Why market a vapouriser thats not safe to use???

I've just come back from the chemist where I bought a vapouriser for DF and Blue....

NOWHERE on the packaging for the vapouriser or on the stuff you put inside it does it say anyhing about what age group to use it for.... no warnings or guidelines....:wall:

It's just that I am paranoid that I asked the pharmacist who told me it's not safe to use the Eucy stuff with babies.....
I can put plain water in it but nothing else...

What would have happened if I hadn't asked? Is it ust this pharmacists opinion or is it really not safe for babies??

umm.. we've always used it with ours?

Well, all things considered, it's not the responsibility of the vapouriser manufacturer to police all possible uses of their device, there are many, many different solutions you can add to it. It is more up to the people who manufacture the Euky vapouriser solution to put a warning on if it is not safe for babies.

I've just looked up the Euky website and it has no warnings about use in a baby's room, but I'll have a quick look at the literature and see if there are any problems. My gut instinct is that it is safe to use...

I've always just used plain water, it works just fine. I have the Eucy but if I use it I put it on a tissue in my / his bed.

I've always used it too (and Vicks). Been using it with all my kids, for the last 16 years.:dunno:

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I've always used it too (and Vicks). Been using it with all my kids, for the last 16 years.:dunno:

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Thats the other thing this guy reckons Vicks isn't safe either!!!

Sounds all a bit suss to me.....

Thanks Michael :)

hmmmmmmmmmm................... We've all just recovered from Bronchitis and colds. DS's room had the vapouriser in there permanently with the Vicks in it. It's never been any different. He's going quite well and hasn't keeled over from Vicks poisoning.

As long as the babies are drinking it -I can't see an issue. I think your pharmicist has been drinking too much Vicks.

The one I have we can't put anything other than water anyway. I do the same as Kazbah though and put vicks on a tissue under sheets and now that he's older I put it on his singlet front and back. I haven't heard anything like you've been told either. I do still use the infant vicks btw.

I was always told it wasn't safe too, even when my now 7 y.o. was little. I think the warnings are after 2 its safe.

I just wanted to clear something up, I don't actually put the Vicks IN the water, I put it in the little hole/groove thingy in front of where the steam comes out.

We get the oil stuff - is that what everyone is talking about? Its like a teaspoon of the oily stuff in the water.

The oil or vicks is both not recommended for vaporising with children under 2, I was even told so by a dr. I wanna know why now LOL!

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The oil or vicks is both not recommended for vaporising with children under 2, I was even told so by a dr. I wanna know why now LOL!

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Whoopsie!!! :redface:

I was told the same thing Cai... that it wasn't safe to use in under 2 yr olds.

The menthol isn't good for some people, and some people have allergies to the stuff, so I guess its to protect littlies with it? I get wheezy with eucalyptus oil... badly... and my nose runs like mad. So maybe thats why?

I think with vicks its the camphor as a teeny tiny amount can kill a child (which is why I never use it on my kids). But I'm not sure about the oil, it doesn't have camphor in it does it?

The oil we use in ours has:
Eucalyptus Oil
Peppermint Oil
Lavender Oil
Oil of Wintergreen.

Yeah I thought as much, must be one of those ingredients as well then...

i've always used plain eucalyptus oil

I've also been told that it's not safe to use Vicks or the Euky one for infants and that just plain water is the safest option. Im sure i wa told the reason but for the life of me now i cant think of it!

my doctor recommended using it with DS a few months ago, and my mother used it with me all through childhood including infancy.

Just my 2 cents.

I've always been told it's unsafe with the vicks or eucy too. I just used the water when it's in the bedroom, if I have it on in the lounge room (larger area) though I put some eucalyptus in it, but only a drop or two.