Pinocchio has a bad flu and is down with a running nose since three days.As most kids do,he gets fussy when he is sick and this time was no exception. His sleep is greatly disturbed as he has difficulty breathing during nights.A parents sleep being directly proportional to their child's, I am sleep deprived since two days with eye contours. He gets up in the middle of night often with a scream when he has difficulty breathing. Then either me or my mom pat Pinocchio and positions him so that he breathes comfortably and he is back to sleep again,lest ready to be awake in a hour or two.
Here is what we try out for Pinacchio when the cold bug bites him : 
a) Nasal Drops and steam inhalation helps Pinocchio a lot. But he is completely hesitant to steam inhale and there is a great push and pull in getting this done. Having said this the steam inhalation is all worthy inspite of all this running around. There is a great relief for the lil one.
b) If there is phlegm accumulated in the chest,then one can hear the whisting sound when the baby coughs, the best option I try for Pinocchio is to apply Vicks on a beetel leaf, heat it in low flame so tat the leaf does not burn off...but is enough to evaporate the Vicks and place the luke warm leaf on the baby's chest. This loosens the dry phlegm.
c) Even cocunut oil warmed with a bit of camphor and turmeric applied all over chest and back helps loosen the accumulated phlegm in the chest and you will notice relief very soon.
d) Tulasi and Karpuravalli juice mixed with honey and luke warm water does wonders. But this has to be ingested for 3 days to see results. I usually start this medication in the nascent stages of infection.
Pinocchio's food chart was hit badly since 3 days and he rejects to have anything...."Vendam" is what he says. All I do is force feed though I very well know I should not. A mom's heart does not know logic u see :). I am little releived this time as my mom is with me and takes care of Pinocchio. She feeds Pinocchio mostly with warm liquids when he is sick and usually gives him in a silver glass rather than a sipper as suction is difficult during throat congestion and cold. Pinocchio is all glad to have a mild mulligatawny soup that mom makes for him with more of cumin, garlic,pepper and dal.
a) Nasal Drops and steam inhalation helps Pinocchio a lot. But he is completely hesitant to steam inhale and there is a great push and pull in getting this done. Having said this the steam inhalation is all worthy inspite of all this running around. There is a great relief for the lil one.
b) If there is phlegm accumulated in the chest,then one can hear the whisting sound when the baby coughs, the best option I try for Pinocchio is to apply Vicks on a beetel leaf, heat it in low flame so tat the leaf does not burn off...but is enough to evaporate the Vicks and place the luke warm leaf on the baby's chest. This loosens the dry phlegm.
c) Even cocunut oil warmed with a bit of camphor and turmeric applied all over chest and back helps loosen the accumulated phlegm in the chest and you will notice relief very soon.
d) Tulasi and Karpuravalli juice mixed with honey and luke warm water does wonders. But this has to be ingested for 3 days to see results. I usually start this medication in the nascent stages of infection.
Pinocchio's food chart was hit badly since 3 days and he rejects to have anything...."Vendam" is what he says. All I do is force feed though I very well know I should not. A mom's heart does not know logic u see :). I am little releived this time as my mom is with me and takes care of Pinocchio. She feeds Pinocchio mostly with warm liquids when he is sick and usually gives him in a silver glass rather than a sipper as suction is difficult during throat congestion and cold. Pinocchio is all glad to have a mild mulligatawny soup that mom makes for him with more of cumin, garlic,pepper and dal.
Hoping that Pinocchio will fight back this attack and gets away from this cold without expectorants and anti-biotics.
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