Home Remedy To Treat Cough In Babies
August 10, 2009 by admin
Filed under Home Remedies
As parents, you are really protective of your babies. As much as possible, you do not want them to get sick or to be harm by anything. During pregnancy, you and your partner are careful so that your baby will be healthy. You avoid complications to happen that’s why you do every important step related to pregnancy and giving birth.
Both of you and your partner have prepared for the moment that your baby will arrive. Everything is well organized and you both are excited. Having a baby is such a wonderful blessing. So, when your baby gets sick, you tend to feel nervous and uncomfortable about the situation.
Babies are vulnerable to different sickness. They can have allergies at the early stage of their lives or even chronic or serious health problems. No matter how you take care of your baby, there will come a time that he will get sick. His immune system is not yet fully develops. The most common sickness of babies is colds and cough. They may experience colds or cough or even both during their first week or month after delivery.
It is such a difficult time knowing that your baby is sick. He cannot tell his real feelings and what he is going through. Cough and colds can even lead to pneumonia.
Going to your pediatrician is the first thing that may come across your mind. This is really the right thing to do, especially to first time parents. However, there are also home remedies that can help in treating your baby’s cough.
If you know Lagundi leaves, you can use some of them. What you need to do is to steam one leaf of lagundi and then take the juice extract. If you are breastfeeding, you can express milk and combine it with lagundi juice extract. After this, let your baby drink the mixture. You can use droppers if he is not yet capable of drinking from a glass. You can do the procedure at least three times a day.
Lagundi leaves can help your baby recover from cough in a natural way. It can be an effective way to treat babies cough without spending too much.
Carbocisteine is the cough medicine. You can buy this from drugstores anytime. If you know a certain brand of cough medicine for babies, you can have that, just make sure that you will give the right dosage to your baby. It is important to know the right amount of formulation and dosage to avoid over dosage and other reactions.
If your baby is in his sixth month already or above, you can give him citrus fruits like orange or lemon. These fruits really help in treating your baby’s cough. Continue to give him his multivitamins and ascorbic acid because these can help in the prevention of further Vitamin C deficiency.
You also have to let your baby drink plenty of water. Watch the breathing pattern of your baby. Slow and fast breathing may indicate pneumonia or bronchitis.
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