i would like some help please?

Question

what kind of painkiller should you give a five month old child for a flu or cold orv maybe fever

Answer 1

I used to be in pharmacy, but now I do everything naturally that I can to avoid pharmaceuticals for myself and for my family. I would urge you to make a decision right now not to put any more unnatural drugs into your baby's body. Skip the pharmaceuticals altogether and try some natural remedies. They are safer and more gentle than drugs. Pain killers only stop the nerve sensors that let the body know there is a problem. When you treat the symptom, the problem is still there. If you treat the condition, you will eliminate the cause of the problem and in essence, you will eliminate the symptom.

If you will spend the small amount of money on these items, your investment in your child's health will benefit him for the rest of his life. Treating your own child naturally will save you money in the long run on doctor bills and prescription/over-the-counter medications. Here are some natural remedies for your baby when he/she is ill.

SWEAT BATHs help the body to rid itself of toxins that cause illness. Since you do not want to put the baby in really hot water, use a warm bath and using a wash cloth, gently wash his body down with some natural soap (like Dr. Bonner's Peppermint soap) to make certain the pores are open. You can add a small amount of lavender oil or tea tree oil to the bath to stimulate the circulation and draw the blood to the extremities.

FEVER: Fever is the body's way of ridding itself of toxins. As long as the baby's fever does not reach 103 or 104 and remain there for an extended amount of time, the fever is more beneficial than harmful. Make the baby comfortable while the baby's body does its job and cleanses him/her. The ABC Herbal recommends administering an enema to help the body further get rid of toxins. Once, the author's 18-month-old son had ingested some large peanut pieces, but they did not know this. The baby started running a high fever. They gave the baby an enema and when he passed the peanut pieces, his fever went away and he was fine. Most of us would have given him drugs to reduce his fever, but the fever still would not have gone away until the "toxic" peanut pieces were out of his body. How often do we give our precious children unnatural drugs when all we need to do is help their bodies to heal themselves?

ENEMA: This may seem the least desirable, but Steven H. Horn, author of The ABC Herbal, says that he has seen much improvement in “coughs, runny noses, flu, headaches, diarrhea, sore throats and even earaches when the bowel is cleansed.” The quickest way to do this is through an enema. You can do this with items that you already may have at home. You need a bulb syringe (that you do not plan on using on noses), petroleum jelly or similar lubricant, and an enema solution. Such solutions are garlic tea, catnip tea, peppermint tea, chamomile tea. His suggestion in this book use one syringe dose as the amount for children. (If you'd like directions on making the solutions or giving the enema, feel free to Email Me.) I have a friend who has given her baby (now 9 months old) a couple enemas over his lifetime and it always fixes the problem.

EARACHE or EAR INFECTION: Put a couple of drops of garlic oil down into the affected ear and massage some oil on the neck around and below the ear. You can buy commercially prepared garlic oil or make it yourself. Adults can peel a clove of garlic and place it into the opening of their ear (like you would a hearing aide).

CONGESTION: If baby has chest congestion and can't seem to get it coughed up, then warm some garlic oil and massage it onto baby's back and under his armpits. Then massage some onto his chest, being sure to get it under his rib cage. This gets it into his lymph nodes (garlic absorbs into your skin very quickly). I have used this on my girls and it didn't take more than 2 nights to see a difference. It is so great to hear them breathing normally and not coughing with every breath.

SORE THROAT: Put a couple of drops of garlic oil onto the back of the throat (inside the mouth). Then massage oil onto the outside of throat area. It may take a while (20-40 minutes) to feel results, but it beats taking medication. You can even teach a young child to treat himself.

COLIC, GAS, INDIGESTION: Make a tea out of catnip and fennel. Let the baby sip on this.

CONSTIPATION: Raw apple juice, ripe cherries, prune juice.

RESTLESSNESS: One or a combination of the following teas: chamomile, peppermint, catnip.

TEETHING PAIN: Make a tea out of cloves (the ones you keep in your kitchen to make apple pie). Then dip the corner of a wash cloth in the tea and let her suck on it. Cloves have pain-relieving qualities and it is 100% all natural. You can give the cloth to baby while it is a little warm, but make sure it isn't too hot. It doesn't take much to make her happy again. I would suggest that you do the clove cloth if your baby is a little fussy and you "think" she might be teething. It does not hurt to give her clove water if she is not teething. But sometimes you wait too long to figure out the problem when you could have given her relief all along.
Making the Tea
Boil 1 cup of water. Pour over 2 tsp. of whole cloves. (You can use the powdered cloves, but they are harder to strain completely.) Let steep for 10-15 minutes. Strain out the cloves and keep the tea. Let cool.

Take the leftover tea and pour it into ice cube trays. Freeze and store in the freezer in a zip-lock bag. Pop one out and defrost any time you need it. You can even rub the cold clove ice cube over the baby's gums, while wrapping the other end inside of a cloth. (You may not need a whole cube every time, so you could pour the tray compartments half full and make smaller cubes. That would cut down on waste.)

LOW IRON: Give baby unsulfured black strap molasses (1/2 tsp. once a day.) Mix it in baby's cereal or fruit or spread some on a piece of toast. You could also buy alfalfa leaves and make it into a tea. Alfalfa is very high in iron and other minerals. I used Alfalfa to raise my iron level when I was pregnant.

NOW LET'S THINK a minute. There are going to be people who say these suggestions are stupid and harmful to baby. Compared to what? Medications that you have to measure out specifically because an overdose can kill your baby? Hmmm. Don't know of anyone every overdosing on garlic or cloves. Garlic, cloves, molasses, fennel-all of these are used on a daily basis to season and enhance the foods we eat. Why would anyone have a problem with using them medicinally if they work? Seems to me like someone is a little backward in their thinking if they preach safety of pharmaceuticals over natural products. If they were correct, you'd better lay off that garlic bread and apple pie........dangerous as they are. Just some food for thought.

Here are the resources that I use on almost a daily basis to diagnose and treat my family. Learning how to heal yourself is the first step in taking control of your own life. Educating yourself about herbs and natural healing will give you confidence to turn away from expensive pharmaceuticals and turn toward the healing that God intended for us to have.
BOOKS for EDUCATING YOURSELF
***The ABC Herbal by Steven H. Horn
***The How to Herb Book by Velma J.Keith and Monteen Gordon
***Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria by Stephen Harrod Buhner

WHERE TO BUY HERBS:
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Answer 2

Homeopathic Treatment :-

Bio Combination No 6 for Cold/Cough/Cattarah
Bio Combination No 11 for Fever
Bio Combination No 21 if the child is teething and the symptoms you have given here do seem that way it works miracles in teething ailments of Babies without any side effects or complications and children respond very well to Homeopathic remedies another very good childrens remedy is CHAMOMILLA when they are restless and crying, to read more about CHAMOMILLA please click the link :- http://homeoint.org/books/boericmm/c/cham.htm
About CHAMOMILLA they say Babies will be babies they cannot tell whats ailing them their mothers should know that when they are restless, weepy and colicky they need 3 drops of CHAMOMILLA in 30 potency :-) Trust me nothing works better or is more safer for the li'l darlings.

Take Care, and God Bless you and your loved ones !

Answer 3

You should consult your doctor. However, if you do plan to alternate Motrin with Tylenol, the interval between doses should be three hours, not two as the other answerer has said. If you give too much tylenol it can cause liver problems. This is serious stuff even if it is over the counter. You need to know correct dosages from the doctor.

Answer 4

That would depend on his symptoms. No fever reducer unless it is over 101, the fever is actually the body doing it's job. Fever is your friend. If he is coughing then give him a cough expectorant/suppressant during the night and a expectorant for the day. Let him cough during the day but sleep is important so you want him to be comfortable at night. Don't forget to keep him hydrated with pedialite because the fever can dehydrate him.

Answer 5

Call your doctor before giving anything to a child that young. Plus, it depends on how high the fever is. Believe it or not, a cold is good for a child as it builds up the antibodies that is needed as they get older. But, if the fever does spike take them to the ER so that they can properly administer the correct meds.


Good Luck!!

Answer 6

Give Ferrum Phos 6x or Crocin drops. Ferrum Phos is a Homeopathic / Tissue Remedy and if you get powder or tablet, dissolve it in water or milk and give it a tea spoon at a time. If you are giving Crocin (paracetamol) drops, follow the instructions on the bottle (assuming that you get it Over the Counter).

Take to doctor if needed. Don't neglect.

Answer 7

As a pharmacy Technician,
I strongly urge you to call and ask a doctors advice before giving an infant any medication.
Most over the counter treatments are not labeled or approved in children less than 2.

Answer 8

Infant Tylenol. While I'm all for natural medicine, you really shouldn't mess around with it on infants, not all the studies are in on the subject. A five month old will probably need 8ml (one dropperful), but by six or seven months will graduate to two dropperfuls (16ml).

Answer 9

they have a childrens cold and flu meds. go to the local pharmacy and check out what they have and go by the directions on the back of the box as far as weight and age. or just call your doctor and ask them!

Answer 10

Children's Tylenol. If that is not working, you can alternate with children's Motrin. So give the Tylenol first and if that's not helping give Motrin two hours later then Tylenol again two hours after that. If symptoms aren't resolving by tomorrow, call your pediatrician.

Answer 11

Take to doctor because they usually have immunities.
What could it be making the fever? Earache? Teething?