Is it "starve a fever, feed a cold" or the other way around? I can't be sure. (But if I remember correctly, I think it's the former...) Anyway, the reason I'm asking is because Nikki is a bit feverish today. Nothing really serious though. I think it's because he didn't sleep with a blanket last night and it got a bit cold so now he has a slight fever. I'm still observing him closely though. With his birthday coming up in 2 days, I don't want my baby to be sick then. =(
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It was pretty overcast today. I told Ruther this morning to bring an umbrella because I felt like it was going to rain by late afternoon and it seems like I'm right. He commuted today and I didn't want him to get wet. He catches a cold quite easily and I don't want him to be sick...
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Yeah, I never get that one quite right either.
I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty well-read on nutrition, and leared a lot from my grandmother who lived pretty much medicine-free until about 90, when she needed blood pressure medicine.
She always advised that if they feel feverish, immediately eliminate anything sweet or sugary (viruses thrive in those conditions), push fluids (to avoid dehydration), and give them vitamin C, and kid-doses of Echinacea and Goldenseal drops (found at our health food stores here). Do they sell a product called Airborne in the Philippines? That stuff works GREAT at the first sign of illness. I usually give my toddler 1/2 or 1/3 of a tablet in a sippy cup of water as they are generally adult sized tabs and do this for a couple of days. Often, it nips the illness in the bud, or at the very least lessens the duration.
For mucous (as in colds), I do the same, adding extra vitamin C and zinc, said to help shorten the duration of a cold or congestion, and then if it's a lung-related cold, keeping them propped up while sleeping or laying around helps to keep it from going bronchial.
These things have helped us to avoid a lot of unnecessary and costly trips to the doctor.
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