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Anyone dealt with croup? (Can DS travel with it?)

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DS woke up at about 2 am with labored breathing.  Actually, I think he was breathing alright, but it sounded very raspy.  He nursed on schedule, though he was a little slower and more tired than usual.  I thought it was his first head cold.

His daycare provider called me first thing and said DS has the croup.  He doesn't have a fever, but he does have green poops, which I understand can be a symptom of a virus in an EBF child.   My husband is at the pediatrician's with DS right now.  Whatever she advises is what we'll do.

I know croup is very common, but I'm mostly concerned because I am traveling by plane to a family funeral tonight, and I had planned to bring DS with me. I just notified my Mom that traveling with DS is now questionable.  Lots of family members want to see him, so she put an enormous guilt trip on me that I was considering leaving him at home.

I'm not sure what advice I'm looking for...  will DS be extremely uncomfortable in an airplane?  Is he better off at home with my husband while I travel?   Maybe I just want to vent that my Mom seems to have put me in the position of choosing between disappointing my family and traveling with a sick baby.

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Re: Anyone dealt with croup? (Can DS travel with it?)

  • LucyPevensieLucyPevensie member

    Wow.  No, I wouldn't think he could travel and I think he'd be VERY uncomfortable on the plane and certainly in an unfamiliar environment too (being passed around by relatives who want to see him even though he's very sick.)  I can't believe your mom would even suggest such a thing to you - that she didn't immediately say "oh don't travel with him, poor baby, no way, don't come."  How selfish and immature that she wants you to bring your very sick baby on a trip just to satisfy other people's (and her own) wants. 

    I'm so sorry your baby is sick and your mom put you in a weird position - but sick baby always comes first (certainly in front of healthy adults!) 

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    PS - if I were you I would also not go - but if you feel you really have to - get home as soon as possible - nursing a lot will help your baby get better - and milk straight from the boob is going to have more good stuff in it to help him than frozen bm will. 
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    imageLucyPevensie:
    PS - if I were you I would also not go - but if you feel you really have to - get home as soon as possible - nursing a lot will help your baby get better - and milk straight from the boob is going to have more good stuff in it to help him than frozen bm will. 

    I would gladly stay home.  (I paid $350 for the ticket, though, and that loss is hard to swallow.)  I have plenty of BM in the fridge.  I'm always afraid of not pumping enough at work, so he'll have fresh BM in my absence.  But I'd have to pump and dump while away from him. 

    Thank you for your advice. 

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