Baby coughing at night
I googled for this question and found a few answers from 97 and
previously, so I thought maybe I'd ask it again. Our 18month old daughter was just really sick for about 2 weeks with what ended up as bronchitis. But that's suppose to be over and done with, had her time on amoxicillin, now she's fresh as a daisy. Except this week she's started coughing herself awake at night. No daytime symptoms, no running nose or anything. And the coughing sounds more like a scratchy throat sort of thing than chest congestion, if that makes sense. We've got a warm humidifier going, she sleeps elevated on a pillow, and we give her a shot of cough medicine before bed. But still she wakes up several times in the night really really uncomfortable, thrashy herself all around like she's just having a heck of a time. A few minutes upright on somebody's shoulder and she's back asleep. If we're lucky that'll be the last round for the night, but if we're not, she'll be up again in half an hour. While googling tonight I saw the recommendation to get the stuffed animals away from her until they've had a good de-dusting (such as via a tumble in the dryer), so I took all her stuffed animals out of the crib tonight, we'll see how that does. Any other tips? Is this likely related to the illness she just got over, or just coincidentally timed? My wife wants us to call the doctor, which after a week of this we're probably going to do anyway. I just predict that they're not gonna have anything useful to say -- probably to try a bunch of stuff we've already tried. Thanks! Duane |
Baby coughing at night
Duane Morin wrote:
... Our 18month old daughter was just really sick for about 2 weeks with what ended up as bronchitis. But that's suppose to be over and done with, had her time on amoxicillin, now she's fresh as a daisy. ... Except this week she's started coughing herself awake at night. No daytime symptoms, no running nose or anything. And the coughing sounds more like a scratchy throat sort of thing than chest congestion, if that makes sense. .... During these cough episodes, did you hear any wheezing? |
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