Comments on: Coughy With a 100% Chance of Ill

By: Limax

Limax — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:16:32 +0000

Hurgh… man, that’s rough. Here’s hoping that Liza gets better soon and that all of you get back to a normal sleeping schedule.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:26:34 +0000

Huh. We’ve been using Vicks on her chest and back, with mixed results. We’ll have to try the feet next time.

Thankfully, last night she was much better.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:26:42 +0000

Vicks on feet.

It’s supposed to be an urban legend, and I don’t know any scientific explanation for why it works - but it does.

Or did for us anyway. Vicks says their product is safe for infants over 6 months, so no worries there.

I don’t know if it would deal with the worst part of the cold - but when Ivy was coughing in her sleep and waking up it would help her get to sleep without coughing, and keep her from doing it most of the night, toned down at least to where she didn’t wake herself up.

YMMV, but it worked great for us.

By: duchess

duchess — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:33:37 +0000

Flashbacks here, too. Luckily, Z had his own recliner, so we would let him sleep in that on his own. But I would pop up every 30 minutes to make sure the recliner was okay, so no rest.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:11:20 +0000

I hope Liza gets better soon! For everyone’s sake.

By: jeanetta

jeanetta — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:00:17 +0000

oooh you just brough back memories. i would slather mine with vicks vapor rub, fill up a vaporiser and spend a week in the lazy boy.