When my baby was 11 months old she came down with a cold. The usually stuffy nose made nursing miserable for a couple days. Gladly, that part didn't last long and nursing is as easy as ever. Unfortunately, ever since then (just over 3 weeks ago) she has had a cough. Her cough is so bad that she occasionally gags and throws up everything she just ate. I feel so sorry for the poor thing, and am starting to get concerned with the length of time it is taking her to recover.
My baby has never been to the doctor. She was born at home, and is unvaccinated, and has been completely healthy so there hasn't been a reason to until this month. However, I'm sure that if I take her then they'll prescribe antibiotics, which I absolutely do not want for her. I hope to provide her body what it needs to heal completely naturally.
Here's what I've done so far:
-Broken open allimax capsules and dissolved in filtered water and administered 1/4 to 1/2 capsule at a time with an eye dropper. She absolutely hates this, and I don't blame her- I'm sure it tastes terrible.
-a few days ago she started taking fermented cod liver oil and butter oil from greenpasture.org
-took her to see an acupuncturist friend who told me about a pressure point on the back of the neck on either side of the backbone that will help ease the gag reflex when she starts a coughing fit. I'm convinced that knowing this trick and being able to use it has kept several meals down that wouldn't have otherwise.
She hasn't taken to solids well yet, so most if not all of her diet is breastmilk. I wish she would eat food, so I could get some liver from grassed cow into her, along with some homemade chicken or beef broth, and some fermented foods such as yogurt or homemade fermented salsa.
I decided this morning it's time to start taking more drastic measures. I just borrowed a nebulizer from a friend, but instead of using prescription medication in it, I spent quite a bit of time this morning researching and reading about alternatives. I settled on using a couple drops of essential oils (lavender and eucalyptus), along with a dilution of food grade hydrogen peroxide.
I went out and bought 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide (which needs to be diluted with 1 part HP to 11 parts water, but I will probably to 11.5 or 12 parts water, just to be extra safe), distiller water, and glass eye droppers to mix them and put the solution into the nebulizer.
I will update with her progress and how this treatment works.
