Let me start by saying we live in WI and just had a pretty brutal winter but now that the weather is getting nicer the cough is still the same.
My baby girl is 6 months old, drinks breast milk, and within last couple weeks introduced oatmeal, green beans, and sweet potatoes.
This all started probably a couple months ago now. My (at the time) 4 month old developed a cold and had the congestion, runny nose, low fever, and cough. This only lasted a few days and all symptons cleared up except for the cough. She isn't the only one, everyday walking into her room at daycare you hear many other babies hacking away so didn't think much of it. Then about a month ago she got sick again, this time appeared to be symptoms of stomach flu (diarrhea, lots of spit up, threw up a couple times) we took her to the Dr. and she ended up having an ear infection. Gave her the antibiotics for the 10 days. Again this whole time she still has a cough. She wasn't coughing constantly but when she did it sounded really bad, sometimes it sounded productive and other times dry and harsh. And it happens frequently throughout the night, which wakes her up and then cries until we find the pacifier to help get her back to sleep. Then earlier this month I noticed when she was sleeping she was breathing really shallow and rapid. I was thinking maybe she had pneumonia so I took her into the walk in clinic the next day and said everything sounded normal but sent me home with a nebulizer for my peace of mind. Gave her the first treatment and she slept okay and the shortness of breath went away but still woke up several times coughing. She also has a humidifier running every night. We have also tried vicks on her feet, chest, baths, sat in bathroom with steam, sleeps with crib on angle. Her cough is just getting worse and we aren't sleeping well at all (daycare or at home). Last night she starting to have a coughing fit for like 5 minutes until I picked her up and starting trying to nurse her. During the day she doesn't cry from the cough, so I don't think it hurts her, she just cries when she gets woken up from the cough. Have done several nebulizer treatments since we brought it home a couple weeks ago and the shortness of breath went away that night but hasn't helped with the cough. We have her 6 month check up next week. Anyone have any experience with this? Did anything help outside of what I tried already.
Re: 6 month old with nasty cough