Vicks Baby Balsam

My eldest daughter was very lucky and didn't experience her first cold until she was 10 months old (when we started going to toddler groups). Unfortunately for our youngest, Lucy, one of the disadvantages of having an older sister is that she picks up all the coughs and colds circulating the local area! When Lucy started snuffling and oozing snot, she was dosed with calpol. Unfortunately, calpol isn't known for it's decongestant action and Lucy was struggling to feed and breathe at the same time. I rummaged through the medicine cabinet and came across a Karvol chest rub. In my haste to ease ... more

Whilst I was pregnant I read a lot of pregnancy magazines which helped to pass those boring hours of my maternity leave, on one occasion I bought my regular magazine and it came with a free sample of Vicks Baby Balsam which I put to one side anticipating its use after my son was born. Unfortunately we needed the use of this product much sooner than we'd hoped and around 3 weeks after his birth Woody developed a nasty snuffly cold which left him with a blocked nose and congestion at the back of his throat. Before I thought of using the Vicks I bought a bottle of Karvol which wasn't any use ... more

My little boy always use to have runny nose thats was untill i found Viks Baby Balm, i think that this is very easy to use even through it can get a bit messy espacailly when the child is wriggling around. I used to rub it on his chest and back and within half a hour you could see the difference after he had been breathing it in. I think that it' s really good it dosent smell that bad either. You can buy it from anywere it is quite expensive about £2-£3 but it dose last agers. When we were using it i didnt notice any side effects i'm not saying there isnt any because there propbably is and i'm ... more