What do you guys give your kids for allergies? We tried Claritin and he said it didn't really help. I'm a little leery about giving him Zyrtec because I've read that it can cause behavior issues, and we're already having some issues so I don't want to make that worse. I just found out a farm market up the street sells raw local honey, so I may try to pick up some of that this weekend. Any other suggestions? Has anyone tried the Hyland's homeopathic stuff?
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We use Claritin and Zyrtec. They both are effective at different times for our kids. We also use Flonase for our older daughter and we started when she was four.
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We are dealing with this now. He was on Zyrtec last year and we didn't notice any problems but he was also newly 2 and temper tantrums were the norm. We just started Zyrtec about 2 weeks ago and have noticed a significant increase in tantrums that have otherwise been nonexistent for months. Not sure if it is Zyrtec, the fact that he feels crummy from the allergies or something entirely different. I just called our pediatrician this morning and he recommended trying Allegra so I guess we will try that but thinking about doing honey too.
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My now 5yo has awful spring allergies here. Last year (or two years ago?) we started Zyrtec and allergra depending honestly on which I can get cheaper ... she likes the melt away kind so no generic! She won't do nose spray but we also do singulair which I get Rx from the allergist. Last year was so awful that we started shots in July and I think those are helping! Doesn't sound like you need that yet but it's not as bad as I thought it might be, if you get there.
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I tried Claritin last night with my 6 year old. It didn't help him at all, except it knocked him out. He was still coughing and snotting around in his sleep.
I was surprised, because one of those 24 hour adult tabs dries up my worst situations. I got Zarbees today, let's see if that makes a difference.
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@looch: Yeah, we've been doing Benadryl at night and that at least knocks him out but he was still coughing. Tonight I might do the Hyland's night-time cough, because that seems to do a better job with the cough.
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We do Zyrtec and Flonase.
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We were doing zyrtec and Flonase. Now Flonase says on the box it can mess with a child's growth so we stopped that. Our poor kid seems to have hay fever issues most of the year so we are at a loss for what to do.
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So here we are again, last night I gave my son Delsym for his cough. I don't know what to do at this point, I think I might have to call the pediatrician.
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