Stop Infant and Toddler Coughing Without Cough Medicine

If you have an infant or toddler at home, you know the frustration of a coughing child who cannot sleep. This disruption can have many negative effects on the whole household. With the recent ban cough medicines for children under 2, there are very few options to help relieve your child's cough.

A few years ago my mother suggested rubbing Vick's VapoRub on our daughter's feet before bedtime to stop the cough. My wife and I both laughed at her and politely ignored her advice. Several days later as my wife and I lay in bed, unable to sleep from the coughing in the baby monitor, we broke down and gave this home remedy a try. It was like magic, within a minute or two our daughter stopped coughing. At first we thought this was just coincidence, but have learned this to be fact. We have used this on our infant son with wonderful results also.

It is really easy to do, and our children have found it to also be soothing. Rub a good thick coat of Vapor Rub on the souls of each foot and cover their feet with socks. We use footie pajamas because our children never keep their socks on all night long. Our daughter is now old enough to take cough medicine but we still use Vick's at night to cure her cough. This home remedy has given our children the good night sleep they needed to naturally help their bodies heal. Give this home remedy at try, it is not an old wife's tale.