21 Home Remedies for Cold and Cough in Babies IBumps n Baby

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21 home remedies

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It hurts when I see the little chest in pain due to cough , poor thing . These were my colleagues

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ords when I asked about her son. As the weather changed drastically in Mumbai everyone

including the babies are affected. I took a leave on Monday as even Anshika was cranky due to

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cold and cough. Now she is better and relieved.This post is about the 10 home remedies for cold

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Remember your babys first cold ? I remember when Anshika was barely 3 weeks old when she

3 Surprising became down with her first cold and cough. I am sure many moms would have gone through this

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1. Breast milk

Yes babies under 6 months do not need any other medication other than breast milk during cold

and cough to fight off the virus and bacteria. The antibodies in BM helps the babys body to build

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immunity against all types of germs and aids in proper hydration required

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2. Nasal saline drops

I am sure your ped would have prescribed pediatric saline drops for infants .

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Babies This You can make saline drops at home too. Take a steel bowl , spoon and sterilize it well. Take 1/2 tsp

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f salt and dissolve in 8 tsp of warm filtered water. Once cooled , you can use it for your baby . But

I suggest to go for the saline drops available in the market than the home-made ones as there is a

risk of bacterial growth .

3. Garlic and Ajwain Potli (pouch)

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roast 2 big cloves of garlic and 1 tbsp of ajwain on a tawa and once cooled make it into a potli /

tight pouch with a clean muslin cloth. Place this potli in the baby cot / cradle where baby sleeps.

The garlicky ajwain smoke from the potli would help baby to open the blocked nose and relieve

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from congestion.

NOTE : Please dont keep the potli near baby to avoid the chances of putting into mouth /

choking / breathing hazard in anyway. You can also dry rub the potli under babys feet .

4. Babys clothing should be as such toprotect the chest from cold

5. Keep babys and your hands sanitizedthoroughly at regular intervals withntibacterial

baby wipesor soap . This helps to prevent the spread of germs

6. eep babys head elevatedwhen he sleeps , to ease breathing

If your babys cold and cough persists for more than 2 weeks , please consult a ped asap. Please

dont try any home remedies which involves intake of any oil / herb/ medicines for babies below

6 months.

Babies above 6 months

You can try 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 too here . Apart from those,

7. Givewarm water at regular intervals to keep the baby well hydrated. You can try boiled

ajwain or cumin water

8. Provide warmegetable soup/ omato soup . You can tryhicken soup if your baby is

8m . These soups increase the immunity of the body

9. Nilgiri oil dipped in a cotton ballplaced in the room where baby sleeps is found to be

effective

10. You can tryteaming the room using a vaporizeror giving aarm shower .

NOTE : Steam should not placed close to the baby

11. The garlic and ajwain potli in step 3 , can be used toub on the babys chestby making it

warm on a tawa.

NOTE : Dont apply the potli on the chest directly from the tawa , instead place it on your palm,

check for the temperature and rub it on with the slight heat. Helps to clear the chest off the

congestion and phlegm

12. Tomato and garlic soup also called rasamcan be given to 7M babies. This is popular

in South India as a common cure for cold and cough. Please omit the red chillies / chilly powder

here

13. Apply aporubs for babies under the feetand put on cotton socks before sleep.

Babies above 1 year

14. Grateinger and add oney to it. A tsp. of this can be given at regular intervals. Helps to

soothe the throat and cough.

15. Add emon juice and honey. Add a little warm water to it and give it your baby to drink

16. Milk with turmericis effective for dry coughs

17. Ginger coffeeworks like magic . Boil about 1 cup of water with 2 slices of ginger , 2 tulsi

leaves, 2 pepper pods, 2 cardamom, 2 cloves and 1 tbsp jaggery . Strain and give this concoction

for quick relief from cold and cough

18. Dry roast 5loves and grind it well once cooled. Add honey to it and give it before sleep

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Children above 4 years

20. Infusing Medicated Vapors Pour 2 drops of eucalyptus oil or nilgiri oil in a pot of

steaming boiled water . Ask the child to bend and cover his head with a breathable blanket and

infuse the medicated vapors . Helps to unblock the nasal tract.

21. Gargle withoney , lime and warm water hich helps to clear off the throat and nose.

Hope this helps . I am sure there would be many more home remedies for cold and cough in

babies and kids. Please share with me in comments.

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9 Comments so far. Feel free to join this conversation.

July 11, 2014 at 3:41 PM -eply

how to avoid throat infection n any home remedies?

July 11, 2014 at 9:50 PM -eply

How old is your baby Reshma ?

December 11, 2013 at 8:34 AM - eply

Loved the tips Sageetha

December 11, 2013 at 12:31 PM - Reply

Thanks Prats ..

December 11, 2013 at 2:56 AM - eply

Applying some vicks vaporub on the feet and putting on socks really get you through the night if

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apply too lol Another one that has worked is to have "kalkandam" (big sugar chunks) on hands. And if you a

good babe honey+ginger+a spoon of very warm water is really good. while bathing (or sponging) put a

couple of drops of Nigiri oil that really gets those tiny noses flowingAnd I have tried most of the nuskas you

mention and all of them have worked at one point or the otherI had a difficult getting this comment posted,

something weird was happening with a Captcha thing and all that)

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Applying some vicks vaporub on the feet and putting on socks really get you through the night if

your kid is like mine and wont let you apply it on his chest (you can sneak in on him while he is

sleeping and apply too lol Another one that has worked is to have kalkandam (big sugar chunks)

on hands. And if you a good babe honey+ginger+a spoon of very warm water is really good.

while bathing (or sponging) put a couple of drops od Nigiri oil that really gets those tiny noses

flowing And I have tried most of the nuskas you mention and all of them have worked at one

point or the other

PS this new Captcha commenting is making commenting on your blog a bit difficult and I hope

the 4th time is the charm and this gets posted :-/


Veena thanks alot for taking the pain of commenting again .. I will fix that captcha bug

.. i will remove it asap ..Thanks alot for this feedback. and happy that the nushkas

had been tried by you which worked wonders for your LO ..


ohhh sangeetha

i was late to read this.very very informative.

December 10, 2013 at 8:11 PM - eply

ReshmaHope this will help you

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