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As we welcomed December in northern California, we also welcomed the cooler temperatures and wet weather. It is cold and flu season, bummer. As a mom to three little boys ages 5, 6, and 8 this season always has me on edge. My boys may not always share their toys… but they do willingly share their sniffles and coughs.
Even though my children are home schooled, they are still exposed to the yucky germs that are out in the world. Did you know that school aged children get around eight to twelve colds per year! That is nuts! These colds can last anywhere from six days to two weeks!
Finding a product to give symptom relief from coughs, runny noses and more is important to get the child back on track to feeling better fast! Finding and giving the correct dose of relief medicine is key. Heck, even giving the medicine can be a struggle.
Let’s face it. Not all medicine is created equal in the taste department. Even as an adult, the medicine isn’t always easy going down… but we know that it will help us in the long run. For young children, their gag reflexes take over. If it tastes bad they don’t want to take it… and it is a fight to take medicine.
My youngest is one of those children who would fight to take medicine. In fact, he has been known to gag to make himself throw up in order to not take medicine. This is never fun as a parent, when you know he would feel better if he would just take the medicine.
In a recent national survey of U.S. parents of school-aged children (ages 4-13), 40% say that they find it isn’t always easy to give their children over the counter liquid cough and cold medicine. Of those surveyed, 1/3 of the parents believe the taste of the medicine impacts how easy it is to give their child the medicine. Dr. Cocoa™ for Children offers a new option. It’s the first-ever chocolate flavored cough and cold medicine line for children. And with its soothing formula made with a combination of effective ingredients and 10% real cocoa for a real chocolate taste, Dr. Cocoa™ helps parents fight the cold and not their kid(s) when it comes time to give them cough and cold relief medicine.
Real chocolate taste makes the kids smile. Cough and cold relief makes mom smile.
Let’s be honest here… chocolate makes everyone smile!
Here are some fun facts that I like about Dr. Cocoa™:
- 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.
- Dr. Cocoa™ products combine trusted, effective ingredients with 10% real cocoa for a real chocolate taste.
- 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.
- Dr. Cocoa’s soothing, real-cocoa formula was developed to improve dosing compliance among children – it triggers a smile, not a struggle.
- Dr. Cocoa™ can help parents fight the cold, not the child.
I will be honest, I tried it… and it really does taste like chocolate syrup! My two younger boys had a cough with cold last week and I gave them this… with no fight or struggle! In fact, they were asking for it when their symptoms reappeared. It is a cold and flu season miracle!
Dr. Cocoa products are FDA regulated medicines and should be used only as directed and kept safely out of reach of children.
All three Dr. Cocoa products are available nationwide at stores, as well as online. You can also find more information about Dr. Cocoa™, including where to buy, visit www.drcocoa.com. You can also follow them on the Dr. Cocoa’s Facebook Page.
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This is a product-provided, sponsored conversation that contains affiliate links. However, all opinions, text and experiences are my own.