Drugs and our kids

Today I read some very interesting articles written by Dr Jennifer Barham-Floreani on her website on the subject of effects of common medicine on children. The article's had some scary infomation on it such as despite the fact that: 

• “Use of paracetamol for fever in the first year of life was associated with an increased risk of asthma symptoms when aged 6–7 years.
• Current use of paracetamol was associated with an increased risk of mild-severe asthma symptoms.

·                Paracetamol use, both in the first year of life and in children aged 6–7 years, was associated with an increased risk of symptoms of rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema.”  we are still giving our kids this drug.  This is a pretty scary, with the simple act of trying to help our children we are harming them.  Dr Jennifer also comments on the things we can be doing to naturally help our kids get a bit of relief from fever and common coughs and colds.  You can read more about what Dr Jennifer has to say over at  http://welladjustedbabies.com/nurofen-and-panadol/

and http://welladjustedbabies.com/safer-alternatives-to-common-drugs/ . 
By Karen