maybe dumb question - humidifier in summer for a cold?

bluejetta

N has a cold and is coughing at night.  I tried raising the mattress but she moves so much I'm not sure it helps.  It is already pretty humid so I'm not sure a humidifier would help -- do you use in the summer? I also use vicks though I don't notice a difference whether I do or not.

GVSU-04

We've used it in the summer. I don't know if it helped, but I felt like we had to do something. Elevating the mattress doesn't work for us either.

casey820

We used the humidifier last summer when she was sick.  I'm sure we will do it this summer too.  If we turn it up too high there is a distinct mist in her room - it was kinda funny the first morning we saw it though.  Looked like fog.

njmamak

E has a cold now too and tends to get asthma symptoms whenever he so much as has a runny nose. Went to the dr today who gave us meds and told us to elevate the mattress (although you're right- he always ends up at the non-elevated side, or backwards) and use a humidifier even though it was 86 today.

Pips09

Yup, we use it in the summer, too! It can't hurt, especially if the A/C is running.