Organic Baby Wearhouse

As the weather turns chilly and the temperature raises and lowers a difference of 30 degrees a day, parents start to worry about their children and the vicious cold and flu strands that in the past few years have become more and more difficult to treat. Traditionally in the United States the common remedy can be found on all pharmacy and grocery store shelve, over the counter medications to treat said symptoms.

In 2007 the FDA announced that these over the counter multi-symptom medications were not safe for children under the age of 2. Now in 2008 there is debate over whether this should be extended to ages 6 and under. The FDA has documented the multiple medications mixed into these easy to administer remedies can cause easy over dose and complications.

After the initial announcement and change in directions on medications based on age, the number of calls to poison control for children dropped 40%. These medicines are not designed for the changing and growing body of young children because they are based on age not weight.

This year there are more and more parents seeking out manners to help deliver relief to children dealing with the cold and flu in more homeopathic and natural manners. The “old time” medicines such as sleep, a dehumidifier, and honey are stand-by long-term natural manners of dealing with illness. The many herbs when taken correctly are as effective and less traumatic to the growing systems of children.