This is a sponsored conversation on behalf of Dr. Cocoa for#DrCocoaReliefwithaSmile, but opinions are 100% my own. Please contact your pediatrician with questions on dosage prior to giving medication to your child.
Having a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder makes giving oral medication tremendously difficult. She takes hours to finally swallow 2 teaspoons worth of medication. The drama is loud and frustrating. I have offered prizes and mixed the medication with everything from juice to peanut butter. Nothing works. So, I needed to find a way to get my child to take medication without the begging, bribing, and hiding.
I first noticed Dr. Cocoa™ formulas for children in a magazine and was intrigued. The average child gets a cold eight to ten times a year, and a cold can last from six days to two weeks. Multiply that by four kids in the house and I have troubles. I needed a solution to the “Would you take your medicine? Pretty please with sugar on top?” nagging game. Could Dr. Cocoa™ be as good as I hoped it would be?
Dr. Cocoa™ for Children is the first-ever cough and cold medicine for children with patented formulas combining trusted, effective ingredients with 10% real cocoa for great chocolate taste to make giving medicine to kids easier.
You never know when your child is going to get a cold, so I keep a keep a bottle of cough medicine in the cabinet. Not that I run for medication at the first sign of a runny nose, but I keep it available for when a cold becomes a disruption in their lives.
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This time, it came in handy as all four of my children came down with what I call that the “sniffle snots.”
In the middle of the night, my oldest son comes into our room complaining that his cough is keeping him awake. After reading the instructions, I poured him a dose of Dr. Cocoa™ Nighttime Cough + Cold Relief because it relieve coughs, stuffy noses, and sneezing at night, and I wanted him to finally get some rest.
Dr. Cocoa™ for Children comes in three patented formulas:
- Dr. Cocoa™ Long-Acting Cough Relief: relieves coughs for up to eight hours without causing drowsiness in children ages 4-13 (active ingredient: Dextromethorphan). Follow the package label for exact dose by age, or speak to your child’s pediatrician.
- Dr. Cocoa™ Daytime Cough + Cold Relief: relieves stuffy nose and cough for children ages 4-13. Its non-drowsy formula makes it ideal for daytime use (active ingredients: Dextromethorphan and Phenylephrine). Follow the package label for exact dose by age, or speak to your child’s pediatrician.
- Dr. Cocoa™ Nighttime Cough + Cold Relief: Made especially for children ages 6-13 to relieve coughs, along with stuffy nose, runny nose and sneezing at night (active ingredients: Diphenhydramine, Phenylephrine). Follow the package label for exact dose by age, or speak to your child’s pediatrician.
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He looked at me a little anxiously because he has seen his sister meltdown over a dose of medication. I told him that it smells like chocolate and he gave it a whiff. Next thing, he gulps it down and says, “Wow. It really does taste like chocolate.”
Seeing his reaction to the medication helped put the other kids at ease too. The battle is over! I love that Dr. Cocoa™ truly helps parents like me fight the cold, not the child.
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Wow! This would be a welcome relief at my house. Where is it sold? My son has sensory processing disorder, and it’s next to impossible to get him to ingest any kind of medicine. We do antibiotics with a chocolate milk chaser. Liquid cough and cold medicine is just plain yuck! And he chokes on pills or capsules. He usually just does without and suffers with the cold, but he doesn’t rest very well. I would love to try this.
Sharon, they have a store locator on their website. Did you see it?