http://thesupermom.com/cold-medicines-not-for-kids-health-canada Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:58:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://thesupermom.com/cold-medicines-not-for-kids-health-canada/comment-page-1#comment-119 miss b Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:53:20 +0000 http://thesupermom.com/?p=1932#comment-119 My kids are both above the age limit now anyway, but that's the only time we've ever used cough medications - if the cough is keeping the child up all night and they aren't getting any sleep (after trying such things as propping the pillow up, etc. and I've never given to a child under 2) I agree that I'm not looking for a cure to what's most likely a symptom of the common cold, but if my kid is just not healing because they are so run down from lack of sleep, I don't mind giving them a dose to help. My kids are both above the age limit now anyway, but that's the only time we've ever used cough medications – if the cough is keeping the child up all night and they aren't getting any sleep (after trying such things as propping the pillow up, etc. and I've never given to a child under 2) I agree that I'm not looking for a cure to what's most likely a symptom of the common cold, but if my kid is just not healing because they are so run down from lack of sleep, I don't mind giving them a dose to help.

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