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Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on parenting a child with whooping cough.
7 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
Ignore: Keep comfortable .Feed your child small frequent meals.More fluid intake
Answered 7/28/2015
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Ignore: Don't give cough syrups if diagnosed with whooping cough.
Answered 6/22/2020
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Ignore: Call your doctor for antibiotics and keep your kid home/isolated - dont spread pertussis! vaccinate!
Answered 7/28/2015
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Ignore: Mood swings, either over the course of day, or from day to day are natural part of being human.
Answered 5/24/2014
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