sick baby question

my 11 mnth old has a cold and saw throat ...he has started the coughing stage........if i warm some water and put in a little honey...how bad is this.....he brushes his teeth and i gave it to him to ease his throat...i know its full of sugar but there isnt alot else you can give them without medicating them up all the time........i gave him one at 5 and since then he has been fine........

def avoid the honey. Also maybe avoid formula if poss as we foundthe milkiness caused more coughing. Get some pedialyte etc...to keep up fluids.

We use eucalyptus oil on tissue under cot sheet. We also bought soem karvol recently and that worked well too! def soothes it....

Botulism... there have been how many cases in the last 30 years in NZ? 1? He would need to eat a fair bit to get it.

*I* think small amount of honey is ok for an 11 m/o, do you have a vaporiser? I have been using baby balsam (by Vicks) for good snot nose relief. As for the cough just keep him upright when he is awake as much as you can, lower his milk consumption, offer more water and maybe find some sugary goodness as sugar is a great pain killer for kidlets
I hope he feels better soon!