Last night after three sleepless nights of DS#1 coughing, we took him to our GP and apart from needing anti-b's (woops!) I asked her for something to ease his coughing. Put it this way, his coughing was almost continuous at times.

She said that at his age (4 in Sept) there is a little 'switch' in their brain that has not learnt how to turn off. In adults we can try to and even supress a cough but kids can't! She also said giving cough mixture is a waste of time due to this fact also.

Interesting.

DH and I have found though a teaspoon of honey (I nearly wrote coffee then! ) helps suppress the tickle though! Not for long but a little bit of relief for my frayed nerves. lol

Just wanted to share.

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