What should I do if my one and a half year old baby coughs and has phlegm?

Many new mothers will encounter the situation where their babies cough and have phlegm. At this time, they feel anxious because of lack of experience and don’t know what to do to make the baby get better. Moreover, the baby is usually very lively and cute, but he is prone to illness and often coughs, especially at night. Sometimes he feels so uncomfortable that he wakes up by coughing. Many mothers are afraid to give their babies medicine randomly, fearing that it may be bad for the baby’s health due to their young age. So, what should we parents do? What should I do if my one and a half year old baby coughs and has phlegm? Let’s learn about it below.

1. Use 1 to 2 slices of ginger and half a spoonful of brown sugar to boil water for your baby to drink. If the baby does not want to drink spicy water, you can also just drink brown sugar water, because brown sugar is also warm in nature.

2. Boil water with 3 to 4 heads of garlic and give it to your baby to drink. As long as the garlic is cooked thoroughly, it will not be spicy.

3. Or parents can make sesame oil and ginger fried eggs for their children before they go to bed at night. The method is as follows: put a small spoonful of sesame oil into a frying pan, add the ginger after the oil is hot, fry it in the oil for a while, then pour in an egg and stir well, feed it to the child while it is hot before the child goes to bed, be careful not to scald the child. Eat it consistently for a few days, and the child's cough caused by cold will be significantly improved.

4. Parents can soak their children’s feet in warm water at night until they sweat slightly, and let their children sleep more to recover their strength as soon as possible.

5. Make sure your child drinks plenty of warm water and eats a light diet. Give your child more broth and chicken soup, and avoid eating fish, shrimp, yam, and peppers. Gradually, your child will stop coughing.

The above content is an introduction to what to do if a one and a half year old baby coughs and has phlegm. I hope new mothers will know and master these tips after reading. When the baby coughs, parents can give the baby brown sugar water or boiled garlic water to drink, or soak the baby's feet, which will help the baby's sleep quality at night. At the same time, parents must ensure that the baby's diet is light and drinks more warm water. I believe that through this kind of care method, your baby will gradually get better.