using honey for a natural cough remedy

[BabyMamma93]

can i use any honey? does it have to be a good brand, or a cheap stores own? i hate honey so it will literally never get used beside for when M has a cough and cold like now. i dont want to be spending loads on honey thats gona sit in the cupboard
(yes im a cheapskate)

 

[BrittRashel]

I used a cheap store brand with lemon for Matt's cough and it worked just as well as an expensive brand.

 

[BabyMamma93]

Thankyou, i just went into the chemist to see if there was any cough medicine like a benilyn or something and he said that he doesn't need any medication, so i asked if there was anything i can do to naturally relieve it and he said hes not allowed to advise of any natural remedies but people do use honey.. why would a health care professional not be allowed to advise of natural remedies? shouldn't this be advised more rather than giving drugs all the time?

 

[Tattoo]

I always use honey when I have a sore throat. I just use normal honey from Tesco! If you think the problem might be allergy related (I get cough and sore throat when the seasons change) then locally produced honey is best. You'd probably need to get that from a farmers market, it's bloody expensive!

 

[BabyMamma93]

tesco is my local and thats what i was planning to get, did you use the cheapest or the next one up?

 

[too_scared]

Just a warning. You cannot give honey to children less than 1 year old.

 

[BabyMamma93]

M is 13month

 

[too_scared]

But this is the baby section so I wanted to make sure any moms with younger babies know

 

[minties]

You might be better off asking about your LO in the toddler section .

You can't give regular cough syrup to under 5's here, so I have used manuka honey with my kids.

 

[Tattoo]

tesco is my local and thats what i was planning to get, did you use the cheapest or the next one up?

I use Tesco own brand. Not the very cheapest, the "normal" one.

 

[StranjeGirl]

I have not really found anything to work for a cough, including honey (but it's worth a try if over a year) However, I read using vick's vapor rub on the soles of the feet and then socks on top when going to bed calms the nighttime cough, and this seemed to work for me! Does nothing for daytime cough though!

 

[BabyMamma93]

i tried the vicks on feet last night and he had a terrible night. he woke up with a barking chest, i wouldnt say cough bcos he wasnt coughing, he was wingind and it was making the barking noise as he breathed, i gave him his inhaler and he stopped but still started again later on and still miserable this morning

oopps i still class M as a baby at one year, does that mean i have to leave the baby club now

 

[too_scared]

I was told a barking cough could be a sign of croup. Have you brought him to the doctor? I hope he feels better very soon.

 

[BabyMamma93]

well he had it like this before and thats what i thought because it lasted for a week or 2, but the Dr said he has broncholitis (not brinchitis) which has been caused bcos he has asthma and it was never picked up, in all honesty im not bothering with Drs unless i really need to. my main worry is that hes just had his jabs but the reason im worrying is..
He came down with cold so i had to put off his jabs till he was better, the following week he finally recovered but he normally starts with a cough in the last days of a cold so i thought id put his jabs off again another week, so took him on tuesday about 5 days after the cold went, literally 20 mins later, by the time i got home he was coughing and you could hear it then, surely this is too early for it to be caused by the jabs? and if he was coming down with it that morning, although he seemed fine, then he shouldnt have had his jabs, now im worried the jabs are gona have no effect and he will need to go back, im waiting for a Dr to call me although id rather speak to a nurse

 

[Bunanie]

Our paediactrician recommended cold manuka money for coughs, rather than using antibiotics when there was no fever.

She was 16 months at the time.

 

[misspriss]

We use local raw honey, but I can get it for a similar price to the cheap stuff.

Just over 1 is an "in between" age baby club vs toddler, but since honey is a no no for kids under 1, you would have a better chance of answers on the toddler board.