Something useful is difficult to force to eat children. It can belong also to cough medicine. However the medicine prescribed by the expert for disposal of unpleasant symptoms of cold needs to be accepted surely.
Instruction
1. Address the pediatrician who will be able to appoint the medicines optimum suitable for treatment of cough. Consultation of the expert is important in spite of the fact that in pharmacies many OTC medicines even for children are sold. Only the doctor will be able to define the true cause of cough which can be not cold, and, for example, allergic reaction or more serious respiratory diseases.
2. After purchase of the medicine recommended by the doctor attentively study its instruction. The dosage specified in the appendix to medicine should not contradict the recommendation of the physician.
3. For children up to three years whenever possible choose sweet syrups. If the necessary means is not issued in a similar form, buy tablets and crush a necessary portion in powder. Then dissolve it in the sweetened water if own taste of tablets is not too pleasant. At the same time do not use mineral water, juice or tea for liquid preparation - because of them properties of tablets can change. Let's the child drink this liquid through a pacifier or from a spoon.
4. Give to the child of more advanced age medicine in that form in which it is the most acceptable for it. It is not obligatory to dissolve tablets in water any more, and it is possible just to crush or even to give out entirely. Cough medicine can also be given together with sweets, for example, with candy. It will not cause in the child of the negative relation to medicines.