My daughter (technically she’s my step-daughter) is six years old. She lives with us full time and very rarely sees her mother (last time was last January for about 30 minutes). She’s had a pretty persistent cough lately but it doesn’t seem to be in her chest or hurting her when she coughs, she just coughs a lot. She asked me to give her some cough syrup to make the coughs go away and I was tempted to because I hear her all night long. However, when she used to see her mom on a regular basis her mom and maternal grandmother would give her medicine for every little thing. If she stubbed her toe or got a small scratch they would immediately give her children’s tylenol. So then she’d come home and demand medication for something that wasn’t wrong.
I’m afraid to give her cough medicine if it’s not a painful cough. She says she has a dry throat. I keep her drinking lots of water and fluids, but she still wants the cough syrup. Do you give your kids cough syrup if the cough isn’t really bothering them and they don’t have any other signs of illness? This cough has been happening for about four days now.
I’m just curious as to what other moms do. Thank you!
