I am a mother of four and have been an RN for over 30 years. These cough & cold treatments have worked for my 4 kids 90% of the time to prevent worsening of their symptoms.🌡
This may well prevent germs from traveling further down into their lung & breeding a full fledge lower respiratory infection, saving you money from unnecessary doctor visits, Prescription Drugs or taking a sick days from work.
GOOD OLD FASHION VICK’S STILL WORKS
Do this remedy in the morning & another time in the afternoon or evening for 2-4 days.
Heat a small pot of water on the stove to just BEFORE IT BOILS. Get your basic cereal spoon out & glop a heaping half of the spoon size of the Vicks gel stuff into the pot of HOT WATER, NOT BOILING WATER. Stir until it dissolves. Put the lid on it. Place it Behind the toilet 🚽 in your smallest bathroom with a shower.
Plug the tub & turn on the shower 🚿 with hot water and shut the door. Let the steam fill the room. While steam is filling, have your kids change into some light clothes & drink a big glass of water.
“ Cough Your Brains 🧠 Out “
Explain to your child this is going to loosen their cough & help them get better. I tell my kids coughing is good. They like this part the best because I let them spit. I try to keep it fun for them! Tell them to Not go into the Tub or Touch the Bath Water , its HOT!🌡. Just an fyi, Humidified air treatments are used in the hospitals all the time.
Explain to them to ignore the pot behind the toilet, its only for mommy to handle, it is hot So DO NOT TOUCH the POT! If you feel uneasy about this, I have put my bathing 👙 suit on many a time & stayed with them. It cleaned my sinuses up & it was like a mini facial too.
Close the Toilet lid and have your child sit on the closed down lid with a book or waterproof 🐥 toy. Turn off the shower, remove the pot’s lid Behind the toilet. Let your child sit there for 10 minutes. Tell them to take deep breathes every now & then, hold it in, then let it out. Let them know you want them to “ Cough their Brains Out”. My kids laughed when I would say this but it is up to you. Just try to make it fun! Let Them spit 🤤 the gunk into the tub or trashcan.
Sometimes after this treatment, To not waste the water, I would fill the rest of the tub with COLD water and give my child a bath. This keeps him or her in the humidified 💨 air a little longer & they get their bath done.
Mini California Earthquake in your Kids Lungs
Have them drink 🥤huge glasses of water all day long. The more water in their bodies, the thinner & lighter the phlegm becomes & its Easier to Cough up. You don’t want it Thick & heavy like cement, which gets stuck & is very difficult for the force of a childs cough to bring it up & out. Keep ‘em hydrated.
Tell your children coughing is good & it helps to get all that goo 🤤 out of their lungs before it starts breeding Bacteria or 👾 Viruses. You don’t want it traveling down to the lower respiratory track. You want to at least maintain it in the Upper respiratory track which is easier to expel.
Explain things in a fun way…. I tell my kids that Coughing is like a little shaker that helps loosen the gunk in their lungs & its kinda like a “Mini California🇧🇱Earthquake in their lungs”.
This remedy has worked hundreds of times for my kids & I. Because I nip the cough in the bud with this remedy. With 4 kids, Ive only had to take them to the Doctor a total of 4 times in 20 years for a serious respiratory infection. Thats remarkable I’d say.
This remedy may avoid having the cough advance to a more serious respiratory infections & a trip to the doctor, urgent care or ER, thus saving you time and money. Humidifiers also help. But if you don’t clean them well, they grow bacteria in them as well & your kids breathes this in. Not good. The Shower Steam Team Treatment I feel, is the best because it is potent and clean.
Cheers to healthier Kids!
