My little guy is sick

it is so tough to see our kids sick, we wish we could take their illness for them but the best we can do is make them comfortable as possible. i give my kids special treats when they are sick.

I feel for you. All 3 of our kids have been sick with one thing or another for weeks. We all went through a 24 hour vomiting experiance and various head cold symptoms. Currently the baby is getting over an eye cold and has crusty eyes and my soon to be 3 year old is now getting it. ah kids...lol. You are doing everything right, sounds like you just have to ride it out.

ensure that he is warm at night when sleeping. the blanket should be covering his chest. when having a fever, keep his forehead cool by using a wet handkerchief. hmm i don't think propping up the mattress is that good an idea. when we have fever, we tend to have a bad headache so it might be the same for the little ones too. give him some cough medicine too as stated. since there's no sign of it being worse, just ensure that he's kept warm. at this time, he definitely won't be wanting to eat as his appetite won't be there. you can also heat up a little olive oil and massage him with that. here at my place, when kids have diarrhoea and cold, doing that keeps the body warm especially when the oil is heated. of course you must let the oil warm and apply. try doing that before he goes to sleep. he'll feel comfortable and sleep longer in the night, thus you won't have to wake up often. this seems to work over here; my sister did that recently too to her son when he had a cold and really bad diarrhoea. hope your son is recovers