The dreaded Flu

Managing childhood flu's

I want to start of this post, with a quote from my daughter, aged 6 years old:

"Mummy, we slept without hot water bottles and I almost turned into a cupcake!!!!"

Both my girls have the flu, and I think it's the worst one to date... Fevers reaching 39.9 degrees, runny noses, sore throats, and poor achy little bodies. I have gone through about 5 bottles of fever and pain meds, cough syrup and allergex, nothing worked, until I was digging through the medicine cabinet (yes one entire cupboard in my kitchen holds only medication, family and friends call me the local pharmacy) so anyways, after finishing all the bottles, and at 3 am kids crying and coughing, I stated rummaging through the meds, and found my life saver, it's something the Peads doc have for my eldest when she was a year and a half old, after sleepy squinting to check the expiry date, I gave each of them a dose, along with an adult cough syrup, cepacol ( like 1ml each)

And for them to settle down and sleep again, 

The next morning, when I woke up, they were peaceful, no more wheezing, but they still have a little fever, 

the miracle medication is ACC200 a little white effervescent tab, and it is an anti-mucolytic, so it thins flem, and in so doing reduces coughing and decreased chances of an infection taking seed in clogged up noses. 

I am one those mums that grab the allergex, flusin, or other meds that "dry" up runny noses, in reality, what they do is thicken the mucus, and that makes it super hard for little noses to get rid of it, it lands up running down tiny throats and exacerbating coughs and infection. I have now thrown out all my nose drying medication, and stocked up on ACC200, they are still fluey, but it's not half as bad as it was. 

My little cupcakes, are now on the mend, 

what are your go to meds when the little ones get the flu?

NB: This not meant to be taken as medical advise, always consult your doctor or pharmacist before using a new medication.