well? Still active? If ok, then you can try to let him fight himself. If you still worry , then you can just give medicine la.
Sorry for the long post la. just want to share my experience. I suddenly very interested to read about natural remedies. Oh yea, you can give him honey and lemon for the cough too. To sooth his throat.
BTW, if you have the THOMSON guidance book on childcare, you can read the guidance - when to see Doctor. THey will tell u to bring the child to see doc when the symptoms exist. They also advocate that seeing doc is not necessary unless the child looks sick.
