Henry came down with a cough on Saturday and has been at it ever since. No other symptoms. Just a cough. Lots and lots of coughing. By yesterday it was making me a bit twitchy, all that coughing. We decided to keep him home from school today and after the first couple of hours, I finally gave him a lollipop and told him not to crunch it, just nurse it for as long as he could. After a minute he crunched it anyway, the temptation being far too great. So I gave him another one and made it VERY CLEAR he needed to suck on it, not crunch it. So he did, and it helped stem the coughing tide for the duration of the pop plus a few hours. He's starting to cough again, so there'll probably be another sucker in the not too distant future. I wish I knew what was causing it. I'm secretly holding out hope that he'll develop a full blown cold because at least then we'll know what it's all been about and that an end is in sight. I might try some buckwheat honey next.
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Interesting. The kids and I started coughing today. Again. And we now have buckwheat honey in the cupboard, thanks to your suggestion last week. I hope Henry feels better and that the rest of you stay healthy.
Posted by: Gabriella | February 8, 2010 10:06 PM
Hope you guys feel better soon too. The honey seems to work sometimes but not all the time. Somebody needs to study that...
Posted by: David | February 9, 2010 12:44 AM
Jude has had a cough like that too, but he hasn't had any other symptoms either.
I hope Henry gets to feeling better soon.
Posted by: Elizabeth | February 9, 2010 08:30 AM
Be careful what you wish for! Leo and Jack's coughs turned into colds with fevers. They are still coughing and stuffy a week later. Hopefully, it stays at just a winter cough and goes away.
Posted by: Megan | February 9, 2010 03:43 PM