October 1, 2007 | asthma, Health

So, your young kids have a cough and over-the-counter meds are now off-limits, thanks to the FDA’s recent announcement. So what do you do to get them to sleep at night?

I read somewhere that you can put Vicks VapoRub on your kids’ feet (or your own) to stop the coughing. Cover with socks or footed onesie pajamas, and you’re good to go.  I tried it last night - both on myself and my 3 year-old. And guess what? Her incessant coughing stopped. Coughing that the inhaler didn’t work on, and that the humidifier didn’t help. About 5 minutes after I slathered some on her feet she’d stopped coughing and was fast asleep. And me? I slept pretty well too, but then I wasn’t coughing to begin with. I’m just one of those weird moms that doesn’t like to try things on my kids unless I’ve tried it myself.

Anyhow, you can read more about VapoRub on the soles of the feet here (and other entirely weird uses for the Vick’s goop).

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1. liz @ monkeykisses says:

   
   

   I have to say that i am totally up for trying this.. Chunky Monkey gets some serious asthma like breathing problems when he gets sick, Never knew putting it on the feet would work, but hey.. what ever works right!!!

   October 2nd, 2007 at 3:21 pm

2. Ginny says:

   
   

   Very interesting! Both my kids have asthma & their worse symptom is the coughing. I will have to give this a try!

   October 4th, 2007 at 11:28 am

3. Lara Fransen says:

   
   

   Thanks so much for posting this! I tried it with my son (who has allergies, but not asthma) last night. It worked like a charm and almost immediately! Looking forward to many more peaceful nights’ sleep until allergy season is over here…

   October 6th, 2007 at 8:14 am

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